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Football: Rugby Union: Forward drift favours Saints; Guinness Premiership.(Sport)

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From: The Birmingham Post (England)
Date: 20060109
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Byline: By Brian Dick at Sixways

Worcester 11 Northampton 15

It took one sleep-inducing hour and only 20 breathtaking minutes to prove the fabled philosopher, Saint Augustine of Hippo, knew his rugby.

The man credited for merging Greek and Christian theory is best-known for coming up with the following after-dinner ditty - "Faith is to believe what we do not see' and the reward of this faith is to see what we believe."

Thus the 9,000 or so devoted souls who assembled at Sixways on Saturday must have done so in hope rather than expectation that these two ...

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