The win takes the Cherry and Whites back into the top four, leapfrogging the Saints in the process. “Dom (Waldouck) gave us a quick talk at half-time just for a few lads who were maybe slightly disjointed and just reminded us what our principles are and when to go wide, details like that.' “After a disappointing Autumn campaign for us in the Premiership we needed that.

“Northampton are an outstanding attacking team and the best in the league,' he said, 'and we knew early on they would play wide-wide and they caught us a couple times when we got a bit disjointed but we stayed brave in the way we played. Santiago Carreras sparkles at fly-half as Gloucester beat Northampton SaintsĪfter a stuttering Autumn-period where the Cherry and Whites were ravaged by multiple international call-ups as well as a few injury absentees, the hosts returned to Kingsholm needing a win to get their campaign back on track before the double weekend European block having lost away to Harlequins the previous Friday night.Īgainst the most threatening attacking side in the league, it was never going to be easy, but Skivington was pleased with how his side overcame their early woes to stick to their plans.Gloucester Rugby players ratings from Northampton Saints win - 'Made Kingsholm crackle with excitement'.“He is very, very diligent in what he does and it’s not luck what he does. “We wouldn’t take credit for making Santi a world-class player, he is that. “I think this week he really knuckled down and understood the role from there rather than deep where he has before. “Santi came back and did two days with us last week and we put him at ten, and even though he has been playing ten for Argentina he hadn’t trained a day at ten for us pre-last week. Having only been back in training with the squad for the last couple of weeks after returning from international duty across the Autumn period, Skivington was thrilled with how the Puma performed out of position at ten on Saturday night. Santiago Carreras delighted head coach George Skivington after the Argentinian full-back produced a sensational performance from fly-half to guide Gloucester to a 34-19 win over rivals Northampton Saints on Saturday evening.

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