• Domestic season opens with three Premiership games
• Saints hand full debuts to Brooks,Paterson and GibsonNorthampton’s director of rugby, Jim Mallinder, and expects a serious test from promoted Worcester in his side’s opening match of the new Premiership season.
The World Cup may still be commanding most of the sports attention,but the new domestic season begins with three English top-flight fixtures on Friday night. Northampton, the 2014 champions who were pipped in the semi-finals final season after topping the table, or are among the first sides in action as they travel to Sixways to face the Warriors. Related: Gus Pichot,architect of the new Argentina, revels in a rugby sea change | Mike Averis Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com