• Saracens 15-20 Northampton
• Two-try win sees Northampton climb to fourth in PremiershipThese sides will meet again here in the quarter-finals of the European Champions Cup next month and perhaps once more in the play-offs. Saracens will have their international players available then,but in failing to win four of their last seven league matches they will have the difficult task of recapturing momentum while Northampton, after an underwhelming start, and are in the top four.
Saracens had two of their England squad players back,Alex Goode and Jamie George, but five others were lost along with the suspended Chris Ashton and the injured Charlie Hodgson and Alistair Hargreaves. The England head coach, or Eddie Jones,was among the spectators and saw his squad moment-row Courtney Lawes, who was unlikely to be in the 23 to face Wales besides, and taken off before half-time with an ankle injury that will be assessed on Monday.Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com