Ben Cohen (rugby union) joined Northampton Saints and made his first team debut against Treorchy in the 1996/97 season, following which his name was rarely left off the team sheet. Cohen had long been linked with a move away from the club. Whilst at Northampton he started in the victorious 2000 Heineken Cup Final as they defeated Munster. Following his release from contract from Northampton RFC in 2007, Cohen had been linked with midlands rivals Leicester Tigers, other English and French rugby union clubs and a switch of codes to rugby league at or Wigan. His future had remained uncertain after he failed to
Tom Smith (rugby union, born 1971) Tom Smith (rugby union, born 1971) Tom Smith (born 31 October 1971 in London, England) is an English-born former Scotland international rugby union Loosehead Prop who played for Glasgow Warriors, Caledonia Reds and Northampton Saints and also represented the British and Irish Lions. He is a now a Rugby Coach. Smith was one of the finest loosehead props of the modern era. Born to a Scottish mother – his English father died when he was only six – he was given a boarder's education at a Scottish school on the banks of Loch Rannoch. He was first educated at Emanuel