Northampton Saints
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| Full name | Northampton Saints Rugby Football Club |
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| Nickname (s) | The Saints, Jimmies | ||
| Founded | 1880 | ||
| Stadion | Franklin's Gardens | ||
| Places | 15,249 | ||
| president | John White | ||
| Trainer | Chris Boyd | ||
| Homepage | www.northamptonsaints.co.uk | ||
| league | Aviva Premiership | ||
| 2018/19 | 4th Place | ||
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The Northampton Saints (officially Northampton Saints Rugby Football Club ) are a rugby union club from the English city of Northampton , which plays in the Aviva Premiership , the highest English league. The home games are played at Franklin's Gardens Stadium. So far, the Saints have won the English Championship (2014) and the Heineken Cup (2000).
history
The association was founded in 1880 by Samuel Wathen Wigg, curate of the parish of St. James, and was called Northampton St. James in the early years (hence the nicknames Saints and Jimmies ). Wigg's goal was to promote “order” among the young community members and to transform them into “gentlemen”. Twenty years later, the first player in the “Saints” was called up for an international match.
Edgar Mobbs stands out among the early players. He was the first Northampton player to captain the national team. He was killed in 1917 during the Third Battle of Flanders . Every year since 1921, a game between Barbarian FC and a selection from the East Midlands has been held in Franklin's Gardens in his honor .
Until the 1960s, the Saints regularly produced good players, but then the club almost sank into insignificance. The club's management had missed the modern developments in the sport and was deposed in 1988 by a group of disappointed fans. In 1990 they were promoted to National Division One and in 1991 the Saints advanced to the final of the Pilkington Cup , which they lost to the Harlequins .
In 1995, in the first year of the era of the purely professional clubs, they were promoted to the Courage League, today's Aviva Premiership . In 2000 the club was converted into a public company and lost again in the English Cup final, this time against the London Wasps . But in the same year, the Saints surprisingly won the European Heineken Cup ; the final in London's Twickenham Stadium against the Irish team Munster Rugby they decided just 9: 8 for themselves. In 2002 and 2003, the Saints reached the English Cup final again, but lost to London Irish and Gloucester RFC .
At the end of the 2005/06 season, the Saints were relegated to the National Division One . In April 2008, the promotion succeeded after the Saints had won all 30 games in the 2007/08 season. In the first year after the promotion, the club reached eighth place and won the European Challenge Cup . In the 2010/11 season, the Saints advanced to the final of the Heineken Cup, but were ultimately subject to the Irish team Leinster Rugby . In 2013, the Saints were in the final of the Premiership, in which they were defeated by the Leicester Tigers . They won their first championship title in 2014 when they beat the Saracens in the final with 24:20 after extra time.
successes
- English champion : 2013-14
- Heineken Cup winner : 1999–2000
- European Challenge Cup winner : 2008-09, 2013-14
- Anglo-Welsh Cup winner: 2009–2010
- Middlesex Sevens Winner: 2002-03
- Finalist Pilkington Cup / Tetley's Bitter Cup / Powergen Cup / LV = Cup : 2011–12, 2013–14
- Heineken Cup finalist: 2010-11
player
Current squad
The squad for the 2019/2020 season:
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Front side (forwards) |
Back line (backs) |
British and Irish Lions
The following players have been nominated for the British and Irish Lions .
| trip | player |
|---|---|
| 1955 | Jeff Butterfield |
| Dickie Jeeps | |
| Frank Sykes | |
| 1959 | Jeff Butterfield (2nd nomination) |
| Dickie Jeeps (2nd nomination) | |
| 1962 | Dickie Jeeps (3rd nomination) |
| 1966 | David Powell |
| Keith Savage | |
| 1968 | Peter Larter |
| Keith Savage (2nd nomination) | |
| Bob Taylor | |
| Bryan West | |
| 1993 | Martin Bayfield |
| Ian Hunter | |
| 1997 | Nick Beal |
| Matt Dawson | |
| Paul Grayson | |
| Tim Rodber | |
| Gregor Townsend | |
| 2001 | Ben Cohen |
| Matt Dawson (2nd nomination) | |
| 2005 | Steve Thompson |
| 2009 | Euan Murray |
| 2017 | Courtney Lawes |
| George North |
National player
The following players were active for the Saints and have played at least 20 international matches.
Records
Most games
| Surname | Games | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. |
 Ron Jacobs (1949-1966)
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470 |
| 2. |
Don White (1943-1961)
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448 |
| 3. |
Vince Cannon (1973-1989)
|
438 |
| 4th |
Alf Chalmers (1897–1912)
|
436 |
| 5. |
Tom Harris (1923-1937)
|
426 |
Most attempts
| Surname | tries | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. |
Teddy Cook (1908-1923)
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219 |
| 2. |
Billy Kingston (1895-1905)
|
207 |
| 3. |
Barry Oldham (1964–1978)
|
185 |
| 4th |
Edgar Mobbs (1905-1913)
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179 |
| 5. |
Frank Packman (1983-1996)
|
178 |
Most of the points
| Surname | Points | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. |
Paul Grayson (1996-2005)
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2786 |
| 2. |
Stephen Myler (2006-2018)
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2655 |
| 3. |
Roger Hosen (1955–1967)
|
1463 |
| 4th |
John Steele (1988-1994)
|
1385 |
| 5. |
Ian Moffat (1967–1974)
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1113 |