NORTHAMPTON boss Phil Dowson refused to blame his side’s dismal second half on the fracas just before the break.
Players from both sides piled in to push and shove each other but no punches were thrown and Dowson dismissed it as a bout of handbags.
The Saints DoR said: “These games are going to be hostile, and in the current game, you can’t throw anything. It’s just push and shove and talk cr*p, so I don’t think that had any impact. The boys were very good at half-time.
“We felt we had a good half, and we felt that the fracas at the end of t...