Connect with us

Premiership

Phil Dowson: We didn’t stand up for fight

Phil Dowson:

Northampton boss Phil Dowson admitted Gloucester “had a point to prove” and that his men “didn’t stand up for the fight”.

On a difficult day for the champions, Dow-son also had to explain why England’s Fin Smith did not return after a head injury assessment after only four minutes.
He said: “Fin passed his head injury assessment, but he couldn’t see out of one of his eyes because he got a knee to the eye.”
Northampton also lost wing George Hendy for a similar reason in a costly first half. Overall Dowson conceded: “Gloucester came all guns blazing and had a point to prove. They proved it, we ...

Continue reading...

Access all our premium content from as little as 14p per day!

SUBSCRIBE

Already a subscriber to our website? Login

Related Topics
Click to comment
 

Tackle the News

- Sign Up for our weekly Rugby Newsletter
Your subscription could not be saved. Please try again.
Your subscription has been successful.

The Rugby Paper

Stadium Solutions

Arg v SA

Collinson Tensile

Taurus TapeLifting Giants

One Year To Go

Stadium Solutions

The best betting sites

Globusbet

£10 MINIMUM DEPOSIT CASINOSonline-casinos-nz-banner

Betzillion UKGGBet

free bets

More in Premiership