Northampton Saints

Chris Ashton will join up with fellow rugby league exiles when he joins Saracens next season.

Week 13 of the Aviva Premiership sees in-form Northampton host league leaders Harlequins, as the Saints look to close the gap to the league leaders.

Northampton Director of rugby Jim Mallinder has admitted it is unlikely that England wing Chris Ashton will remain at the club beyond the current season.

Aviva Premiership: Week 11 Review

A busy Christmas schedule sees Bath travel to Franklins Gardens in search of some early festive cheer, whilst the top two square off at the Stoop with Quins heroes of the battle of Toulouse hosting champions Saracens.

Chris Ashton has been charged with “an act contrary to good sportsmanship” after appearing to pull on Alesana Tuilagi’s hair in Northampton’s defeat to Leicester.

Richard Cockerill and Jim Mallinder talk about Leicester's win against Northampton...

Sale Sharks fought back from being nine points down to defeat Northampton Saints 29-21 at Edgeley Park on Friday night in a game that was marred by three yellow cards.

London Irish stole victory from the jaws of defeat as they clinched a last-gasp 14-13 win at Franklins Gardens against Northampton Saints.

Harlequins made it two wins out of two in the Aviva Premiership with an impressive 26-13 win over Northampton Saints at the Twickenham Stoop on Friday night.

Northampton Saints opened their Aviva Premiership account for the 2011/12 season with a gripping and hard-fought 26-24 over Gloucester Rugby at Franklins Gardens.

Soane Tonga'uiha. Dylan Hartley. Brian Mujati. Courtney Lawes. Tom Wood. Chris Ashton. Ben Foden

Leinster claim the Heineken Cup after a sensational second-half comeback against Northampton in Cardiff

Leicester Tigers reached the Aviva Premiership final after coming through a bruising East Midlands derby against Northampton Saints, prevailing by eleven points to three

Northampton Saints confirmed their Aviva Premiership semi-final away at Leicester Tigers with a hard-fought 31-24 victory over bottom side Leeds Carnegie

London Irish's hopes of grabbing a play-off place in the Aviva Premiership are all but over as they fell to a 26-20 home defeat to Northampton Saints

Gloucester cemented 3rd place in the Aviva Premiership with a 27-15 home win over Northampton Saints at Kingsholm on Tuesday night

A last-gasp try from Chris Ashton moved Northampton Saints up to 3rd place in the Aviva Premiership at the expense of Newcastle Falcons on Friday night

Talking Rugby Union caught up with Northampton Saints Hooker Brett Sharman

Northampton Saints cemented their top four spot in the Aviva Premiership with an eight-try demolition of Sale Sharks at a sun-soaked Franklins Gardens