Northampton must demonstrate the importance of being earnest

Champions must beat Exeter tomorrow to avoid a painful walk on the Wilde side, Owen Slot writes

How do you pick yourselves up off the canvas? The bad news for Exeter Chiefs
is that Northampton Saints know how to do this rather well and intend to
demonstrate as much at Sandy Park tomorrow.



There is an importance, here, in being earnest.

To lose one whopping fixture
last weekend could be regarded as a considerable misfortune, to lose a
second down in Devon would be the height of carelessness.



Northampton have had the Aviva Premiership so firmly under their control all
season, thei…