Northampton Saints hero Chris Ashton has praised his team's spirit after scoring a crucial last-minute try against London Irish on Saturday.

The 22-year-old winger crossed the line to level the scores, and Shane Geraghty's conversion gave Saints a 24-22 victory at Franklin's Gardens.

It was Ashton's 15th try in 16 league and cup matches this season.

"There's a good vibe around the club and I'm just on the end of that," Ashton told BBC Radio Northampton.

He continued: "It's credit to us as a team that we don't say no until the very end.

I put myself into places that maybe other players won't Chris Ashton

"We did it against Bath and we did it again here. It shows where we're going as a side and where we're trying to be."

Ashton's superb try-scoring form, which has helped Northampton climb to second place in the Guinness Premiership, has fuelled speculation of an international call-up with England attack coach Brian Smith watching him perform on Saturday.

But the former rugby league player is focusing on club rugby at present.

"I put myself into places that maybe other players won't," he explained.

"I'm going to keep doing that and score as many tries for the Saints as I can."

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