The pair have received rave reviews for their performances in their first season of Aviva Premiership Rugby in the black, green and gold, and were chosen as two of the best players in the league by ESPN analysts, Ben Kay and Austin Healey.
The ESPN Dream Team was unveiled at the 2012 Aviva Premiership Rugby Awards, held at the Park Lane Hilton in front of a packed audience of rugby luminaries.
As well as the Saints pair it contains five players from both Leicester and Harlequins, two from Exeter and one Saracen.
The full team is: Mike Brown (Harlequins); Horacio Agulla (Leicester), George Lowe (Harlequins), George Pisi (Northampton), Alesana Tuilagi (Leicester); Toby Flood (Leicester), Haydn Thomas (Exeter); Joe Marler (Harlequins), Schalk Brits (Saracens), Dan Cole (Leicester), Samu Manoa (Northampton), Geoff Parling (Leicester), Chris Robshaw (Harlequins) Capt, James Scaysbrook (Exeter) and Nick Easter (Harlequins)
You can watch highlights from the 2012 Aviva Premiership Rugby awards tonight (Wednesday) exclusively on ESPN from 9pm.
