By PAUL REES

Sam Matavesi knew something had changed when he joined up with Northampton after Fiji’s World Cup quarter-final exit last autumn.
“Something seemed to have clicked,” said the hooker reflecting on the previous two campaigns when Northampton had made the Premiership play-offs only to find themselves playing away to the teams who would go on and win the tournament, Leicester and Saracens.
“We learned a lot from the last two seasons when we finished fourth and there has been a different mindset this year. We set out with the goal of securing a home play-off and we achieved that b...