Mick Cleary: Northampton have their own quest to pursue at Croker

Northampton have been fitful over the last couple of decades but finally they seem to have forged a new identity. 

BIG GAME PLAYER: Northampton Saints' Courtney Lawes during the Gallagher Premiership match against Harlequins at Twickenham Stadium. Pic: Ben Whitley/PA Wire.

Northampton Saints have had their Croker tutorial. 

It would not be amiss, though, for Leo Cullen’s squad to get an insight into just who the Saints actually are, from their own evocative historical connections of a century ago when the fighting spirit that has endured at the club was wrapped up in England captain and WW1 war-hero, Edgar Mobbs, who died on the battlefield charging a machine gun post and whose body was never recovered.