Daily Express

KO FOR NORTH Saints under fire as their Wales wing is sidelined by head injury

- Tony Paskin Neil Squires

PROBE: North was allowed to play on despite appearing to lose consciousn­ess, below came forward to claim they suffered abuse. Higgins has denied all allegation­s against him and was acquitted of sexual abuse charges in 1992.

In an interview with the BBC yesterday, Le Tissier, right, said: “Everyone was kind of naked and getting thrown on this NORTHAMPTO­N were last night sweating over a disrepute charge in the concussion row surroundin­g George North – after being forced to rest him for the foreseeabl­e future.

Saints have decided North, who has a history of concussion issues, should be assessed by a neurologis­t following the aerial collision with Adam Thompstone that left him motionless on the ground during their match against Leicester on Saturday, finally conceding he should not have been allowed to return to the field at Welford Road. Saints, who are at the centre of a bed – and a very quick massage. It was uncomforta­ble. It’s very, very wrong for a start. Looking back on it, you think it’s wrong but as a young boy you thought ‘is this normal’?

“It’s pretty disgusting. What went on is not normal behaviour. When you hear the stories of naked soapy massages, hairy

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