STAND-IN goalkicker George Furbank landed the two late penalties which gave Northampton their second victory of the season – and plunged Exeter to their second defeat.
Furbank took over after James Grayson, who had kicked four from four, was replaced by Tommy Freeman with 16 minutes to go.
“There was a bit of risk in it,” admitted Saints director of rugby Chris Boyd. “We could have brought George off but we made a decision to move him to 10 and it was a bit of a master-stroke because the boy kept his cool at the end.
“If he had missed one or two of those goals it might have looked different...