Netgear have been an Elite Sponsor for the last two years. This latest agreement is their second such deal and will see the company’s logo carried on the Saints’ shirts until at least 2010.

Furthermore, the Saints and Netgear have worked closely in partnership to bring wireless internet access to the club’s conference facilities and executive boxes in the Tetley’s Stand. Over the coming months this wireless coverage will be extended throughout the Franklin’s Gardens stadium and offices.

Netgear has been a worldwide provider of technologically advanced, branded networking products since 1996, and Saints’ chief executive Allan Robson is delighted that the company has signed a second sponsorship agreement.

“Netgear is a valuable partner to the club,” he said. “They have worked closely with us to ensure that our network is state-of-the-art and that another dimension has been added to our impressive conferencing facilities to make them the best in the area.

“We believe that the agreement has been beneficial to both the Saints and Netgear and I am looking forward to entrenching this relationship over the next two years.”

Netgear is delighted that its relationship with Northampton Saints will be continuing into the future. As a partner, Northampton Saints provides Netgear with the opportunity to build its brand within both the home and business market, through the increasing coverage given to rugby union in the UK and wider markets.

Mark Power, managing director of Netgear UK, said: “We feel that Northampton Saints’ on and off pitch performance are a great representation of how UK businesses can use leading technology to excel within any competitive market place, no matter what the final product or service. We’re excited that our products can be showcased in an environment like the Franklin’s Gardens stadium and offices.”

Netgear continues to introduce leading edge networking products for home and business and the Franklin’s Gardens crowd will be some of the first to hear about new developments.