We're in a better place - Hartley
1 decade ago by Belfast Telegraph: Rugby03 April 2015Saints, beaten 33-22 by Leinster in the 2011 Heineken Cup final, play Clermont Auvergne in Saturday's European Champions Cup quarter-final. "We are in a better place now,"...
Courtney Lawes insists he is no 'thug' and will not change
1 decade ago by Telegraph Rugby NewsEngland lock Courtney Lawes rejected accusations that he is a thug and promised not to change his hard-hitting style ahead of Northampton’s Champions Cup quarter-final away to Clermont Auvergne on Saturday. ...
Relive Northampton Saints last quarter-final victory in the European Cup
1 decade agoWith Northampton Saints taking on Clermont Auvergne this weekend we look back at their last victory in a quarter-final in Europe’s elite competition. In 2011 they took on Ulster in Milton Keynes and...
Jim Mallinder warns of the dangers Clermont will pose to Northampton
1 decade ago by The Guardian• Mallinder: ‘Clermont Auvergne have no weaknesses’• Clermont meet Saints defending 22-game unbeaten record• George North out until end of April after latest head injuryJim Mallinder believes...
Clermont Auvergne v Northampton (Sat)
1 decade ago by BBC Rugby NewsConcussed Northampton winger George North is replaced by Jamie Elliott for the European Champions Cup last-eight trip to Clermont Auvergne. England centre Luther Burrell is back in the 12...
Mallinder talks up Clermont's class
1 decade ago by Belfast Telegraph: Rugby03 April 2015The Aviva Premiership title holders head to Stade Marcel Michelin, where opponents Clermont Auvergne boast a 22-game unbeaten European home record and whose scalps this season...
Friday Round-Up
1 decade agoKellock to retire: Glasgow captain Al Kellock has announced he is to retire from the game after 13 years in the game. The lock who is 33, has been at Glasgow for 9 years but has decided to call time on...
Carl Hayman insists Toulon's defeat by Toulouse has sharpened minds ahead of Wasps Champions Cup clash
1 decade ago by Telegraph Rugby NewsMotivation for a Champions Cup quarter-final against Wasps will not be in short supply for Toulon, the defending European – but no longer French – champions. That latter title was unceremoniously...
Austin Healey: We must protect the sport of rugby union as well as the players
1 decade ago by The TelegraphRugby is a sport that features lots of high-impact collisions with big people running into each other at speed. You cannot make that safe. Tackles will be mistimed, accidents will happen and players...
International Rugby comes to the Ricoh Arena
1 decade ago by London WaspsIn the week that Wasps travel to Toulon for a European Quarter Final, the club has announced it will also host an international team at the Ricoh Arena next season, in addition to hosting Group B of the...
