A good win but not a great performance, says Dowson

NORTHAMPTON moved to third in the table with a sixth Premiership victory in seven, but director of rugby Phil Dowson was far from satisfied.
“It was a good win but not a great performance,” said the Saints’ director of rugby. “Our discipline was an issue at the scrum and breakdown and we gave them a chance to win at the end having been 17 points up.
“They scored two of their tries when we were down to 14 men, but reacted well when they look the lead and we scored an excellent try to win the match.”
Northampton were forced to field four centr...

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