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Milligan heads to Argentina with England U18 |
| Academy number eight Rob Milligan is the second Saint to head to Argentina this summer. He will tour the country with the England Under 18s Development Squad. |
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Four step up to the Saints Senior Academy |
| Northampton Saints today announced that four members of the Junior Saints Academy have been awarded full-time contracts with the Saints Senior Academy. |
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Milligan another member of the Saints Academy's Grand Slam club |
| In the fervour surrounding the Saints' recent promotion to the Guinness Premiership and EDF Energy National Trophy win it has somewhat slipped under the radar that another member of the Saints Academy, sponsored by LIO, has won a Grand Slam with England. |
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Saints Under-19s edge thriller over Sale |
| The Saints U19s maintained their unbeaten home record with a hard fought 23-22 win over Sale. The match was marred by an incident just three minutes into the game when centre Nick Greenhalgh and a Sale centre collided with the latter needing to be taken off the pitch by ambulance. The 40-minute delay had an effect on both teams who were clearly upset by seeing their team mates in such distress. |
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Saints youngsters star for England U16s A |
| Five Junior Saints Academy players represented England U16 A in their impressive 52-10 victory over USA U17s at Millfield School yesterday. The U16s Tournament is held at Millfield every year over the Easter period. The victory came after a narrow 33-25 loss to France on Tuesday at Torr RFC. |
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JSA overwhelms plucky Eagles |
| The Junior Saints Academy produced a fine display of entertaining, open rugby with a resounding 83-0 victory over the USA Eagles U18s. |
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Saints announce new Academy sponsor |
| Northampton Saints are delighted to announce that French property experts Logical Investments Options (LIO) have signed an agreement to sponsor the club's Academy until the end of next season (2008/09). |
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Brake sends back his Hong Kong diary |
| John Brake gives his diary entry from the England Sevens camp ahead of this weekend's Cathay Pacific/Credit Suisse Hong Kong tournament. |
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Milligan retains England Under-18 starting spot |
| Junior Saints Academy number eight Rob Milligan has been named in the England Under 18s team to face Italy tomorrow (Wednesday) in the opening game of the 2008 Six Nations Festival. |
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Gray delighted with England experience |
| Senior Academy hooker Joe Gray was understandably delighted by the performance of the England Under-20 team on Friday night. In defeating Ireland 43-14 at Kingholm the Under-20s won the Grand Slam. |
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Cannon excited by England challenge |
| Senior Academy lock James Cannon is understandably delighted to have been named on the England Under-20 bench for tomorrow evening's Grand Slam decider against Ireland at Kingsholm. |
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Cannon joins Gray for Under-20 Grand Slam attempt |
| Senior Academy forwards Joe Gray and James Cannon have an opportunity to become Grand Slam winners tomorrow evening after having both been named in the England Under-20 squad that will face Ireland at Kingsholm. Gray and Cannon have both benefitted in the past 12 months from support from the Chris Kokta Memorial Trust. |
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Forthcoming fixtures at Franklin's Gardens |
| The Saints may only have three more home National League One fixtures this season, but there is plenty of rugby coming up at Franklin's Gardens over the next few weeks. |
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Storey double at heart of JSA win over Bedford |
| The Junior Saints Academy had a hard-fought victory over local rivals Bedford Blues on Saturday at the Bedford International Stadium. Playing into a strong wind in the first half Saints fell behind with a penalty but were soon ahead with a well taken try from scrum-half Darryl Veenendaal from a driven lineout. |
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Mallinder happy with Academy forwards |
| Director of rugby Jim Mallinder says that Senior Academy forwards Phil Hoy and James Cannon will have benefited greatly from their match experience gained against Launceston on Tuesday evening. |
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Brake joins Gray in England Under-20 squad |
| Senior Academy scrum-half John Brake could add England Under-20s to his Sevens honours this weekend having been called up to the squad for Friday night's Six Nations game against Scotland. |
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Under-19s suffer first defeat of the regular season |
| Saints U19s couldn't back up their impressive performance of a week earlier against England U18s in Saturday's trip to Leicester. Fielding only one U19 it was a chance to see some younger JSA players, with nine U17s in the squad. The Tigers proved too strong and ran out 27-7 winners. |
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Milligan in England Under-18 Six Nations action on Sunday |
| Junior Saints Academy number eight Rob Milligan will pull on an England shirt on Sunday afternoon after having been selected in the Under 18s Six Nations Festival team to take on Wales at Worcester Warriors' Sixways Stadium. |
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Saints Under-18s demolish England counterparts at Solihull |
| The Saints Academy had a good afternoon at Solihull RFC, running eight tries past England Under-18 in a 50-24 victory. Centre Nick Greenhalgh and wing Anders Mogensen led the way with a brace each and Jon Vickers, Ollie Storey, Owen Giles and Adam Martin all crossed the line as well. Daryl Veenendaal and Tom Jones shared the five conversions. A full match report will follow. |
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10 Saints in England Under 16 squads |
| Ten members of the Junior Saints Academy will be pulling on England Under 16 shirts tomorrow as their week of training at Hartpury College draws to a close. |
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Gray heads to Grenoble with England Under-20 |
| Joe Gray is once again in the England Under-20 starting XV that takes on France in Grenoble tomorrow night. |
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Hoy steps up to first team squad |
| Northampton Saints today announced that Phil Hoy has become the first member of this season's Senior Academy to be rewarded with a first team contract. |
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Three tries see Under-19s to a win over Sale |
| Saints U19s recorded a fine 22-19 victory over Sale at the Sharks' Carrington training ground. Playing into a slight wind in the first half the Saints pack opened the scoring with a well worked drive from a lineout with umber eight Rob Milligan breaking through tackles to score in the corner. |
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Milligan selected for England Under-18s |
| Junior Saints Academy number eight Rob Milligan has been named in the England Under 18s squad to compete in this season?s Six Nations Festival. |
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Young players will learn a lot from defeat, says Hunter |
| Academy manager Rob Hunter says that the young players who were in the Wanderers line-up against Saracens on Monday night will benefit from the experience. |
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Gray making the most of his opportunities |
| If ever there was a player raring to take every chance offered to him in professional rugby it is Senior Academy hooker Joe Gray. |
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Wanderers head to Saracens next Monday |
| The Wanderers travel to play Saracens this coming Monday for a friendly match. Kick off at Old Albanians RFC in St Albans is 7:30pm. |
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Gray starts for England Under-20 against Wales |
| Senior Academy hooker Joe Gray will make his first start for England Under-20 in Friday night's game against Wales at Kingsholm. |
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Saints Under-19s to play Cardiff this Wednesday |
| The first team may be away over the next few games, but you can still see Northampton rugby at Franklin's Gardens this week as the Under-19s play Cardiff Under-19s on Wednesday evening. Kick-off on the main pitch is at 6:30pm. Entry is free to all season ticket holders. |
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Veenendaal guides Saints U19 to wet win over Leeds |
| Saints U19s had a hard fought victory over Leeds Carnegie at Franklin’s Gardens on Saturday. It was a credit to groundsman ‘Piggy’ Powell and his team for getting the pitch playable with all the recent rain and it was great to see so many local supporters at the match, including some of our Academy U16s. |
