Few positives for pace-setting Saints
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Aside from the result, Director of Rugby Jim Mallinder could take few positives from Northampton Saints' gritty Premiership win against London Irish.
On a wet Franklin's Gardens handling errors plagued the champions, who regularly created chances in the Exiles 22 only to see them go to waste.
Ken Pisi and Sam Dickinson did cross over either side of the break, but former Northampton flyhalf Shane Geraghty struck three penalties to ensure the visitors were in touch right until the final whistle.
And Mallinder, who will take his side to play-off rivals Bath next weekend, insists that …
On a wet Franklin's Gardens handling errors plagued the champions, who regularly created chances in the Exiles 22 only to see them go to waste.
Ken Pisi and Sam Dickinson did cross over either side of the break, but former Northampton flyhalf Shane Geraghty struck three penalties to ensure the visitors were in touch right until the final whistle.
And Mallinder, who will take his side to play-off rivals Bath next weekend, insists that …
