The Prem: Northampton 59-26 Newcastle: Saints rating nine-tries to beat Purple Bulls
Northampton Saints’ Tommy Freeman instructed BBC Radio Northampton:
“Good begin and many factors on the board which good to see however I feel there may be masses extra in us which is what we stated at half-time, however general end result.
“Our set piece we have to tighten up a bit on that first part. Defensively we had been caught a bit tight, however credit score to Newcastle for stressing us in these areas however we wish to see higher motion.
“It is at all times a problem and going back-to-back [titles] is just not performed by many groups. There is a cause for that however we will probably be seeking to take every week because it comes and hold placing our DNA on the pitch.”
Newcastle head coach Dan McFarland instructed BBC Radio Newcastle:
“We put loads of great things on the market however we had been examined at this time by a very, actually good workforce. We know the place we stand now and the place we have set to work. We have an extended jounrey forward of us and that was step one.
“It was a unbelievable rating after we had a size of the sector try to that was actually us and we additionally had loads of defensive units the place we had confirmed actually good scramble and stopped them from scoring.
“But the sport is up and down. We had that yellow card after which we had three tries which had been scored throughout that yellow, and the strive simply earlier than half-time was an actual killer.
“Maybe we left a few tries on the market however there may be loads in that that we are going to take away and see as an actual constructive.”
Northampton: Pater, Freeman, Hutchinson, Dingwall, Hendy, F Smith, McParland, Iyogun, Langdon, Kundiona, Coles, Prowse, Kemeny, Pollock, Chick
Replacements: R Smith, Fischetti, Neculai, Lockett, Taylor, Mitchell, Belleau, Sleightholme.
Newcastle: Obatoyinbo, Wade, Hearle, Harris, Kok, Connon, Elliott, Rakete-Stones, McGuigan, Millar Mills, Usher, Jordan, Hicks, Christie, Graham.
Replacements: Fletcher, West, Harper, Molina, Leatherbarrow, Cruz, Henry, Sotutu.
Sin bin: Obatoyinbo (14), Rakete-Stones (43)
Referee: Anthony Woodthorpe.
