Northampton's ability to adapt to difficult conditions was key to their win at Newcastle, says full-back George Furbank.
Northampton's ability to adapt to difficult conditions was key to their first Premiership win of the season, says full-back George Furbank.But they came away with a"We knew when we saw the forecast it was probably going to be a bit of a gritty game," said Furbank.
Northampton lost to Sale and Bristol in their first two league games of the season, but the win over the Falcons put them seventh in the table and just two points outside the top four going into Saturday's home fixture against early leaders Bath. He continued: "There's always a bit of pressure to get that first win and now we've got that under our belt, hopefully we can build on this and keep moving forward."
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