Phil Dowson fixed his attention on a mouth-watering East Midlands play-off battle for a place in the Premiership Final after seeing his makeshift Northampton Saints lose to Harlequins.

The Northampton boss is relishing the chance to put the record straight having seen Leicester Tigers snatch local bragging rights in the league recently when table-toppers Saints slumped to a 41-17 loss at Welford Road last month
And the memory will be strong in the minds of the Northampton players when Tigers visit Franklin’s Gardens for the semi-final.
Dowson said: “We now prepare for Leicester. It is grea...