After four successive victories interspersed by frustrating Covid cancellations, victory over Bath would see Saints hit the halfway point firmly in the play-off zone.
Last week’s backs-to-the-wall win at Exeter gave rise to title ambitions and Furbank insists his side are ready to dig-in hard once more to continue their run.
“(Director of rugby) Chris Boyd coined the phrase ‘Front-up February’ and we certainly did that last weekend, especially among the forwards,” Furbank told The Rugby Paper.
“It’s not often you go to Exeter and have a dominant set-piece and keep them from scoring when they’re in your 22 for as long as they were, but we made our tackles and it’s a huge pat on the back for all our forwards, as well as a good few of the backs.
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