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PREVIEW Mallinder calls for clinical display from Saints

Friday 12th December 2014

12:00 am (GMT)

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Le grand patron des Saints veut voir ses joueurs répéter leur performance de la semaine dernière. Ils avaient ramené de Trévise une victoire bonifiée. Seul un résultat identique satisfera Northampton. - 12/12/2014 14:55

Le grand patron des Saints veut voir ses joueurs répéter leur performance de la semaine dernière. Ils avaient ramené de Trévise une victoire bonifiée. Seul un résultat identique satisfera Northampton. - 12/12/2014 14:55

Jim Mallinder has warned his players against complacency despite being favourites to beat Treviso at Franklin’s Gardens.

Saints’ boss Mallinder wants a repeat performance after securing a bonus-point win in Italy last week as they look to keep the pressure on Pool 5 leaders Racing-Metro.

Mallinder said: “We are very motivated for this one. We know we need to get as many points as possible out of this game.

“We’ve known for the past two weeks that we are favourites but we still have to go out and do it on the pitch.
“Treviso have seen first-hand what we have to offer after last week so we need to make sure we keep playing to our strengths, exploiting their weaknesses and taking our chances.”

Saints are set to welcome back several key players including England hooker Dylan Hartley, midfield play-maker George Pisi and British Lions wing George North – top try-scorer in this Champions Cup this season.

Mallinder said: “We will look to mix things up with our selection. Firstly we must pick a side that is strong enough to win the game but we also have to look longer term at the games coming up over the Christmas period. We always have to look after the players by managing their workload. But the first priority is beating Treviso.”

Treviso also have their own motivation as they celebrate their 100th game in Europe’s top tier. They include Ludovico Nitoglia, who has touched down three times. Only Northampton’s Wales star North has scored more (four) in this season’s tournament.

Treviso, who have one win from their last 18 European ties, will also rely upon the ferocious defence of Simone Favaro, among the leading tacklers in the entire competition.

MATCH FACTS 

  • Northampton Saints have won five of their last six in the Champions Cup, their best run of form since winning eight on the bounce on their way to the final in 2010/11.
  • Saints’ victory over Benetton Treviso last weekend was their largest margin of victory over the Italian side in three Champions Cup meetings.
  • Treviso’s Simone Favaro made 10 tackles last weekend against Northampton last weekend; no other player on the pitch reached double figures for successful hits.
  • Northampton Saints’ Tom Stephenson, in his first ever Champions Cup start, beat more defenders (5) than any other player on the pitch against Treviso last weekend.
  • This will be Benetton Treviso’s 100th game in the Champions Cup.

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REPORT: Saints rack up 11 tries in Treviso win

Saturday 13th December 2014

12:00 am (GMT)

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Manu Samoa and Ken Pisi scored hat-tricks as Northampton picked up an emphatic 11-try 67-0 win over Treviso in Pool 5 of the Champions Cup.

The Saints, who had picked up the full five-point haul in Italy last weekend, repeated the dose as a penalty try plus further scores from George North, Kahn Fotuali’I, George Pisi, Ben Foden and the two try trebles secured a handsome victory which was their biggest in European competition.
Stephen Myler added four conversions with man-of-the-match James Wilson kicking two as part of a supreme display.
The visitors had started brightly, but once Northampton began to turn the screw up front they quickly found themselves on the back foot.
Referee Pascal Gauzere had already warned Treviso for pulling down a rolling maul, and did not hesitate to head behind the posts when they collapsed a scrum as the Saints advanced ominously towards their line.
The second arrived quickly, a clever move down the blindside saw Fotuali’I free Wales wing North and touch down.
Fotuali’I turned from provider to scorer for the third. There had appeared little danger when Treviso sent a clearing kick deep downfield. But the Pisi brothers combined to cut the defence apart, with the scrum-half turning Edoardo Gori to finish off the flowing move.
Just one more try was needed for the bonus point and, with Treviso down a man after lock Marco Fuser’s sin-binning, it duly arrived just before the break with North beating several defenders on an infield run before producing a wonderful one-handed pass which allowed Ken Pisi to cross for his first.
His brother got in on the act early in the second half, finishing off more sharp backline play to dot down shortly after North had departed the fray with an injury, before Ken got his second.
Full-back Wilson produced a brilliant pass as he was being bundled into touch and found the grateful Samoan, who finished from close range.
With the job done Saints were in full flow but were frustrated in their search for more tries when Courtney Lawes had a score chalked off for a double movement.
However, it proved only a brief reprieve for Treviso as their tiring, stretched defence could not prevent Manoa crashing over with one of his first touched after coming on as a replacement.
The powerful forward quickly added to his tally with a wonderful solo score. Manoa spotted in midfield and surged through it, stepping the final would-be tackler on his way to the line.
He then completed a 12-minute hat-trick when another purposeful rolling maul rumbled over the Treviso line, with Ken Pisi rounding off his own treble moments later.
Foden completed the rout by scooping up a loose ball to canter down the right-hand touchline for an easy finish.

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