Starting Lineup
Subs
Opposition Lineup
15
Tyrone Green
14
Louis Lynagh
13
Luke Northmore
12
Andre Esterhuizen
11
Cadlan Murley
10
Marcus Smith
9
Danny Care
1
Fin Baxter
2
Jack Walker
3
Will Collier
4
Irne Herbst
5
Stephan Lewies
6
Chandler Cunningham-South
7
Will Evans
8
Alex Dombrandt
Subs
16
Sam Riley
17
Joe Marler
18
Simon Kerrod
19
George Hammond
20
Tom Lawday
21
Will Porter
22
Jarrod Evans
23
Oscar Beard
| pos | team | team name | pld | w | d | l | f | a | diff | tf | ta | tb | lb | pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 |  | Northampton SaintsNOR | 15 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 421 | 369 | 52 | 56 | 47 | 8 | 2 | 54 |
5 | | HarlequinsHAR | 15 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 391 | 377 | 14 | 57 | 52 | 8 | 4 | 44 |
Full Time
Harlequins
41
Northampton Saints
32
It’s all over
Saints lose 41-32 at Twickenham Stadium to Harlequins.
Penalty Quins
Evans lands the penalty.
80
Quins are taking a shot at goal. If successful, Saints will not get a losing bonus point from the game.
Conversion missed
Smith pulls the conversion wide.
TRY SAINTS!!!!!
Could they? Saints strike late as Lawes just manages to get over the line close to the right corner flag!
Try converted
Evans converts. Quins lead 38-27 with five minutes to play.
Quins try
It’s a second for Will Porter. Saints over throw the line out and Quins bursts through Jarrod Evans and feeds the scrum-half over to score.
72
Augustus turns the ball over and wins a penalty five metres outside his own 22. Smith clears up to halfway.
69
Smith pulls the conversion wide. Saints trail by four with 11 minutes remaining.
Try Quins
Harlequins are in possession, ten metres from the line, now five and from a rapid recycle, replacement scrum-half Porter squeezes over by the right corner flag to score.
Smith...
... lands the extra two points. Saints lead by one point.
TRY SAINTS!!!!!
Saints drive a maul and gain penalty advantage. Mitchell pulls it for Dingwall to feed Litchfield to crash over the line to the left of the posts!
Robbie Smith, Tarek Haffar, Elliot Millar Mills, Chunya Munga and
Angus Scott-Young are on for Emmanuel Iyogun, Sam Matavesi, Trevor Davison, Temo Mayanavanua and Lewis Ludlam.
61
A period of back and forth ensues while Ludlam receives treatment. Matavesi breaks and gets into the Quins half! Saints get into the 22 through Augustus. Play stops, it will restart with a penalty to Saints.
56
Lawes knocks on as Saints let Quins off the hook once more.
Green is yellow carded for a deliberate knock on, but no penalty try. Saints kick to ten metres out.
Sleightholme is off for a head injury assessment. Dingwall is on, Freeman moves out onto the wing.
Smith...
... adds the conversion, Saints trail by six!
TRY SAINTS!!!!!
Saints respond immediately! Sleightholme bursts down the left and upon the recycle on the 22, Furbank offloads brilliantly for Ramm to ghost over and under the posts!
Conversion is good
Marcus Smith adds the conversion, Saints trail by 13.
Try Quins
It’s a try for Harlequins as Cadan Murley arrives onto a delayed Marcus Smith pass to burst through a gap a few metres from the line to cross.
43
Saints are awarded a penalty and kick up to to the Quins 10 metre line, but a fumble follows and from the resulting scrum, Quins power through and win a penalty. Marcus Smith is going to the corner.
42
James Ramm kicks one out on the full. Quins line out on the Saints’ 10 metre line.
Back underway
Marcus Smith gets the second half underway at Twickenham Stadium.
The try is chalked off for the Mitchell knock on, Saints trail 19-13 at the break.
40
Try Saints?
Iyogen does tap, he makes a few metres then Graham scrambles over, but it is being checked. It looks like Mitchell knocked on at the base of the ruck.
40
Penalty to Saints, five metres from the Harlequins line. Iyogen looks like he is going to tap it.
38
Saints blow a great chance to score before half time as a counter attack ends with Matavesi popping out of the tackle a metre from the line but it is knocked on.
Try converted
Marcus Smith converts, Saints trail by six.
Try Quins
A period of patient, powerful play has Saints defending their line valiantly before Stephan Lewies manages to wrestle his way over.
Penalty Saints!
Fin Smith kicks the penalty, Saints lead by a point!
Yellow card
Louis Lynagh is yellow carded for the deliberate knock on.
28
Esterhuizen drops the kick off. From the scrum, Graham powers into Smith then the ball goes wide. A pass is slapped down by Lynagh. The TMO is having a look.
Try converted
Marcus Smith converts, Quins lead 12-10.
Try Quins
Quins turn down a simple penatly attempt to kick to touch, they have a lineout, 15 metres from Saints’ line. They make it stick and Luke Northmore bursts through a gap and under the posts.
Penalty Saints!
Saints are awarded a penalty near halfway and Fin Smith turns it into three points with ease!
Smith...
... knocks over the conversion, Saints lead!
TRY SAINTS!!!!!
Care’s chip is well fielded and Saints break outwide as Litchfield brilliantly chips ahead and behind the Quins defence, where Ollie Sleightholme was quickest to it to catch and run under the posts!
17
Smith pulls his penalty attempt wide of the target as Care returns to the field following his sin-binning.
16
Saints are again penalised at the breakdown, this time Smith is having a shot at goal, it’ll be a tough one, around 45 metres out on the angle.
13
Saints knock on and then are penalised on the deck. Smith kicks into the Saints half and are in possession.
11
The maul starts well and loses momentum. Mitchell triggers the backs but a pass out the back to Sleightholme is around his ankles and Quins swarm well, eventually winning the scrum as the ball becomes unplayable.
10
Scrum power!
Saints slam into the Quins pack and win a penalty, Smith kicks to ten metres out.
9
Harlequins feed into a scrum 35 metres from their own line, to the right of half-way.
Yellow card
Danny Care is yellow carded for the head-on-head collision.
7
TMO check. Courtney Lawes thundered into Danny Care, it is being checked for foul play.
7
Ramm offloads out the back door on halfway but it is ruled as forward.
4
Smith’s conversion is missed.
Try Quins
A fast and furious start sees Saints lose possession just outside the Quins 22. After some good work out wide and brilliant covering tackle from Freeman, Marcus Smith produces a brilliant crossfield kick for Luke Northmore to catch on the right wing and score.
HERE WE GO!!!!!
Fin Smith will get the game underway at a bouncing Twickenham Stadium!