Alex Mitchell is one of Northampton Saints’ most-experienced players, both in terms of games played and – despite still being in his 20s – age too.
Then there is his notable rugby CV, which has gained some impressive achievements in recent years. In 2021/22, he made his senior England debut and won both of Saints’ Players’ Player and Supporters’ Player of the Season awards.
In 2023, he was England’s starting scrum-half for the Rugby World Cup journey to the semi-finals in France. The following year, he scored the match-winning try in the 2023/24 PREM Final to defeat Bath and become a league champion. Then in 2025, he was selected for the British & Irish Lions’ squad to tour Australia.
The 2025/26 season marked Mitchell’s 11th with the Club, a journey that began in 2015 after initially being a part of the Sale Sharks Academy.
It didn’t take long for the Maidstone-born back to turn heads in Black, Green and Gold, making his debut against Saracens in 2017, a few months after his 20th birthday and also playing a key role in the Wanderers claiming successive Premiership Rugby Shield triumphs in 2017 and 2018.
This was followed by a breakthrough season in 2018/19. Mitchell played 30 times across the campaign as Saints reached the knock-out stages in every competition and also lifted the PREM Rugby Cup on home soil.
Alongside his accurate passing, kicking, and line-breaking qualities, Mitchell possesses a try-scoring threat himself, reaching double figures in the 2018/19, 2021/22 and 2023/24 seasons.
He made his 150th appearance for Saints against Section Paloise in the Investec Champions Cup in December 2025 and was a replacement against Exeter Chiefs in the Gallagher PREM final as the Club won its second title in three seasons.