MAN v FAT, the UK’s main male weight reduction programme, is to companion with Northampton Saints to assist males within the city to take steps to enhance their well being and wellbeing.
Having supported tens of hundreds of males to lose practically 1,000,000lbs of weight since they obtained began in 2014, MAN v FAT picked up the oval ball in 2024 to additional unfold the phrase on male wellbeing.
And Saints are set to grow to be the primary Rugby Union aspect to hitch up with MAN v FAT Rugby, with the membership attributable to get underway in March on the Northampton Saints Excessive Efficiency Centre. Karl White, MAN v FAT’s Rugby Lead mentioned: “We are able to’t wait to convey MAN v FAT Rugby to Northampton. Having a membership the scale of Northampton Saints as our first Rugby Union companion is good!
“The city is well-known for its rugby each from a primary group viewpoint in addition to the wonderful work Northampton Saints ship locally, so we stay up for getting began in March 2026.
“An added further to the partnership is the truth that the membership shall be working from their Excessive Efficiency Centre, I’m certain it will entice a number of extra guys to mud off their boots and get entangled.”
Northampton Saints have a large reaching neighborhood programme, supporting a variety of impactful initiatives and the group there are happy to be including MAN v FAT Rugby to their combine.
Jamie Higgins, Inclusion Officer, mentioned: “Northampton Saints Group are proud to companion with MAN v FAT Rugby to ship the MAN v FAT weight reduction and wellbeing programme.
“This initiative sits firmly inside our Inclusion Programmes, reinforcing our dedication to enhancing well being and wellbeing. By combining the facility of rugby with structured weight administration and psychological well being assist, the programme gives an inclusive, supportive surroundings that helps males make optimistic, sustainable life-style adjustments each on and off the pitch.”
Having launched quite a few golf equipment on the tail finish of 2024, the MAN v FAT group are already seeing successes on the scales of their Rugby golf equipment too – and Karl is assured that related achievements shall be made in Northampton: “MAN v FAT Soccer succeeds off the again of a robust neighborhood really feel and we all know that neighborhood is a motive why rugby golf equipment up and down the nation prosper.
“We’ve got already seen some sturdy friendships inbuilt our preliminary Rugby golf equipment and are wanting ahead to seeing this unfold in Northampton too.”
As with MAN v FAT Soccer, rugby contributors would have to be aged 18+ with a BMI of 27.5 or greater to get began. Extra particulars in regards to the programme and register might be discovered at www.manvfatrugby.com.
To search out out extra particulars in regards to the Northampton membership, which launches on March twelfth, go to: https://manvfatrugby.com/membership/northampton/

