WINGER Ken Pisi admits Northampton’s players had been “going through the motions” before Jim Mallinder’s pre-Christmas dismissal.
An instant revival under Aussie caretaker boss Alan Gaffney saw Saints win four out of five matches, reaching the Anglo-Welsh Cup semi-finals and rekindling hopes of a top six league finish.
Long-serving Pisi, who has notched five tries since New Year, believes change was required, saying:
“Things needed freshening up. We’d been kind of going through the motions and something new was good for all of us.
“So...