Furbank targets fairytale end to Northampton career

Furbank targets fairytale end to Northampton careerImage source, Getty ImagesImage caption, George Furbank joined Saints' academy in 2015ByChris JonesRugby union correspondentPublished5 minutes ago2 CommentsCaptain George Furbank is targeting a "fairytale finish" with Northampton as his decade at the club ends on Saturday at the Allianz Stadium in Twickenham.Saints legend Furbank will leave his boyhood team to join Harlequins next season after failing to agree a new deal at Franklin's Gardens.The 29-year-old full-back will lead the side out in the Prem final against Exeter, and says there are no hard feelings despite the "tough conversations" around the contract stand-off."The more honest you are with each other, the less hard feelings there's going to be," he told the Rugby Union Weekly podcast."I think when they told me that they weren't going to be offering what I'd liked, I told them I was going to go look elsewhere, and ultimately that was that."Quins came calling and I'm incredibly excited for the opportunity that I'm going to get there, but ultimately I want to finish on a high with this club."It'd be a pretty fairytale ending to my 10 years lifting a trophy, and so once the dust had settled from all the contract stuff, and I knew exactly what I was doing, that's just been a massive driving motivator for me."Entertaining like no other - best Saints team ever?Published4 hours ago'It's a special group'Furbank, who has won 14 England caps, has been at the heart of a developing dynasty at Saints. Driven by a core of young, homegrown talent, Northampton are preparing for a third major final in three seasons and are looking to take back the Prem title they won in 2024.For Furbank, who joined the academy in 2015 and made his full debut two years later, his time at the Gardens has been memorable."It's a special group," he said."A lot of us...