"They are a very good mauling side, so it's key that we keep our discipline and don't give away silly penalties so they can maul from the resulting lineouts.
Just before the interval, Irish won a lineout and a driving maul took them into the Northampton 22. Ian Humphreys and Ojo gave O'Connor the chance the draw his man and slip a perfect pass to the wing Sailosi Tagicakibau, who plunged down for a try in the corner.
These were not the conditions for Hodgson to thrive but after the interval he landed three more penalties, the first after the Saracens pack had driven forwards impressively in the mud and the Saints pulled down the maul.
It was a warning for England, who had suffered similarly when France used the driving maul in Grenoble, but McLean's side rallied just before the break.
Ubiquitous coyotes will attack children and maul even pit-bull terriers when hungry enough.
As for attack dogs, rumours have swirled in advance that several speakers had been programmed to maul Barack Obama notably Mr Christie and John McCain only for their speeches to be more about themselves than Mr Romney's opponent.One senior figure from the Bush era gives the Romney political team a "B".
English rugby mummies may hesitate to subject their daughters to the bracing and muddy pleasures of the scrum and the maul.
Speakers were allocated particular roles, with some figures selected to energise narrow slices of conservative America, while each night at least one attack dog was let out of the kennel to maul the Democratic candidate, leaving room for George W. Bush to look presidential.
The main fracas in the campaign occurred because Mr Giuliani, who was always winning the race by a mile, still paused to maul the hapless Ms Messinger for not attending Columbus Day mass.
Although the state media refuse to air their message, the independent press continues to maul Mr Mugabe, and non-governmental organisations spread the word that the ballot will be secret.Many farm workers, despite their welts and bruises, remain quietly defiant.
Because the trade unions see themselves less as the lions that surrounded Daniel than as the poor creature with a thorn in his paw that failed to maul Androcles.
