Bath 13 Northampton 21, match report: Saints extend winning run at Recreation Ground to go nine points clear
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Bath 13 Northampton 21, match report: Saints extend winning run at Recreation Ground to go nine points clear
The hex continues.
For four long years Bath have failed to beat Northampton,
and that run was extended here as the champions and leaders ground out a
highly significant victory over the second-placed pretenders.
It was a surprise, simply because when you viewed the teams on paper
beforehand, with all the internationals missing, Bath looked the stronger,
especially up front.
You expected Bath to make that count – and when they were looking in control
in the first half, with their scrummage obviously superior, it looked as if
that might happen.
However, Northampt…
