Saints v Borders - Heineken Cup Preview Plus+
By Chris Gleadell
January 9 2004
In the run up to Saturdays Heineken Cup Pool Four game between Northampton Saints and The Borders of Scotland on Saturday at Franklins Gardens we bring you all the other details, facts and figures etc etc etc.........
NORTHAMPTON
SAINTS v BORDERS
Heineken Cup Pool Four
Franklins Gardens
Kick-off 3:00pm
PREVIEW PLUS
+
BREAKING NEWS
Matt Dawson has failed a fitness test.
Jonny Howard to start, Sharky Robinson on bench.
Borders Team:
S Paterson; N Walker, J Stuart, K Utterson capt, C Moir; C Laidlaw,
C Cusiter; K Todd, R Ford, B Douglas, S MacLeod, C Stewart,
A Rennick, S Sititi, C Feather. Subs: S Scott,
C Dunlea, D Weir, T Walker, D Kane, G Armstrong, I Fairley.
Have you read the
Saints v Borders - The COYSDC Preview?
The Preview at the Offy
The Borders Preview
The BBC Preview
The Chronicle & Echo Preview
If You're Going To the Game
Get Directions
Watch that Northampton weather
If You're NOT Going To The Game
There May (or may not) Be Someone In
The COYSDC Chatroom
Listen to the game live from the BBC
If you are not near a computer you can also listen to
Radio Northampton (if you are in the locality) on
FM 104.2 & 103.6
Borders Websites
The Borders Offy Site
Borders at the SRU
Other Sites
The Official Heineken Cup Site
Sky's Heineken Cup Site
The Heineken Cup at Scrum.com
The Match Reports
This is the first competitive meeting between the clubs so sorry no
archive reports this week.
Borders - The Story So Far
The Heineken Cup
Two games, two losses, the first an explosive encounter
with the groups bad boys Agen.
Read a report here.
Then a bit of a drubbing at home at the hands
of the Scarlets.
Read a report here
Current Standings - Pool Four
The Celtic League
Just two wins so far this season sees Borders lying in last but one place
in the Celtic League a point above fellow scots Glasgow.
Results
Standings
The Celtic Cup
Borders were knocked out in the first round by Connacht
Heineken Cup Pool Four
Franklins Gardens
Kick-off 3:00pm
PREVIEW PLUS
+
BREAKING NEWS
Matt Dawson has failed a fitness test.
Jonny Howard to start, Sharky Robinson on bench.
Borders Team:
S Paterson; N Walker, J Stuart, K Utterson capt, C Moir; C Laidlaw,
C Cusiter; K Todd, R Ford, B Douglas, S MacLeod, C Stewart,
A Rennick, S Sititi, C Feather. Subs: S Scott,
C Dunlea, D Weir, T Walker, D Kane, G Armstrong, I Fairley.
Have you read the
Saints v Borders - The COYSDC Preview?
The Preview at the Offy
The Borders Preview
The BBC Preview
The Chronicle & Echo Preview
If You're Going To the Game
Get Directions
Watch that Northampton weather
If You're NOT Going To The Game
There May (or may not) Be Someone In
The COYSDC Chatroom
Listen to the game live from the BBC
If you are not near a computer you can also listen to
Radio Northampton (if you are in the locality) on
FM 104.2 & 103.6
Borders Websites
The Borders Offy Site
Borders at the SRU
Other Sites
The Official Heineken Cup Site
Sky's Heineken Cup Site
The Heineken Cup at Scrum.com
The Match Reports
This is the first competitive meeting between the clubs so sorry no
archive reports this week.
Borders - The Story So Far
The Heineken Cup
Two games, two losses, the first an explosive encounter
with the groups bad boys Agen.
Read a report here.
Then a bit of a drubbing at home at the hands
of the Scarlets.
Read a report here
Current Standings - Pool Four
| Position |
Team |
Points |
Games |
|
1 |
Llanelli |
9 |
2 |
|
2 |
Saints |
5 |
2 |
|
3 |
Agen |
5 |
2 |
|
4 |
Borders |
0 |
2 |
The Celtic League
Just two wins so far this season sees Borders lying in last but one place
in the Celtic League a point above fellow scots Glasgow.
Results
| The Borders | 12 | Celtic Warriors | 49 |
| Edinburgh Rugby | 53 | The Borders | 7 |
| The Borders | 22 | Cardiff Blues | 20 |
| Connacht | 42 | The Borders | 19 |
| Glasgow Rugby | 26 | The Borders | 25 |
| The Borders | 21 | Leinster Lions | 26 |
| Llanelli Scarlets | 36 | The Borders | 20 |
| The Borders | 22 | Neath/Swansea Ospreys | 16 |
| Ulster | 46 | The Borders | 5 |
| The Borders | 15 | Gwent Dragons | 38 |
Standings
| TEAM | P | W | D | L | F | A | TB | LB | DIFF | PTS |
| Llanelli Scarlets | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 272 | 194 | 2 | 0 | 78 | 34 |
| Ulster | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 311 | 178 | 4 | 1 | 133 | 33 |
| Gwent Dragons | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 251 | 190 | 2 | 1 | 61 | 31 |
| Leinster Lions | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 240 | 211 | 1 | 3 | 29 | 28 |
| Edinburgh Rugby | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 232 | 235 | 3 | 0 | -3 | 27 |
| Celtic Warriors | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 266 | 216 | 2 | 4 | 50 | 26 |
| Munster | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 165 | 166 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 25 |
| Connacht | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 209 | 193 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 24 |
| Neath/Swansea Ospreys | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 251 | 287 | 2 | 1 | -36 | 19 |
| Cardiff Blues | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 191 | 220 | 1 | 1 | -29 | 14 |
| The Borders | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 168 | 352 | 0 | 2 | -184 | 10 |
| Glasgow Rugby | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 156 | 270 | 0 | 1 | -114 | 9 |
The Celtic Cup
Borders were knocked out in the first round by Connacht