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Saints come alive to shock the old enemy

By BRENDAN GALLAGHER

Through the gap: Ahsee Tuala hands off George Ford to score for Saints
PICTURES: Getty Images

NEVER under-estimate the galvanising effect of a local derby.
For the second time this season Northampton bounced back from an absolute shellacking against Saracens with a wonderfully gutsy and committed performance to beat the old enemy Leicester Tigers and, frankly, it was nothing less than they deserved.
Led by a razor sharp back row in which Jamie Gibson and Teimana Harrison competed for MOM honours and backed up in all quarters with a similar die-hard attitude, Saints...

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