Northampton Rugby

The start of the Premiership event saw Saracens off to a good competition. Their start has been fantastic. Lead of 30-7 was awarded a try of penalty by the kick of Charlie Hodgson. The deficit was reduced by Tom Brady after the break. Bonus point by Sarries was secured by Richard Barrington.

Later Sale was given the chance to try out penalty as they had scored five point. In the premiership it was the Sarries who were unbeaten. Bath was defeated in the championships. The ideal start was provided by Goods by Saracens. Jonathan Mills was side stepped. Hodgson got boost with 10-0. Vadim Cobilas gave the much needed break but sadly it got finished by a score from the Brady. Goode was shown a yellow card as he was coming in the side. Line out drive by Sales was impressive. The victory achieved by them was due to Goods.

Mark McCall, the director of rugby Saracens pointed out that it was the season’s first home game and the intensity shown by them was pretty good. The fundamentals were too good to put them in pressure. Overall the performance was too good. On the other hand the director of the rugby team of Sales stated that It was n the first half itself which was quite brutal. The Saracens showed what being in race meant. The opportunities were not grabbed properly by the Sale Sharks. The Sale Sharks however believed that it was no pressure at all. 40 points were conceded by the Sharks which is disappointing.

It was a hand on match and one sided show by the Saracens. Sale Sharks have to learn a lot to put together the pieces in the next event. Eye to eye match will be what the Sale Sharks will be rooting for.

The London Irish Rugby club is getting ready for a stern test against the Harlequins at the Super Sevens Rugby championship quarter finals. The Exiles qualified for the quarter finals after winning their two group B games in Gloucester. The team put up some impressive performance in attack and defense by the young as well as the experienced players coming to the fore. Cam Cowell who will be playing as a winger expressed his confidence in the side lauding their fearless nature. Each of the players is hungry to make an impact and according to Cowell their analysis against the opponent team shall help them in the course of the game. This will be the young star’s maiden first team appearance since he had become a part of the academy after playing for the England Under-18’s team.

London Irish Academy Director Nick Kennedy made his point clear saying that he has no illusions ahead of their fixture against probably one of the best teams in the competition. They will have their task cut out and will have to play out of their skins in order to win the campaign. The London Irish team has made four changes to the squad from the last week. Will Harries, Ollie Williams, Jamie Hearn and Theo Brophy Clews shall join the squad. Ollie Curry will have the onus of captaincy on his shoulders in the crucial match. The Harlequins have also followed it up with four changes in their squad. Louis Grimoldby, Charlie Walker, Sam Stuart and Kieran Tredwell have been replaced by Ian Clark, Simon Pitfield, Gavin Dampies and the academy scrum half Jordan Burns. The much awaited quarter final is sure to produce some fireworks as fans from each side will be rooting for their favorite stars going up against one another.

Christopher John Ashton better known as Chris Ashton across the Rugby world has worn the English jersey and represented his country in two major occasions – the Rugby League and Rugby Union. He has represented leading clubs like Saracens and Wigan Warriors in the wing and full back positions. Ashton made his debut for England on 2006 against the French side.

Chris Ashton has recently been in the news for a number of good as well as bad reasons. He is supposed to receive a written warning from the Rugby Football Union for attempting to distract Harlequins fly back Nick Evans from kicking a conversion. His act of shouting “push it” led to an ugly brawl in the course of the match. The Quins were not at all amused by the conduct of Ashton and lodged an official complaint. Gerard McEvilly who is in charge of the disciplinary action committee of RFU stated that Ashton’s conduct will be under scrutiny as he showed a lack of respect for his rival teammate. However a misconduct charge will not be put against the player who is ready to make hi comeback into the England international team.

England head coach Stuart Lancaster is meanwhile busy with the preparations building up to the World Cup next year.  A number of new players have been named in the squad for the New Zealand tour which will be one of the toughest tests for the English side. Chris Ashton has been named in the squad owing to his top form. Even in the controversial game against the Harlequins, he scored some magnificent tries in order to provide his team with the much important win. Ashton was a regular name in the England squad before going through a rough patch but he is determined to prove his worth with his aggressive and powerful play.