Northampton boss Phil Dowson has lost the services of Lukhan Salakaia-Loto for 2023/24 after the Gallagher Premiership club agreed to release the Australian on compassionate grounds.
Northampton Saints have confirmed the names of seven more players that are set to exit the club at the end of the 2022/23 campaign.
Northampton Saints veteran Mike Haywood will retire at the end of the season following an offer that 'felt too good to turn down'.
Fourteen-man Munster hung on to claim a Heineken Champions Cup double over Northampton, with Gavin Coombes scoring two first-half tries to help set up a 27-23 win at Thomond Park.
Exeter bounced back from a five-try drubbing against Gallagher Premiership leaders Saracens last weekend as they swept Northampton aside 35-12 at Sandy Park.
England powerhouse Manu Tuilagi will play his first rugby match in 16 weeks after Sale named him to start in their Gallagher Premiership opener at home to Northampton on Friday night.
New Northampton director of rugby Phil Dowson will lead a group of 60 players in his first season at the helm - up from 58 in 2021/22 - with 19 new faces arriving at cinch Stadium at Franklin’s Gardens, including Lukhan Salakaia-Loto.
Northampton Saints DoR Chris Boyd has made four changes to his line-up for this weekend’s Gallagher Premiership...
Courtney Lawes and Tom Curry, the duo who captained England in their recent five-game Guinness Six Nations campaign, are back in action on Friday night for their respective clubs, Northampton and Sale, following injury.
Northampton boss Chris Boyd admitted that Saints had used their get out of jail card after claiming an unlikely 36-31 Gallagher Premiership victory over Bath.
