Todd Blackadder has Bath on the up with more to come from George Ford

• New vice-captain Ford scores all 18 points in victory over Northampton• Win was Bath’s first at Franklin’s Gardens since April 2000Rumours of discontent have hung around Bath of late like flies around a pig but if it’s not too early to leap to conclusions Todd Blackadder, their new director of rugby, has made his presence felt already. At the very least we can say that in one game he has achieved something no Bath supremo has managed since the turn of the millennium (April 2000 to be precise) — a win at Northampton.The 18-14 victory did come at some cost. Taulupe Faletau was helped off with …

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