■ By NEALE HARVEY
NEWS EXTRA
SCRUM-HALF James Mitchell hopes being in the shop window at Northampton will help him slash through the recruitment logjam to secure a permanent contract.
Signed by Saints as emergenc cover for injured younger brother Alex (knee) and World Cup-bound Springbok Cobus Reinach, former Sale and Connacht half-back Mitchell, 24, is grateful to have found a home at a time when so many players are without clubs.
“It’s a tough market for players, especially for No.9s because there are so many good ones in the Premiership now,” Mitchell told The Rug...