Scarred Saints turn fury on Scarlets

NORTHAMPTON SAINTS will try to pick up the pieces from their last-gasp Thomond Park defeat last weekend when they face Scarlets tonight at Franklin’s Gardens (8pm) but Jim Mallinder admitted the scars have not yet healed.

The English Premiership side left Limerick last Saturday night as victims of Munster’s thrilling late 23-21 win, with director of rugby Mallinder also acknowledging that those painful memories of Ronan O’Gara’s 85th-minute drop goal will help motivate his players in tonight’s Pool 1 round two clash.

“Games like last Saturday’s don’t disappear from your mind straight away, but you learn very quickly in this game to move on,” Mallinder said after naming an unchanged side from the one that started against Munster.