Saints confirm Playing Squad for 2021/22 season
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Northampton Saints have confirmed the Club’s first-team squad list for the 2021/22 season – with Director of Rugby Chris Boyd now leading a group of 58 players in total.
A total of 12 new faces arrive at Franklin’s Gardens including Juarno Augustus, Frank Lomani, Brandon Nansen, Courtnall Skosan and Karl Wilkins, while an impressive 67% (39/58) of Northampton’s senior squad have come through the Saints Academy system.
Boyd’s coaching group remains unchanged for the 2021/22 season, with Sam Vesty (Attack Coach), Ian Vass (Defence Coach), Phil Dowson (Forwards Coach) and Matt Ferguson (Assistant/Scrum Coach) at the helm.
Mark Hopley (Head of Academy) leads a Senior Academy group of 16 players, supported by Academy Coaches Jake Sharp, Will Parkin and James Craig, as well as Alex O’Dowd (Academy Programme Manager).
PROPS
Nick Auterac
Karl Garside
Oisín Heffernan
Paul Hill
Danny Hobbs-Awoyemi
Emmanuel Iyogun
Leroy O’Neil*
Ehren Painter
Ed Prowse*
Alex Waller
HOOKERS
Callum Burns*
James Fish
Mikey Haywood
Reece Marshall
Sam Matavesi
LOCKS & LOOSE FORWARDS
Emeka Atuanya*
Juarno Augustus
Alex Coles
Teimana Harrison
Geordie Irvine*
Courtney Lawes
Tom Lockett*
Lewis Ludlam
Alex Moon
Brandon Nansen
Ollie Newman*
Api Ratuniyarawa
David Ribbans
Kayde Sylvester*
JJ Tonks
Karl Wilkins
Duane Willemsen*
Tom Wood
SCRUM-HALVES
Chris Cook
Jake Garside*
Tom James
Frank Lomani
Alex Mitchell
Connor Tupai
FLY HALVES
Dan Biggar
James Grayson
Matthew Arden*
CENTRES
Fraser Dingwall
Piers Francis
Ethan Grayson*
Rory Hutchinson
Tom Litchfield*
Matt Proctor
WINGERS
Tom Collins
Josh Gillespie*
Dani Long-Martinez*
Taqele Naiyaravoro
Courtnall Skosan
Ollie Sleightholme
FULL-BACKS
Tommy Freeman
George Furbank
George Hendy*
Ahsee Tuala
* Senior Academy 2021/22