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Northampton Saints
Gallagher Premiership
Mar 27, 2015 at 7.45pm UK
 
London Wasps
SaintsNorthampton Saints
52-30
Wasps
North (10', 35'), Penalty (36'), Corbisiero (40'), Pisi (72'), Tuala (76', 78')
FT
Wade (6', 19', 68')

Nothampton Saints lock Tom Wood doubts Nathan Hughes kick was deliberate

Nathan Hughes didn't mean to hurt George North, says Northampton Saints second-row Tom Wood.

Northampton Saints forward Tom Wood has defended Wasps player Nathan Hughes, who was sent off for kicking Saints winger George North.

North was struck in the head by Hughes shortly before half time, but Saints director of rugby Jim Mallinder has confirmed that the Welshman is conscious.

Wood told BT Sport: "From where I was stood it didn't look malicious but at the end of the day you've got to be in control of your legs. You can't be swinging them around near people's heads."

North scored two tries in the Saints' 52-30 win.

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George North of Northampton Saints celebrates after scoring their first try during the Aviva Premiership match between Northampton Saints and Wasps at Franklin's Gardens on March 27, 2015
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