Fish ready to step up again with Saints' senior players missing

By The Newsroom
Published 14th Nov 2018, 12:19 BST
Updated 14th Nov 2018, 13:26 BST
James Fish is ready to step up again at Saints (picture: Kirsty Edmonds)James Fish is ready to step up again at Saints (picture: Kirsty Edmonds)
James Fish is ready to step up again at Saints (picture: Kirsty Edmonds)
With Saints missing the two men sitting at the top of the pecking order for the No.2 shirt, one of the stars of pre-season will again get the chance to show his worth.

James Fish weighed in with a whopping six tries in three friendly matches, against Ospreys, the Dragons and Glasgow Warriors.

And though most of them came from good teamwork rather than individual excellence, the scores helped to catapult the 22-year-old into the Saints spotlight.

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With Mike Haywood, Dylan Hartley and Reece Marshall still making their way back from injury, Fish was handed a start on the opening day of the Gallagher Premiership season, at Gloucester.

And he kept his shirt for the next match, at home to Harlequins, before injury struck and Hartley and Co returned.

Nevertheless, Fish had built up plenty of credit in the bank when it came to how he was viewed by the coaches.