It was post-game last Saturday at Twickenham when Phil Dowson paid tribute to the foundation laid at Northampton by Chris Boyd, who was back in the UK from New Zealand to watch the Saints defeat Bath in the Gallagher Premiership final.
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Luke Green, Fyn Brown and Archie Benson will join ahead of the 2024/25 campaign from San Diego Legion, Doncaster Knights and Luctonians respectively.
Northampton boss Phil Dowson has lost the services of Lukhan Salakaia-Loto for 2023/24 after the Gallagher Premiership club agreed to release the Australian on compassionate grounds.
Northampton Saints have confirmed the names of seven more players that are set to exit the club at the end of the 2022/23 campaign.
New Northampton director of rugby Phil Dowson will lead a group of 60 players in his first season at the helm - up from 58 in 2021/22 - with 19 new faces arriving at cinch Stadium at Franklin’s Gardens, including Lukhan Salakaia-Loto.
Lewis Ludlam will never forget the inspiration that soon-to-depart Northampton boss Chris Boyd wielded when the pair first talked in August 2018, the then 60-year-old Kiwi somehow striking a chord with a disillusioned 22-year-old.
Courtney Lawes and Tom Curry, the duo who captained England in their recent five-game Guinness Six Nations campaign, are back in action on Friday night for their respective clubs, Northampton and Sale, following injury.
Steve Diamond says that Worcester are “a work in progress” after his leadership era began with a 29-13 Gallagher Premiership defeat against Northampton at Sixways.