Dowson delighted to keep 'outrageously strong' Green at Saints

The 24-year-old joined the black, green and gold ahead of the 2024/25 season and has gone on to make 30 appearances for the club so far.

“We’ve seen huge growth in Luke throughout his time at the club so far,” Saints boss Dowson said.

"He’s a young, English tighthead who is outrageously strong, but also incredibly driven in his professional development – which is a great combination.

“He wants to improve, he wants constant feedback, he wants to be coached hard, and he wants to help the players around him. To have that level of attitude and leadership at his age, and to be competing with the tightheads we have here, is really impressive.

“Luke is another great character to have within our squad, and a really positive signing for us – we talk all the time about the backs and the speed we want to play the game at, but to do that we need forwards who can dig deep and go to the well, and he’s one of the guys who is willing to work very hard and do just that.

“He’s desperate to progress, to start regularly for Saints, and to be in England contention. That drive is a quality all top players share, and the fact he’s getting so much game time for us at a relatively young age for a prop shows how hard he works, and how highly we rate him.”