Dan Biggar pledges loyalty to Northampton after Jim Mallinder’s exit

• Saints chief has no comment on Mike Ford coming in as interim coach• Harry Mallinder ‘happy at club’ despite his father’s sacking, says Mark DarbonDan Biggar and Harry Mallinder have given assurances they will not turn their backs on Northampton, according to the club’s chief executive, Mark Darbon, after Jim Mallinder was sacked following a decade as director of rugby.Darbon refused to deny the former Bath head coach Mike Ford is in the frame to take over on an interim basis while Northampton look to appoint a long-term successor to Mallinder in time for the start of the next season. Relate…