Northampton Saints Rugby Shirt Vintage Heritage Style

Northampton Saints Rugby Shirt is produced by Ellis Rugby. Northampton Saints�established�as Northampton St. James back in 1880�by Rev Samuel WathenWigg, a local clergyman and curate of St. James Church. Besides, Wigg�s�philosophy used for�game to help create �order� amongst the young parish members by creating a rugby club. In his words -��"hooligan sport designed to turn them into gentlemen�. This link with St James Church resulted in the two nicknames of "The Saints" or��Jimmies� the club adopted. \n \nThe Northampton area has long been a hotbed of talent. And it wasn't long before�Northampton�was�one of the best�rugby union�teams in the country. In 1901, the first Northampton Saints player,�Harry Weston capped for England in their game against Scotland on the 9th March 1901. The game staged at Blackheath�s ground. \n \nThere was one extremely influential player who joined Northampton Saints in the early 1900s - the legendary�Edgar Mobbs.�Moreover, Mobbs was born in Northampton on the 29th June 1882 and�received early education at�Bedford Modern School. He enrolled for the Army during World War I. However, he received rejection as a reason that he is too old to join up. But did not get deject. Instead, Edgar decided to form his own "sportsman's" company. The company comprised of 250�sportsmen for�the Northamptonshire Regiment. He rose to command his battalion with the rank of�lieutenant colonel.