Kennedy follows Solomons out of Saints

Former Ulster forwards coach Adrian Kennedy has decided to follow his Alan Solomons out of Northampton Saints.

When Solomons was shown the door two weeks ago after eight successive losses in the Zurich Premiership, Kennedy was asked to stay on as former Scotland international Budge Pountney took over as head coach.

"On reflection I felt that was the right course of action given the recent departure of Alan Solomons, my coaching partner for the last eight years," said Kennedy.

"I wanted to make it clear that I have no issues with the management or any of the players. I want to wish the club well for the future and hope to bump into them in a rugby sense in my next career move."