Frenchman Picamoles to join Northampton for next season

LONDON (Reuters) - French World Cup number eight Louis Picamoles will join Northampton Saints on a three-year contract when his current deal at Toulouse expires in June, he said on Monday. "It is primarily a lifestyle choice," he told radio station RMC Sport. "I have this opportunity open to me, and since I will soon be 30 years old I think it is the right time for me to try this experiment." Picamoles scored France's only try but was then sent to the sin bin during his country's 62-13 defeat by New Zealand in the quarter-finals of the World Cup. (Writing by Steve Tongue, editing by Stephen Wood)