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From star signings to Cullen’s last dance: six to watch in Champions Cup rugby this season

Toulouse have added a world -class talent in Tommaso Menoncello, Northampton boast a fly-half phenom in Fin Smith while Cheslin Kolbe leads a Stormers dream team

The Guardian - UK · 15h ago

Champions Cup has a jeopardy problem: can anyone stop the Top 14 giants?

A seventh consecutive French title looks likely with lopsided odds again favouring Toulouse and Bordeaux-Bègles

The Guardian - UK · Oct 13

Northampton thump Bath in astonishing 18-try Prem ding-dong

Northampton 71-48 Bath: Ollie Sleightholme ran in a hat-trick in the second highest-scoring game in league history

The Independent UK · Oct 10

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Sleightholme hat-trick fires up Northampton in 11-try blast of Bath

Ollie Sleightholme helped himself to a hat-trick and Tommy Freeman two of Northampton’s 11 aginst Bath in the second-highest scoring match in the league’s history

The Guardian - UK · Oct 10

Is Prem rugby union turning into basketball? Nailbiters supply case for defence

Record try-glut in round one suggested all-out attack is en vogue, but maybe you can defend well and still concede tries in the modern game?

The Guardian - UK · Oct 8

Which footballers have ended scoring droughts with a goal off their backside?

Plus: two political leaders at the same club game, a very long-term suspension and extremely quick equalisers Mail us with all of your questions and answers

The Guardian - UK · Oct 7

Red Bull are throwing money at rugby’s Newcastle problem – but will it actually work?

PREM RUGBY: Red Bull took over and rebranded the Prem’s perennial bottom-feeders Newcastle and as Luke Baker explains, there is unbridled excitement about rugby at Kingston Park

The Independent UK · Oct 7

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Louis Rees-Zammit scores two tries as Bristol defeat champions Northampton

Bristol overcame a nasty-looking head injury to their centre Benhard van Rensburg to clinch an impressive victory over last year’s champions Northampton

The Guardian - UK · Oct 3

Bristol knock off champions Northampton to make early Prem statement of intent

Bristol 41-26 Northampton: The Bears made it two wins from two as Louis Rees-Zammit scored twice at Ashton Gate

The Independent UK · Oct 3

Why Bath defeat showed the problems Harlequins are facing – and why they have hope

Harlequins 17-33 Bath: The hosts showed plenty of pluck even in a game that delivered the expected result at the Stoop

The Independent UK · Sep 25

Freeman and Pater inspire Northampton to opening win against Newcastle

Tommy Freeman and James Pater both scored hat-tricks as Northampton began their Prem title defence with a 59-26 victory against Newcastle

The Guardian - UK · Sep 25

Inside Northampton Saints and how the best club in England plan to get even better

BEHIND THE SCENES: Ahead of the defence of their Prem title, Harry Latham-Coyle went behind-the-scenes to find out what makes Saints special

The Independent UK · Sep 25

Northampton lead Prem charge but history shows title defence will be no simple task

Boosted by retaining Henry Pollock, champions are eager to keep improving but a revitalised Saracens and Exeter should push them all the way

The Guardian - UK · Sep 24

Prem Rugby 2026-27: the essential club-by-club guide to the new season

Bath have a point to prove, Newcastle are shy of an A-lister and Aaron Wainwright could prove the signing of the summer at Welford Road

The Guardian - UK · Sep 23

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The Independent UK · Sep 23

Meet Ed Prowse, Northampton’s unsung hero making the most of an unlikely second chance

INTERVIEW: Interview: Converted from prop two years ago, Prowse has become a key cog in Northampton’s engine room – he sits down with Harry Latham-Coyle to explain his curious journey

The Independent UK · Sep 22

Chris Ashton says Henry Pollock was always staying at Northampton despite ‘pantomime’

After much speculation, and Pollock’s adviser Eddie Hearn claiming he was worth £1m a year, the 21-year-old England star signed a ‘multi-year’ contract with Saints worth in excess of £400k

The Independent UK · Sep 22

Henry Pollock commits future to Northampton after agent Eddie Hearn called for huge pay rise

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The Guardian - UK · Sep 22

Henry Pollock triples salary after signing ‘multi-year’ deal to stay at Northampton

England back row Henry Pollock has signed a bumper new contract with Northampton

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The Independent UK · Sep 22

Prem Rugby 2026-27: Club-by-club guide and predictions for new season

Who will challenge Northampton for the crown in a World Cup year?

The Guardian - UK · Sep 18

‘In almost every French game, there’s theatre’: Dean Richards on bringing joie de vivre back to English rugby

Doncaster Knights’ new director of rugby tells Robert Kitson about his passion for the Champ, who Steve Borthwick should pick from overseas and why he wants players to have a bit of fun

The Guardian - UK · Sep 14

Pollock denies signing Northampton deal and is ‘open to every opportunity’

Northampton remain confident Henry Pollock will stay at the club, but he has insisted he is prepared to be ‘selfish’ when maximising his earning potential

The Guardian - UK · Sep 11

Sports quiz of the week: Monza drama, US Open heroics and unusual side hustles

Test your knowledge of the big stories in football, tennis, cricket, rugby union, F1 and more

The Guardian - UK · Sep 9

England to extend Borthwick contract as Pollock closes on £400,000 Northampton deal

Steve Borthwick will be handed a contract extension until after the 2028 Six Nations, giving the Rugby Football Union time to identify his successor if England flop at the World Cup next year

The Guardian - UK · Sep 7

Sale’s Courtney Lawes ‘not worried about legacy’ in drive to make England return

Courtney Lawes is back in the Prem after two years in France and has unfinished business at international level

The Guardian - UK · Sep 2

Northampton seek ‘happy medium’ after Hearn claims Pollock worth £1m a year

Eddie Hearn is pushing for a seven-figure salary for his client, with Phil Dowson, Northampton’s director of rugby, saying ‘the appetite is for him to stay’ but ‘we have to make decisions based on our budget’

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