Callum Chick's move to 'rugby town' Northampton motivated by England ambition
Northampton have completed the signing of Newcastle captain and No.8 Callum Chick ahead of the 2025/26 season.
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06 May 2025, 4:46
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Once editor of Rugby Times (2002-11), the UK's first weekly newspaper devoted to Rugby Union, and now owner of Heads Up Sports Media; Not the former Aussie tennis player of the same name, nor the son of well-known former rugby writer Barry Newcombe!
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