Northampton Saints’ Community team is making a triumphant return to Argentina following last year’s hugely successful international camp.
A year ago, a team of three coaches visited the South American hotbed and were based at Marista Rugby Club in Mendoza, for three-day event, in partnership with Sudamerica Coaching.
The camp sparked the interest of locals with more than 90 players attending, while one of the lucky players, Joaquin, was selected to head to the Saints Residential in August 2025 at Stowe School and coming away with the prestigious Player of the Week award in the Under-16/17s age group.
Building on that success, this year the return to Argentina will see nine days of coaching split across two venues. More than 100 participants have already signed up to receive expert coaching from the visiting team of Matty Wainwright, Sam Turner and Harvey Linnell.
The host venue once more is Marista Rugby Club, which is one of Argentina’s biggest rugby clubs boasting over 1,500 members and lists Saint #1739 and 2000 Heineken Cup winner, Frederico Mendez, amongst its alumni.
Then the team is heading to the Northeast of the country to Tala Rugby Club, which is one of the most respected in the city of Cordoba.
“Last time out in Mendoza was an incredible first experience for us in Argentina,” said Ben Lawrence, Head of Community. “The welcome and hospitality we received was some of the best I’ve encountered abroad.
“To hear how many have already booked on for the return to Marista is amazing, and to have a second location over in Cordoba allows us to engage even more players with Northampton Saints.”
The camp will be run in partnership with Sudamerica Coaching, following on from successful Saints trips to Argentina (2024), Chile and Singapore (2023) and Italy (2019).
The five-day Mendoza camp runs from Wednesday 10 December to Sunday 14 December, the four-day Cordoba camp runs from Tuesday 16 December to Friday 19 December.
While places are not open to international participants, you can find out more about Northampton’s other rugby camps – including Saints’ residential camps at Stowe School – by CLICKING HERE or emailing community@northamptonsaints.co.uk for more information.