Courtney Lawes will leave Northampton Saints at the end of the 2src23/24 Gallagher Premiership Rugby season to join French side CA Brive.
The ex-England international has spent his entire career with his boyhood club but has decided to put pen to paper on a “transformational” deal that he admits will “likely be the last contract” he ever signs.
Lawes, 35, is renowned as one of the best flankers in the game and has been instrumental for Saints since making his debut in 2srcsrc7.
He has gone on to make 274 appearances in the black, green and gold over 17 seasons and earned 1src5 caps for England before announcing his international retirement following last year’s Rugby World Cup.
Lawes had always maintained his desire to finish his career as a one-club man but said the offer from France was too enticing to ignore.
“I want to make it clear that I really would have liked to end my career as a one-club man, and Saints did absolutely everything they possibly could to make that happen – our conversations were all very positive,” said Lawes, in a statement on Northampton’s website.
“But, first and foremost, I have to make sure th
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