Saints beat Leicester Tigers 31-12 of their opening match of this season’s PRC earlier than narrowly overcoming a fired-up Nottingham aspect 31-29.
“For Nottingham it was their European Cup remaining, it was their Prem remaining, you could possibly see how severe they took it,” mentioned Radford.
“They acquired collectively in a huddle, you could possibly see there was actual intent, it was a very large event for them taking part in on the Premiership champions.”
Northampton, the 2019 Cup winners, full the primary half of the pool stage – return video games happen in February – with a visit to Championship and group leaders Coventry on Saturday.
And, like Nottingham, Radford expects they may present a stern problem.
“Coventry have gotten the champions coming to their residence floor, they are going to be after it and the important thing for us is ensuring we flip up with the proper vitality and intent,” he added.
“We will make errors, we generally is a little bit giddy defensively however we won’t lose the vitality battle. It is actually vital that we dictate the depth of the sport and never let or not it’s dictated to us.”