Courtney Lawes to join Brive in summer after accepting ‘transformational’ offer

Courtney Lawes will leave Northampton at the end of the season. Pic: Bradley Collyer/PA

Courtney Lawes has accepted a lucrative deal to join French second-division club Brive that will see him depart Northampton at the end the season.

Lawes will bring down the curtain on his illustrious career overseas after accepting a “transformational” offer that Saints – his only club in 17 years as a professional – were unable to match.