Anthony Belleau turns the screw as Northampton see off rivals Leicester

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  • Northampton 32-26 Leicester

  • Frenchman scores two tries off the bench in derby

Northampton have gone all Euro and on Saturday the dividends rolled in. Not for the first time this season, it should be noted, Anthony Belleau and Edoardo Todaro, French and Italian, had the run of the place, scoring two and one tries respectively, as Northampton went to the top of the table for the time being, dispatching their nearest and dearest in the process.

Theirs has been a bitter-sweet opening to the season, squandering huge leads in games one and two, but here they timed their surges to perfection to come away with the win and their third bonus point out of three.

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