Rugby Gallery

Franklins Gardens Stadium Fine Art - Northampton Saints Rugby

Franklin's Gardens is a purpose-built rugby stadium in Northampton, England. It is the home stadium of Northampton Saints. The stadium holds 15,249 people. The four stands are: Carlsberg Stand; Elite Insurance Stand; Church's Stand; and Barwell Stand. It is also the Northampton conference centre as well as the only UK Aviva Premiership Rugby ground with its own cenotaph, the setting for a moving ceremony every Remembrance Weekend

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Eric Liddell

Eric Liddell (1902 - 1945), Scottish athlete, rugby union international and missionary, Olympic gold medal winner in the 400m at the 1924 Paris Olympic Games and subject of the Oscar-winning 1981 film, Chariots of Fire. Pictured during a visit back to England being greeted at an Albert Hall Congregational Meeting - he served as a missionary in China from 1928 to 1945. Date: 1931

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Tom David passes the ball for the Barbarians in the build-up to Gareth Edwards famous try against the All Blacks in 1973

Rugby Union - 1972 / 1973 New Zealand Tour of Great Britain & France - Barbarians 23 New Zealand 11
Tom David of the Barbarians passes the ball back inside in the build-up to Gareth Edwards (not pictured) famous try at Cardiff Arms Park.
The Barbarians defeated the All Blacks for the first time, and the match is rated as one of the greatest ever played

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