'A fantastic place to be' - Hunter-Hill joins English champions Northampton

Scottish second row Callum Hunter-Hill has joined English Premiership champions Northampton Saints from Saracens.

Hunter-Hill, 27, played 81 games and won the Premiership and Championship during his five-year Saracens spell after leave Edinburgh.

The former Under-20 international joins fellow Scots Rory Hutchinson and Robbie Smith at Northampton.

"When the opportunity to join Saints came, I looked at the team and it just seems like a fantastic place to be," Hunter-Hill told club media.

"They are a club on the up and have obviously just won the Premiership.

"I love the brand of rugby Saints play. It is very open and very quick. Even the defensive systems suit me as a player, it just makes me excited.

"Hopefully I can get in there and get some game-time, but it is a really talented group and Saints didn’t win the competition for no reason."