Northampton deal a big blow to Leicester’s top-four hopes

• Leicester 21-27 Northampton• Stephen Myler kicks 12 points in Saints victoryNorthampton’s coaching consultant Alan Gaffney wondered before the match whether some of his players had switched off early: as early as last October, it could be argued given their wretched form since then. But the sight of their oldest rivals, together with the incentive of only a second Premiership double over the Tigers, enlivened a side that started the afternoon with a mathematical chance of being relegated, spirit steering them to an unlikely victory.The last time Northampton faced Leicester, in September, the…