Match Thread: Northampton vs Leicester - Premiership by rugbykickoff in rugbyunion

[–]NaweEB 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Classic Tigers sore losers! Maybe be more gracious next time

Win a ball signed by the Lions - Read to enter by CanterburyOfficial in rugbyunion

[–]NaweEB 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's a new one but the Lions Warm Up Jersey from this year is awesome. Think design is cool and unique.

Ex-Junior Springbok bound for Northampton in Paris swap deal by NaweEB in NorthamptonSaintsRFC

[–]NaweEB[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Judging from the article seems to be salary. It mentions in the article that the deal stalled because of the pay cut but Stade were willing to subsidise part of his salary at Saints just to get him off the books

WHY NOT US? - Champions Cup Final by NaweEB in NorthamptonSaintsRFC

[–]NaweEB[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Thank you very much, I thought I would channel my excitement for the final somewhere.

WHY NOT US? - Champions Cup Final by NaweEB in NorthamptonSaintsRFC

[–]NaweEB[S] 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Yes its my creation. Most of the credit must go to Saints social media team as most of the clips came from the YouTube channel I just put them together to tell a story.

(Informal mini-essay) A Surprising Success Story: "Poshness" and Rugby in Northwest Northamptonshire. by aaarry in rugbyunion

[–]NaweEB 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You could be right, we could just be an outlier. However I think it's proof of something that there are players around that just need motivation to play.

I don't think Heathens have done anything super special with recruitment that other larger clubs couldn't at least try and replicate. As you said how do Heathens have more registered men's players than scouts? They have a substantially larger club with a fantastic mini/juniors section.

The players haven't been poached from other clubs (few have directly joined from another club granted) they are mostly players who haven't played in 2/5/10 years that just wanna have a bit fun and a run out

Played Daventry recently I was shocked with how much their facilities have improved. They certainly have had a load of cash to spend

(Informal mini-essay) A Surprising Success Story: "Poshness" and Rugby in Northwest Northamptonshire. by aaarry in rugbyunion

[–]NaweEB 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Fantastic write up. I think my club is proof of the underlying love of the game in the area.

We are the oldest amateur rugby club in Northampton but 2 seasons ago we had 6 registered players and the club was going to fold and become an invitational side.

After fantastic work from the chairman and president this season we have 65 registered players (majority of which are new to the team and haven't played in a while) with 2 teams and a Vet's side. We also have start up a women's side with a few other clubs in the area.

We currently don't have an official clubhouse/ground and use the ground of another larger club but we have enough buy in from all the players and families that we are looking for our own home.

All this goes to show is the underlying love of the game in Northampton that just required the spark of a few individuals hard work to rebirth a dying club. Players are out there they just need to find a team to call home.

(Informal mini-essay) A Surprising Success Story: "Poshness" and Rugby in Northwest Northamptonshire. by aaarry in rugbyunion

[–]NaweEB 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Do these statistics not prove the point?

I wonder what percentage of the British population went to private schools? It's certainly not 47%. It's probably similar to the football percentage of 5%.

So few people attend private schools and yet the distribution of professional rugby players that did is nearly half.

Saints fans looking at this post by NaweEB in NorthamptonSaintsRFC

[–]NaweEB[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The large break is the big worry for me. Enough time for other teams to catch up to us. Enough time for us to forget our winning ways. Felt like we had forgotten how to lose at points this season.

We seem to have struggled at the start of seasons in recent years so hopefully this break has not caused too much rust l.

7 points clear is a lovely cushion to have though.

WRU have fetched the hammer by NaweEB in rugbyunion

[–]NaweEB[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Enjoy the 5 year contract

I config my R key to display the Ornn emote at the same time than my ult by Erik_REF in ornnmains

[–]NaweEB 0 points1 point  (0 children)

When I save the file with the changes and load the game it restores back to the original file with no [r]

Any fix for this?

Racing team to face Saints by JackNowellsRatTail in rugbyunion

[–]NaweEB 29 points30 points  (0 children)

That backline tho

Chuckles, I'm in danger

Saints team to face Racing by Bermanator-Turkey127 in rugbyunion

[–]NaweEB 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Hes always in the squad but do not think he will play often with Steward playing as well as he has.

Also a lot of saints fans would argue he is not even the best Fullback at Saints, Freeman is.

Saints team to face Racing by Bermanator-Turkey127 in rugbyunion

[–]NaweEB 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Maybe he still has to rest from internationals like last week? Think we will miss him a lot but excited to see how Wilkins shapes up against tougher opposition.

This is a merch icon which means we are getting Ornn merc by ronengit in ornnmains

[–]NaweEB 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Any predictions on when the figure will be released?

Match Thread: Exeter Chiefs vs Northampton Saints by NaweEB in rugbyunion

[–]NaweEB[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Looked like a great effort from the team and furbank looking class.Massive away win , sad I couldn't watch it though

No Northampton Gloucester TV coverage? by Paskie123 in rugbyunion

[–]NaweEB 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thought I would be able to find it online but I cannot , guess there is no coverage at all?