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The Saints go into Sunday's game against Gloucester knowing that there is the season's first silverware up for grabs, as well as a Heineken Cup spot for 2010/11. So the Saints boss says that the players have been concentrating fully all week.
"We've won all our games so far in the LV= Cup and we want to go one step further in Sunday," Mallinder said. "We want to do our best and win every game, regardless of the competition and we don't pick and choose. We've entered this competition and we want to lift the silverware.
"We've got to a final and have been putting all our emphasis and focus on a Gloucester team that will be very dangerous. They are playing a good style of rugby and have plenty of players who have come back into form over the past few weeks. They also performed well against Cardiff last week in the semi-final and I'm expecting a tough game in Worcester."
Tickets are still available for the match between the Saints and Gloucester. Prices cost £20 or £25 for adults and just £10 for juniors throughout the stadium. Supporters can order online from the Worcester Warriors website on Friday and Saturday for collection on Sunday, and on the match day itself in person at the Sixways ticket office.
If you cannot make the match there are several ways you can follow all the action from Sixways. Matchday Live! will have live text tracking and match commentary while score updates will be posted every 10 minutes on www.twitter.com/SaintsRugby. The match is also being broadcast live on Sky Sports 3/HD3 although it is not being shown live at Franklin's Gardens.
NORTHAMPTON SAINTS TEAM TO PLAY GLOUCESTER
LV= Cup final
Sixways
Sunday, March 21st, 2010
Kick off 3:30pm
15 Shane Geraghty
14 Bruce Reihana
13 Jon Clarke
12 James Downey
11 Paul Diggin
10 Stephen Myler
9 Lee Dickson
1 Soane Tonga'uiha
2 Brett Sharman
3 Brian Mujati
4 Courtney Lawes
5 Juandre Kruger
6 Phil Dowson (capt)
7 Neil Best
8 Roger Wilson
Replacements
16 Andy Long
17 Regardt Dreyer
18 Jon Vickers
19 Mark Hopley
20 Mark Easter
21 Alan Dickens
22 Barry Everitt
23 Joe Ansbro
Gloucester stalwart Peter Buxton will skipper the Cherry and Whites on Sunday. He leads a side which shows four changes to the starting line up from the Cardiff semi final last weekend. Tim Molenaar resumes his partnership in the centre with Eliota Fuimaono-Sapolu while Rory Lawson comes in at scrum-half. In the pack, Pierre Capdevielle comes in for Paul Doran-Jones who picked up a knee injury in Cardiff and Adam Eustace replaces Jake Boer.
Head coach Bryan Redpath says that Sunday's game is massive for the Gloucester club.
"We set ourselves some targets to achieve and the first of those comes up with this final on Sunday," he said. "Your next game is your biggest challenge and last week is gone and we've learned from that. You move on and this is a big game for us.
"It's going to be a tough challenge. The boys that are here are still good enough to go out and compete at this level. I'm looking forward to it massively."
GLOUCESTER TEAM TO PLAY NORTHAMPTON
15 Freddie Burns
14 James Simpson-Daniel
13 Tim Molenaar
12 Eliota Fuimaono-Sapolu
11 Lesley Vainikolo
10 Nicky Robinson
9 Rory Lawson
1 Nick Wood
2 Olivier Azam
3 Pierre Capdevielle
4 Will James
5 Alex Brown
6 Peter Buxton (capt)
7 Akapusi Qera
8 Adam Eustace
Replacements
16 Darren Dawidiuk
17 Yann Thomas
18 Rupert Harden
19 Apo Satala
20 Andy Hazell
21 Dave Lewis
22 Tom Voyce
23 Charlie Sharples
"We've won all our games so far in the LV= Cup and we want to go one step further in Sunday," Mallinder said. "We want to do our best and win every game, regardless of the competition and we don't pick and choose. We've entered this competition and we want to lift the silverware.
"We've got to a final and have been putting all our emphasis and focus on a Gloucester team that will be very dangerous. They are playing a good style of rugby and have plenty of players who have come back into form over the past few weeks. They also performed well against Cardiff last week in the semi-final and I'm expecting a tough game in Worcester."
Tickets are still available for the match between the Saints and Gloucester. Prices cost £20 or £25 for adults and just £10 for juniors throughout the stadium. Supporters can order online from the Worcester Warriors website on Friday and Saturday for collection on Sunday, and on the match day itself in person at the Sixways ticket office.
If you cannot make the match there are several ways you can follow all the action from Sixways. Matchday Live! will have live text tracking and match commentary while score updates will be posted every 10 minutes on www.twitter.com/SaintsRugby. The match is also being broadcast live on Sky Sports 3/HD3 although it is not being shown live at Franklin's Gardens.
NORTHAMPTON SAINTS TEAM TO PLAY GLOUCESTER
LV= Cup final
Sixways
Sunday, March 21st, 2010
Kick off 3:30pm
15 Shane Geraghty
14 Bruce Reihana
13 Jon Clarke
12 James Downey
11 Paul Diggin
10 Stephen Myler
9 Lee Dickson
1 Soane Tonga'uiha
2 Brett Sharman
3 Brian Mujati
4 Courtney Lawes
5 Juandre Kruger
6 Phil Dowson (capt)
7 Neil Best
8 Roger Wilson
Replacements
16 Andy Long
17 Regardt Dreyer
18 Jon Vickers
19 Mark Hopley
20 Mark Easter
21 Alan Dickens
22 Barry Everitt
23 Joe Ansbro
Gloucester stalwart Peter Buxton will skipper the Cherry and Whites on Sunday. He leads a side which shows four changes to the starting line up from the Cardiff semi final last weekend. Tim Molenaar resumes his partnership in the centre with Eliota Fuimaono-Sapolu while Rory Lawson comes in at scrum-half. In the pack, Pierre Capdevielle comes in for Paul Doran-Jones who picked up a knee injury in Cardiff and Adam Eustace replaces Jake Boer.
Head coach Bryan Redpath says that Sunday's game is massive for the Gloucester club.
"We set ourselves some targets to achieve and the first of those comes up with this final on Sunday," he said. "Your next game is your biggest challenge and last week is gone and we've learned from that. You move on and this is a big game for us.
"It's going to be a tough challenge. The boys that are here are still good enough to go out and compete at this level. I'm looking forward to it massively."
GLOUCESTER TEAM TO PLAY NORTHAMPTON
15 Freddie Burns
14 James Simpson-Daniel
13 Tim Molenaar
12 Eliota Fuimaono-Sapolu
11 Lesley Vainikolo
10 Nicky Robinson
9 Rory Lawson
1 Nick Wood
2 Olivier Azam
3 Pierre Capdevielle
4 Will James
5 Alex Brown
6 Peter Buxton (capt)
7 Akapusi Qera
8 Adam Eustace
Replacements
16 Darren Dawidiuk
17 Yann Thomas
18 Rupert Harden
19 Apo Satala
20 Andy Hazell
21 Dave Lewis
22 Tom Voyce
23 Charlie Sharples