His message got through in the second half against Gloucester when Northampton were trailing by 11 points against the side who started their slump at the beginning of October with victory at Kingsholm. “He told us we were all good rugby players and we needed to take that on to the field and believe in ourselves. “When we were 19-8 down, it would have been easy to go missing. It was not the best performance or a complete one, but it was about the result after such a long losing streak. They dug deep and showed a lot of courage when it would have been easy to give in.

Source: The Guardian January 07, 2018 21:56 UTC