Jim Mallinder offered no consolation to Dylan Hartley after the England captain lasted just six minutes off the bench as Northampton were dominated 37-10 by Leinster at Franklin's Gardens.

Northampton Saints director of rugby Jim Mallinder has challenged his side to do the double over Leinster this season.

England 45 Ireland 21: Twenty-one points was enough to win each of the two previous World Rugby U20 Championship finals and only twice has a team scored more than that and lost, but you got the impression at the AJ Bell Stadium on Saturday evening that no matter what Ireland scored, England would nab more.

Northampton will await expert opinion before deciding when George North will next play after confirming the Wales wing will miss Saturday’s European Champions Cup quarter-final at Clermont Auvergne after his latest head injury.

Wales wing George North will not play for Northampton in Saturday’s European Champions Cup quarter-final at Clermont Auvergne after his latest head injury.

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It should have been a day when the retention of Ian Keatley for another two seasons was celebrated by Munster supporters, along with the commitment shown by three up and coming players, writes Simon Lewis.

“We are extremely disappointed to announce that we will lose the services of a home-grown talent such as JJ.”

England and Northampton hooker Dylan Hartley’s latest Rugby Football Union disciplinary hearing will take place in London on Tuesday.

When it was all over, when Jerome Garces called an end and the Northampton players had showered, changed and done with their media duties, Jim Mallinder punched a pass for his boys and sent them off into the Dublin night.

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Ireland hooker Rory Best was last night called into the Lions squad for the tour of Hong Kong and Australia.

Harlequins are poised to become this season’s first Heineken Cup quarter-finalists tomorrow - if they can see off the Connacht challenge.

Ulster 9 Northampton Saints 10

Northampton director of rugby Jim Mallinder has joined former New Zealand assistant Wayne Smith in ruling himself out of contention to be the next permanent England head coach.

Northampton director of rugby Jim Mallinder has joined former New Zealand assistant Wayne Smith in ruling himself out of contention to be the next permanent England head coach.

NORTHAMPTON head coach Jim Mallinder could see Munster target James Downey follow England star Chris Ashton out the Franklin’s Gardens door if the Irishman fails to agree a new Saints contract.

RUGBY fans reckon Northampton coach Jim Mallinder’s decision to drop controversial wing ChrisAshton helped Simon Zebo notch his hat-trick of tries for Munster.

NORTHAMPTON Saints coach Jim Mallinder insisted his squad is focused on beating Munster despite the squabble following Chris Ashton’s move to Saracens.

IT has all the makings of another Munster European thriller, this evening’s final Heineken Cup Pool 1 clash with Northampton Saints, but this is a time when drama should be the last thing Tony McGahan’s side could do with.

NORTHAMPTON have dropped winger Chris Ashton amid rumours of a training ground row with director of rugby Jim Mallinder.

NORTHAMPTON SAINTS are determined to complete their European revenge mission against Munster on Saturday after ending the Scarlets Heineken Cup hopes.

England hooker Dylan Hartley has signed a new deal to keep him with Northampton until at least 2015.

England lock Courtney Lawes has signed a new deal with Northampton that will keep him at Franklin’s Gardens until 2015.

Harlequins boss Conor O’Shea will send his players into battle tomorrow against a team he describes as the “Barcelona of European rugby”.

NORTHAMPTON coach Jim Mallinder has questioned the consistency of refereeing in the Heineken Cup after his side suffered a crushing defeat at sunny Stade Pierre Antoine.

Jake White, the mastermind of South Africa’s 2007 World Cup triumph, today effectively threw his hat into the ring to become the next England coach.

Northampton director of rugby Jim Mallinder has reiterated his desire to be England manager – but revealed he has had no contact with the Rugby Football Union.

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NORTHAMPTON SAINTS insist there has been no formal contact from England to Jim Mallinder about taking over Martin Johnson’s role — but the Saints insist they will battle to keep hold of their director of rugby.

NORTHAMPTON SAINTS will try to pick up the pieces from their last-gasp Thomond Park defeat last weekend when they face Scarlets tonight at Franklin’s Gardens (8pm) but Jim Mallinder admitted the scars have not yet healed.

THERE are those who would agree with Jim Mallinder’s view that the better side lost a titanic battle of Heineken Cup heavyweights at Thomond Park on Saturday.

Northampton boss Jim Mallinder believes Munster will be “under pressure” to deliver a result in tomorrow’s Heineken Cup clash between the teams at Thomond Park.

NORTHAMPTON Saints head coach Jim Mallinder still wakes up in a cold sweat thinking about May’s Heineken Cup Final defeat to Leinster — but the Franklin’s Gardens boss has vowed to take revenge on Irish opposition when his side travel to face Munster tomorrow.

COURTNEY Lawes believes Northampton Saints are finally up and running after a slow start to the new season and have the momentum to continue their winning ways in their Heineken Cup opener against Munster in Limerick on Saturday evening.

Man of the match Jonathan Sexton was like “a man possessed” at half-time as he delivered the words that inspired Leinster to stage the greatest comeback in Heineken Cup final history.

Leinster centre Brian O’Driscoll revealed some “inspirational” words from man-of-the-match Jonathan Sexton helped men in blue turn the Heineken Cup final on its head as they beat Northampton 33-22 in Cardiff.

BOOKMAKERS do not often get things wrong but if you were going to make one wager with them today it is that Joe Schmidt will not have enjoyed seeing punters paid out on a Leinster win two days before kick-off.

WITH everyone short of Queen Elizabeth tipping Leinster to claim a second Heineken Cuptitle tomorrow, it was interesting to note just how much attention was paid to Northampton at the Irish province’s press briefing yesterday.

NORTHAMPTON captain Dylan Hartley believes Leinster are over-playing the seriousness of Brian O’Driscoll’s knee injury and expects to be lining up opposite the centre in Saturday’s Heineken Cup final.

THERE were mixed messages from the Leinster camp regarding Brian O’Driscoll’s fitness yesterday with the player himself delivering a much less optimistic prognosis than the official line ahead of Saturday’s Heineken Cup final against Northampton.