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'We should have lost... probably our worst performance in 4 or 5 weeks'

By PA
Alex Sanderson /PA

Northampton director of rugby Chris Boyd rued missed opportunities as his side suffered a narrow 22-21 defeat to Sale at cinch Stadium at Franklin’s Gardens.

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George Furbank’s kick at the death sailed wide and there was agony for the home side and ecstasy for the away side.

Sale raced into a 10-0 lead when Arron Reed ran a try in from the half-way line after AJ MacGinty’s penalty, but through Juarno Augustus Saints hit back quickly with a try of their own.

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      We’re joined by England’s Luke Cowan-Dickie this week as the Six Nations squads take a break after two rounds of action. We hear from the Exeter Hooker about his journey with England and the Lions, his relationship with Eddie Jones and of course that volleyball moment in Edinburgh during the Calcutta Cup. Max and Ryan give their thoughts on the weekend battles in Cardiff, Paris and Rome, pick their team of the week and look forward to the rest of the tournament.

      At half-time Sale led 15-14 with Sam James scoring for the visitors, before Alex Coles scored just before the break.

      Saints took the lead for the first time through Alex Mitchell just after half-time, but Rohan Janse van Rensburg’s try and AJ MacGinty’s conversion put Sale into the match-winning 22-21 lead.

      Furbank’s effort went wide at the death to the frustration of the home supporters.

      Despite the defeat, Boyd was looking at the positives from the performance, but admits that his side must be more clinical.

      He said: “The games we’d lost this year we could reflect on poor performances, but we’ll reflect back on this game that we did some good stuff.

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      “We dominated for long periods of time and were pretty good in terms of performance, but at the end of the day, all of those things that we did better than in the previous few weeks didn’t translate to a win.

      “We didn’t convert our pressure into points, we dropped a couple of balls and it cost us 14 points – that was the story of the game.”

      Sale director of rugby Alex Sanderson echoed the thoughts of Boyd and admitted perhaps Saints deserved to win, but he was delighted to get the victory despite not reaching the same heights as previous weeks.

      He said: “That was a game we probably should have lost. You can only play as well as the opposition allow you to and that was probably our worst performance in four or five weeks.

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      “But the old cliche stands that if you can play badly and win, you’re in a good place, so we’re in a good place.

      “Sometimes I hate starts like we had because I could feel the lads felt it was easy and then they just relaxed from the kick-off.

      “They got a try and then we were only three points ahead so that made it not such a good start.

      “The first five minutes couldn’t have gone any better for us, we work a lot on our kicking game, and we work hard on judging it so it’s not luck – it’s training and hard work that paid off in some of those high balls.”

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