■By PAUL SMITH

Clincher: Curtis Langdon scores Saints’ third try
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A BATTLING forward display in which flanker Tom Pearson produced a stand-out performance enabled Northampton to scrap their way past committed Championship leaders Coventry.
In front of a Butts Park Arena record crowd of 5,202 Saints scored three tries to two, with George Hendy’s against-the-elements, long-distance solo effort eventually the difference between the sides.

The Premiership champions were forced to dig deep defensively against a Coventry side who dominated t...