Several players who had penned their first professional contracts were part of the squad that assembled as preparations for the new season began.
Saints announced their Senior Academy intake back in June, confirming that Noah Buxton, Sonny Goode, Jack Lewis, Alex Mead, Aiden Reid, Hugh Shields, Charlie Tamani and George Tonga’uiha would all join up with the black, green and gold this summer.
Lewis and Shields are still away as they have been given more time to rest after helping England Under-20s to reach the semi-finals of the World Rugby Junior World Championship in Georgia this summer.
But the other players were able to get down to business at Saints at the start of the week and, as is tradition, each of them had a buzz cut before returning to the Gardens.
Saints head of content Tom Kwah was on hand to capture them in training action...
