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Northampton Saints: Forwards will pack a punch

PROMISING prop Alex Waller believes the Saints forwards will pack a bigger punch than ever next season.

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Northampton Saints: Mallinder ‘Pain to inspire Saints’

JIM MALLINDER insists nobody at Saints will be allowed to forget how last season ended.

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Northampton Saints: Saints stars dress up for Tiny’s event

Saints rugby stars including Chris Ashton and Ben Foden have been pictured in Tongan dress to raise money for team-mate Soane Tonga’uiha’s testimonial.

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Northampton Saints: Waller wants Soane’s shirt

Promising prop Alex Waller has warned Soane Tonga’uiha he wants to wear the Saints No.1 shirt more often next season.

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Northampton Saints: Foden sad to see Saracens-bound Ashton leave

BEN FODEN says he’s sad to see Chris Ashton leave Saints – but is looking forward to putting one over on the Saracens-bound star next season.

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Northampton Saints: Aussie international Cameron signs on at Gardens

AUSTRALIAN ace Cameron Shepherd says he can’t wait to show the Saints fans what he can do.

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Breaking News: Northampton Saints sign Australian star Cameron Shepherd

AUSTRALIAN ace Cameron Shepherd says he can’t wait to show the Saints fans what he can do.

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Northampton Saints: Mallinder on verge of bolstering squad

JIM MALLINDER has revealed Saints are on the verge of signing a couple of ‘established’ players.

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Northampton Saints: First season at Saints a ‘blessing’ for George

GEORGE PISI says his first season at Saints has been a ‘blessing.’

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Northampton Saints: Ben sets sights on the future

FLYING full-back Ben Foden believes next season will be ‘the one’ for Saints.

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Northampton Saints: Robson ‘Mallinder should have been England’s man’

ALLAN ROBSON believes England’s loss is Saints’ gain – after seeing Jim Mallinder sign a new deal at Franklin’s Gardens yesterday.

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BREAKING NEWS: Saints coach Jim Mallinder signs new deal to stay at Franklin’s Gardens

Director of rugby Jim Mallinder has signed a new contract with Northampton Saints, which will extend his tenure at Franklin’s Gardens until at least 2015.

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Saints FanStand: It’s so hard to take as we fall short yet again

Jason Roberts: The two great sporting loves in my life are the Saints and Chelsea.

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Northampton Saints: Mallinder’s sadness as duo depart

JIM MALLINDER has admitted his huge disappointment at losing Irish aces James Downey and Roger Wilson.

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Northampton Saints: Mallinder refuses to blame Lamb for loss

When Lee Dickson dived over to put Saints eight points up at Harlequins on Saturday, forwards coach Dorian West let out a roar.

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Northampton Saints: Pisi picks up double at end-of-season dinner

George Pisi stole the show at Saints’ end-of-season awards dinner – then roared: Next season can be even better.

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Northampton Saints: Wilson ‘Saints are so close’

ROGER WILSON says Saints are not far away from being ‘one of the best teams in Europe’.

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Breaking News: Hartley returns for England

SAINTS skipper Dylan Hartley will return from his eight-week biting ban in England’s traditional pre-tour match against the Barbarians at Twickenham on May 27.

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Northampton Saints: Ryan shrugs off mistake in Quins loss

RYAN LAMB insists he won’t dwell on his costly missed conversion in Saturday’s Aviva Premiership semi-final defeat at Harlequins.

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Northampton Saints: Timeline to Saints’ woe

WILL it be third time lucky for Saints in the Premiership play-off semi-finals or will they fall before the grand final hurdle once again?

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Wilson: Lack of belief cost us

Northampton Saints: Departing Irishman Wilson says Saints have to learn the painful lessons from so many near misses...

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Northampton Saints: Lamb says sorry but thanks fan for ‘awesome’ support Picture gallery

RYAN LAMB said sorry to the Saints fans after their side suffered Premiership semi-final heartbreak for the third successive season.

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Harlequins 25 - 23 Saints: Northampton suffer semi-final heartbreak

SAINTS suffered semi-final heartbreak for the third successive season as they were beaten in agonising fashion by Harlequins at The Stoop.

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Northampton Saints: Dickson ‘Being captain comes naturally to me’

LEE DICKSON says being Saints skipper has come naturally to him.

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Northampton Saints: Pisi ‘Saints will sail victory if they can see off Quins’ ball players’ video

GEORGE PISI says Saints will be ‘sailing’ – if they can shut down Harlequins’ ball players at The Stoop this afternoon.

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Breaking News: Lamb to start for Saints at The Stoop

RYAN LAMB has been handed the Saints number 10 shirt for tomorrow’s Aviva Premiership semi-final showdown at The Stoop.

