Northampton Saints

England captain Dylan Hartley is set to make a comeback for the Northampton Saints in their final game of the Aviva Premiership season against Gloucester at Kingsholm on Saturday.

Bath and South Africa flanker Francois Louw will face a Rugby Football Union disciplinary panel on Thursday over the incident involving Northampton Saints lock Courtney Lawes.

Stormers scrum-half Nic Groom has signed a contract with Northampton Saints and is set to join the English Premiership side at the end of the 2016 Super Rugby season.

20 points from Tigers fly-half Freddie Burns proved to be the difference as Leicester enhanced their Premiership play-off chances with a 30-24 victory over East Midlands rivals Northampton Saints in a back-and-forth encounter at Franklin's Gardens.

The prop forward talks about his move to Northampton Saints, and his journey to the Aviva Premiership and what his current club Wharfedale means to him.

Northampton director of rugby Jim Mallinder is backing Teimana Harrison to win a place on England's summer tour to Australia.

Chris Ashton rescued Saracens from disaster as an injury-ravaged Northampton's brave attempt at causing a major upset in the fierce rivals' Champions Cup quarter-final at Allianz Park faltered late on in a 29-20 defeat.

Northampton will limp into Allianz Park for their Champions Cup quarter-final against Saracens after seeing a number of key players including Dylan Hartley ruled out.

Dylan Hartley could make an earlier than expected return from concussion in time for Northampton's Champions Cup quarter-final against Saracens on Saturday.

Saracens will give Maro Itoje every opportunity to prove his fitness for Saturday's Champions Cup quarter-final against Northampton.

Wasps secured their place in this season's Premiership playoffs with a resounding 28-6 Aviva Premiership victory over title rivals Northampton spurred by star performances from flanker George Smith and fullback Rob Miller.

With the upcoming increase to the Aviva Premiership salary cap, it’s certainly been an exciting year for fans, who have been treated to some stellar signings ahead of the 2016/17 season.

Northampton got themselves back in contention for the play-offs with a 29-23 win over Harlequins at Franklin's Gardens.

Exeter scored 17 unanswered second-half points as they rallied against Northampton to win a fierce contest 20-12 at Sandy Park and go top of the Aviva Premiership table.

Stephen Myler scored 15 points as Northampton handed Saracens only their third loss of the season, 15-20, but it came at a cost with Courtney Lawes suffering a potentially serious leg injury.

England head coach Eddie Jones will attend Saracens' Aviva Premiership clash with Northampton looking for pointers ahead of the looming RBS 6 Nations title showdown with Wales.

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Tom Collins scored his first senior hat-trick as Northampton ran out 38-18 winners in a ding-dong battle with Worcester at Franklin's Gardens.

Newcastle gave their hopes of beating the drop a boost as the Falcons survived a Northampton fightback to record their fifth home win in succession.

Northampton crossed for five tries as they brushed aside London Irish to claim a 35-7 Aviva Premiership victory at Franklin's Gardens.