Borders v Northampton - Euro Cup Preview Plus
By Chris Gleadell
January 16 2004
In the run up to Friday evenings Heineken Cup Pool Four game between Northampton Saints and The Borders of Scotland at Netherdale we bring you all the other details, facts and figures etc etc etc.........
BORDERS v NORTHAMPTON
SAINTS
Heineken Cup Pool Four
Netherdale
Friday 16th January 2004
Kick-off 7:30pm
PREVIEW PLUS
+
BREAKING NEWS
Borders Team:
15 Scott Paterson 14 Nikki Walker 13 Jono Stuart 12 Kevin 'The Lip' Utterson (C)
11 Craig Moir 10 Tanner Vili 9 Chris Cusiter
1 Craig Dunlea 2 Stevie Scott 3 Bruce Douglas 4 Scott MacLeod
5 Colin Stewart 6 Andy Rennick 7 Campbell Feather
8 Semo Sititi
Replacements:
16 Ross Ford 17 Geoff Cross 18 Doddie Weir 19 Dan Kane
20 Gary Armstrong 21 Iain Fairley 22 Cammie Murray
Have you read the
Saints v Borders - The COYSDC Preview?
The Borders Preview
The BBC Preview
The Chronicle & Echo Preview
If You're Going To the Game
Get Directions
Watch that Galashiels 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 just the second meeting between the two clubs, the
first of course was just last weekend.
What Happened Last Week
Borders - The Story So Far
The Heineken Cup
Three games, three 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
See above for a report of last weeks Borders v Saints game.
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
Netherdale
Friday 16th January 2004
Kick-off 7:30pm
PREVIEW PLUS
+
BREAKING NEWS
Borders Team:
15 Scott Paterson 14 Nikki Walker 13 Jono Stuart 12 Kevin 'The Lip' Utterson (C)
11 Craig Moir 10 Tanner Vili 9 Chris Cusiter
1 Craig Dunlea 2 Stevie Scott 3 Bruce Douglas 4 Scott MacLeod
5 Colin Stewart 6 Andy Rennick 7 Campbell Feather
8 Semo Sititi
Replacements:
16 Ross Ford 17 Geoff Cross 18 Doddie Weir 19 Dan Kane
20 Gary Armstrong 21 Iain Fairley 22 Cammie Murray
Have you read the
Saints v Borders - The COYSDC Preview?
The Borders Preview
The BBC Preview
The Chronicle & Echo Preview
If You're Going To the Game
Get Directions
Watch that Galashiels 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 just the second meeting between the two clubs, the
first of course was just last weekend.
What Happened Last Week
Borders - The Story So Far
The Heineken Cup
Three games, three 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
See above for a report of last weeks Borders v Saints game.
Current Standings - Pool Four
| Position |
Team |
Points |
Games |
|
1 |
Llanelli |
14 |
3 |
|
2 |
Saints |
9 |
3 |
|
3 |
Agen |
6 |
3 |
|
4 |
Borders |
0 |
3 |
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