Northampton Saints favourite Christian's a lamb to the slaughter as MasterChef judges send him home

Saints favourite Christian Day was like a lamb to the slaughter in front of MasterChef judges John Torode and Gregg Wallace last night.

Franklin's Gardens fans were gutted as the former Northampton forward reached the last seven on the cult telly cooking show only for the judges to give his two lamb dishes the thumbs down.

The 6ft 5in gentle giant, who hung up his boots in 2018 after a ten-year career with Saints, admitted: "If you're saying lamb is main part of dish, you can't get it wrong twice.

"I made the same mistake twice and you get pulled up for that kind of thing in a MasterChef semi-final

"I'm very sad to leave the show, but I’m pretty sure I’ve made some friends for life. I've met some amazing people and really proud to get to the final seven. I'll walk out with head held high."

Did you miss last night's semi-final? Catch it now on BBC iPlayer. MasterChef is back on BBC1 at 7.30pm tonight.

Christian's parting shot before leaving was to empty his locker outside the MasterChef kitchen .. which had his old Saints shirt number on it.

Twitter was awash with messages of congratulations for the 36-year-old after the show, including one from England World Cup-winner — and 2011 Celebrity MasterChef champion — Phil Vickery. He tweeted: "You were amazing and did our rugby family proud buddy."

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