Six Nations 2022: Northampton team-mates Courtney Lawes & Dan Biggar face off

Northampton team-mates Courtney Lawes and Dan Biggar will both captain their national side at Twickenham on Saturday, but club skipper Lewis Ludlam says that is where their similarities end.

Ludlam describes the pair as «polar opposites» when it comes to their leadership style, with the more muted, laid-back Lawes facing a slightly more vocal Biggar.

Saturday's game between Lawes' England and Biggar's Wales will be the first time in the history of the fixture that both captains have come from the same club.

It is only the fourth time it has happened in the Six Nations, with Stade Francais' Sergio Parisse and Pascal Pape leading Italy and France in 2013 and 2014 — and Toulouse team-mates Gareth Thomas and Fabien Pelous captaining Wales and France in 2005.

It will be a new experience for Lawes and Biggar too, who have only led their country twice each with Lawes standing in for the injured Owen Farrell and Biggar stepping up in Alun Wyn Jones' absence.

Ludlam said: «In terms of their leadership styles and the way they hold themselves around the club, they couldn't be more polar opposites.

»Courtney is very laid back in the way that he does things. He is fairly introverted which I think is surprising for a lot of people.

«Dan is very much a vocal leader. He is the first person to say when something isn't right and the first person to give lads a bit of a grill to get the best out of them.

»They're both very different in that regard."

Lawes, making his first Six Nations appearance after prolonged concussion issues, seems to agree with Ludlam's assessment.

The 33-year-old told BBC Sport on Thursday that Biggar is «slightly more hot-headed» than him.

«He's a really good friend of mine, so I'm really looking forward to playing him,» Lawes