Anthony Charles 'Budge' Pountney (born 13 November 1973) is a rugby union coach and retired player. A flanker, he played in the Northampton Saints side that won the 1999–2000 Heineken Cup. (wikipedia)
The guys who are fit will have to perform at the highest level, and I have no doubt they will do that.
Sean went extremely well for the Wanderers on Monday night. He deserves his chance. We want to make the Wanderers competitive in that if a player plays better for the Wanderers than the player who played for the Saints, they will be up for selection.
Ben has worked extremely hard and gets what he deserves. He has a great attitude and will undoubtedly improve every year he is here.
We turned around a big defeat at Leicester last week with a relatively new team, and that's good. I think they found the passion we've always had at Northampton.
We have got a long way to go.
Dylan Hartley played well at hooker last week and deserves to keep his place. Steve will find this change of role really refreshing.