PAUL REES TALKS TO CHRIS BOYD ABOUT NORTHAMPTON’S FALTERING BID FOR THE PLAY-OFFS

After the Saints came lurching in against Gloucester at Franklin’s Gardens last weekend, Chris Boyd needed two days before he dared to watch a rerun of a defeat that put a deep dent into Northampton’s ambition to reach the play-offs for the second time in three seasons.
With relegation suspended for at least this campaign, the attention in the Premiership is on the top four, although the battle to keep out of the bottom four and so qualify for the Heineken Champions Cup will offer a div...