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Northampton Saints: Dickson says players can’t wait to get at semi-final rivals Harlequins video

LEE DICKSON says the Saints players are ‘bouncing off the walls’ ahead of tomorrow’s Premiership semi-final showdown at The Stoop.

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Breaking News: Lancaster warning for Hartley

ENGLAND coach Stuart Lancaster has said he will hold a “strong conversation” with banned Saints hooker Dylan Hartley and impress upon the whole England squad how vital discipline will be on tour in South Africa.

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Breaking News: Myler and Lamb fighting for Saints start

SAINTS kicking coach Paul Grayson admits director of rugby Jim Mallinder has a tough decision to make as to who will play at fly-half in Saturday’s Aviva Premiership play-off semi-final.

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Saints FanStand: Two wins from being champions

Paul McQuaid: Saints are just two games away from being crowned Aviva Premiership champions.

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Breaking News: Six Saints players named in England squad

SIX Saints players have been named in the England squad to tour South Africa next month.

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Northampton Saints: Winger Chris winning race to play in semi-final... video

SAINTS have been boosted by the news that England winger Chris Ashton will be available for Saturday’s crunch Aviva Premiership play-off semi-final at Harlequins.

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Northampton Saints: Long in dreamland as he eyes second final

Andy Long admits it would be surreal to crown his time at Saints with a Premiership winner’s medal.

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Northampton Saints: Craig desperate to end Saints’ semi-final run

James Craig says it is about time Saints started winning semi-finals as they prepare for their third successive Premiership play-off.

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Northampton Saints: Downey and Wilson ‘two of my best signings’

JIM MALLINDER says the two best signings he made as Saints boss deserve a huge send off.

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Breaking News: Northampton Saints semi-final tickets sold out in two hours

SAINTS have sold out their ticket allocation for Saturday’s Premiership semi-final in just two hours.

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Northampton Saints: Hooker Long expecting Hartley to play in final if Saints beat Quins

VETERAN hooker Andy Long would have no complaints if skipper Dylan Hartley took his place should Saints reach a first Premiership final.

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Northampton Saints: Ex-Saints boss Geech tips Tigers to win title

FORMER Saints director of rugby Ian McGeechan has tipped Leicester to taste glory in the Aviva Premiership play-offs.

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Northampton Saints: Mallinder hopeful winger Ashton will be fit for semi-final

JIM MALLINDER is still hopeful Chris Ashton will recover from a back injury for Saturday’s Premiership semi-final at Harlequins.

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Northampton Saints: Foden could hold key to Saints’ title chances

SAINTS could be down to just three of their eight England EPS players for their semi-final with Harlequins, but when one of them is Ben Foden there is always hope.

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Northampton Saints: Mallinder ‘We are underdogs against Harlequins’

JIM MALLINDER accepts his Saints side will be underdogs when they travel to The Stoop to take on Harlequins in a third successive Premiership semi-final.

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Saints 42 - 14 Warriors: Northampton thrash Worcester to secure Premiership semi-final

SAINTS stormed into the Premiership semi-finals for the third year in a row with a five-try 42-14 thrashing of Worcester.

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Northampton Saints: Post-World Cup form has Saints on target

JIM MALLINDER stands on the verge of a third successive Premiership semi-final but admits there have been plenty of challenges this time around.

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Northampton Saints: Foden happy to get some sleep video

WHEN Ben Foden turned up at the Browns Sports & Leisure Club in Portugal last week he had horrible flashbacks of England training camps.

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Northampton Saints: Stepping up a gear

BEN FODEN says the Leicester loss has shaken any complacency out of Saints as they look to step up a gear against Worcester today.

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Breaking News: Former Northampton Saint Neil Best named in Worcester side

Scrum half Shaun Perry will captain Worcester Warriors when they face Northampton Saints in the final game of the club’s first year back in the Aviva Premiership tomorrow.

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Northampton Saints: Roger wants to crown four-year stay at Gardens with the title video

ROGER WILSON is aiming to end his four years at Saints with a Premiership winner’s medal – but tomorrow he could come up against the man who made him wonder if he was right to move from Ulster.

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Breaking News: Northampton Saints unchanged for must-win final game

Saints director of rugby Jim Mallinder has named an unchanged side to take on Worcester in tomorrow’s must-win final game of the regular season.

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Northampton Saints News: Chris Ashton: Farrell is why I am leaving not money

SAINTS star Chris Ashton insists he is joining Saracens to link up with Wigan legend Andy Farrell and not for the money.

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Northampton Saints: Jim ‘Ash has a lot to prove’

JIM MALLINDER says back-in-form winger Chris Ashton still has a lot of critics to prove wrong ahead of tomorrow’s must-win clash with Worcester.

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