Revealed: Saints' new-look 56-man first-team squad is confirmed

Boss Chris Boyd is now leading a group of 56 players in total, including new additions such as Nick Auterac and Nick Isiekwe, the lock who arrives on loan from Saracens on August 1.

Auterac and Isiekwe are two of 11 new faces arriving at Franklin's Gardens this summer, with others such as Shaun Adendorff and Danny Hobbs-Awoyemi coming in to boost Saints.

But the club have lost the likes of Dylan Hartley, Heinrich Brüssow, Cobus Reinach and Jamie Gibson from the squad that was put in place last summer.

An impressive 66 per cent (37/56) of Saints' current senior squad have come through the club's Academy system.

Boyd’s coaching group is also set in stone, with Sam Vesty (attack coach), Ian Vass (defence coach), Phil Dowson (forwards coach) and Matt Ferguson (assistant/scrum coach) all part of an impressive young management team.

Mark Hopley (head of Academy) leads a Senior Academy group of 15 players, supported by Jake Sharp (Academy skills coach), Alex O’Dowd (Academy programme manager), Will Parkin (Junior Academy development manager) and James Craig (DPP manager).

Below are the ins and outs between the start of the 2019/20 campaign and the current day, with the full first-team squad list following on from that...

Outs

PROPS

Will Davis (Ealing Trailfinders), Ben Franks (retired), Toby Trinder (TBC)

HOOKERS

Dylan Hartley (retired), Michael van Vuuren (Ealing Trailfinders)

LOCKS AND LOOSE FORWARDS

Heinrich Brüssow (retired), Jamie Gibson (TBC), Mitch Eadie (Bristol Bears), Devante Onojaife (TBC), Paddy Ryan (TBC)

SCRUM-HALVES

James Mitchell (Doncaster Knights), Cobus Reinach (Montpellier)

CENTRES

Fraser Strachan (Ealing Trailfinders), Andy Symons (Rugby Club Vannes).

Ins

PROPS

Nick Auterac (Harlequins), Danny Hobbs-Awoyemi (London Irish), Ed Prowse (Academy),

HOOKERS

Callum Burns (Academy), Sam Matavesi (Cornish Pirates)

LOCKS AND LOOSE FORWARDS

Shaun Adendorff (Aurillac), Nick Isiekwe (season-long loan starting August 1), Kayde Sylvester (Academy)

SCRUM-HALVES

Tom James (Doncaster Knights)

CENTRES

Ethan Grayson (Academy), Tom Litchfield (Academy)

WINGS

Dani Long-Martinez (Academy)

Full squad list for 2020/21

PROPS

Nick Auterac

Owen Franks

Karl Garside

Paul Hill

Danny Hobbs-Awoyemi

Emmanuel Iyogun*

Ehren Painter

Ed Prowse*

Alex Waller

Francois van Wyk

HOOKERS

Callum Burns*

James Fish

Mikey Haywood

Jack Hughes*

Samson Ma’asi

Reece Marshall

Sam Matavesi

LOCKS AND LOOSE FORWARDS

Shaun Adendorff

Lewis Bean

Alex Coles

Teimana Harrison

Nick Isiekwe (season-long loan, starting 1 August)

Courtney Lawes

Lewis Ludlam

Alex Moon

Ollie Newman*

Api Ratuniyarawa

David Ribbans

Kayde Sylvester*

JJ Tonks*

Tui Uru*

Tom Wood

SCRUM-HALVES

Tom James

Alex Mitchell

Henry Taylor

Connor Tupai

FLY HALVES

Dan Biggar

James Grayson

Tommy Mathews*

CENTRES

Reuben Bird-Tulloch*

Fraser Dingwall

Piers Francis

Ethan Grayson*

Rory Hutchinson

Tom Litchfield*

Matt Proctor

WINGERS

Tom Collins

Josh Gillespie*

Dani Long-Martinez*

Taqele Naiyaravoro

Ryan Olowofela

Ollie Sleightholme

FULL-BACKS

Tommy Freeman*

George Furbank

Harry Mallinder

Ahsee Tuala

* Senior Academy 2020/21