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Pollock and Smith tune into Springbok summer after on-song Saints' Prem triumph | Robert Kitson

The Guardian Sport Sunday 21 June 2026, 17:00 UTC By Robert Kitson 1 min read
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Attention switches to England’s tour squad announcement as the Northampton and Exeter players patch up and press onOf all the celebratory snapshots of Northampton’s Prem final triumph, perhaps the best was the morning-after picture of Henry Pollock and Fin Smith in bed with the trophy accompanied by backing vocals from Frank Sinatra. “That’s life, that’s what all the people say. You’re riding high in April, shot down in May.

Attention switches to England’s tour squad announcement as the Northampton and Exeter players patch up and press on

Of all the celebratory snapshots of Northampton’s Prem final triumph, perhaps the best was the morning-after picture of Henry Pollock and Fin Smith in bed with the trophy accompanied by backing vocals from Frank Sinatra. “That’s life, that’s what all the people say. You’re riding high in April, shot down in May. But I know I’m going to change that tune, when I’m back on top, back on top in June …”

Talk about suitably perfect lyrics. Saints may have finished top of the regular-season table but when they were being smashed 41-17 at Leicester on 9 May they looked far from dead certs to collect a second title in three years. To have claimed it on the occasion of their captain George Furbank’s final club appearance made it all the sweeter for Pollock, Smith and all his other close compadres.

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