{"id":5267,"date":"2023-01-30T10:47:20","date_gmt":"2023-01-30T10:47:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/george-furbank-win-at-leicester-must-be-starting-point-for-saints\/"},"modified":"2023-01-30T10:47:21","modified_gmt":"2023-01-30T10:47:21","slug":"george-furbank-win-at-leicester-must-be-starting-point-for-saints","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/george-furbank-win-at-leicester-must-be-starting-point-for-saints\/","title":{"rendered":"George Furbank: Win at Leicester must be starting point for Saints"},"content":{"rendered":"


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George Furbank made his Northampton debut in 2017 and has won five England caps<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Northampton fly-half George Furbank believes victory at Leicester must be a starting point for improved away form as they look to seal a top-four spot.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Saturday’s <\/span>19-18 win<\/span><\/a> was their first away from Franklin’s Gardens in the league this season.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

It put them fourth in the table – but only three points clear of Leicester in eighth – with seven regular-season games remaining.<\/span><\/p>\n

“We need to be better on the road,” Furbank told BBC Radio Northampton.<\/span><\/p>\n

“We need to fight and scrap for everything and to do that in front of 24,000 Leicester fans – there were a few Saints faithful there and it was nice to hear them at the end – was great.”<\/span><\/p>\n

Furbank contributed 14 points with the boot in a game in which James Ramm produced a moment of sublime sleight of hand to feed Ollie Sleightholme for Northampton’s only try, having been sin-binned in the first half for a high tackle.<\/span><\/p>\n

“The way we went about it makes it even more special,” said Furbank.<\/span><\/p>\n

“We stuck in that fight for 80 minutes and ultimately that is what brought the win.<\/span><\/p>\n

“They went to the boot quite a lot and we didn’t have much off the back of that so we had to to go the boot as well – I thought our back three were outstanding under the high ball.”<\/span><\/p>\n

He added: “We knew we were missing a few big characters and a few leaders, but everyone stuck to their process and put in a hell of a shift.<\/span><\/p>\n

“We’ve been pretty poor away from home this season. There have been too many times when we’ve gone away and been 20 points down at half-time, and you’re always chasing it from there.<\/span><\/p>\n

“We spoke about being in the game at half-time and I thought we managed that reasonably well. We were in it at half-time and from there we pushed on and won a few of those kick battles which put us in the right areas.”<\/span><\/p>\n

Northampton’s away Premiership results 2022-23<\/h3>\n