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Leinster vs Northampton Saints

Match Details

HT ScoreHalf Time Score

Leinster 15-27 Saints

FT ScoreFull Time Score

Leinster 34-37 Saints

Attendance

42,207

Referee

Pierre Brousset

Leinster Rugby
Leinster
34

Summary

Full Time

Northampton Saints
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Northampton Saints
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SAINTS WIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Munga is on.

(80 mins)

Alex Coles is yellow carded.

(79 mins)

71

Prendergast converts. Saints lead by three.

(72 mins)

Try Leinster. Lowe reaches over in the left corner after another neat tapped penalty from ten metres out. 

(71 min)

Scott-Young replaces Litchfield. 

(68 mins)

Kemeny sees yellow for a high hit on Slimani.

(68 mins)

Lockett is on for Mayanavanua. 

(65 mins)

James is on for his 100th Saints appearance, in place of Mitchell. 

(65 mins)

Smith lands the conversion! 

(64 mins)

TRY SAINTS!!!!!

James Ramm goes over in the right corner after Saints react quickest following a half-blocked Smith grubber in centre field!!!!

(63 mins)

West is on for Iyogun.

(60 mins)

60

The conversion attempt is wide.

(60 mins)

Leinster finish off a rolling maul after a penalty was kicked to five metres out, with Van der Flier getting his second of the contest. 

(60 mins)

Smith puts Saints eight points ahead with a central penalty from 45 metres out!!!!!

(56 mins) 

Millar Mills is on for Davison.

(49 mins)

Prendergast adds the conversion. Saints’ lead is cut to five. 

(49 mins)

Try Leinster. A clever penalty routine five metres out is finished by home captain Doris. 

(48 min)

40

Smith gets the second half underway, come on you Saints!

It’s half-time here at the Aviva Stadium, Saints lead by 12 points!!!!!

 

40

Smith’s conversion attempt is unsuccessful.

(40 min)

TRY SAINTS!!!!!

Freeman has hat-trick!!!! Augustus smashes through the middle to collect a kick and then offload superbly for Freeman to finish in the left corner for his third of the contest!

(39 mins)

38

Smith’s conversion attempt drops short. 

(37 min)

TRY SAINTS!!!!

Smith, Ramm and Litchfield combine with a blistering backs exchange to put Freeman through for his second of the game down the right wing!!!!!!

(37 mins)

36

Langdon returns to the field from his yellow card, as does Litchfield with Walker making way. 

(36 min)

Henry Walker comes on for Tom Litchfield as Saints have their first scrum since Langdon was yellow carded. 

(32 min)

Fin Smith knocks over the conversion, Saints lead by two!

(30 mins)

TRYYYY SAINTS!!!!!

Henry Pollock races over from 40 metres out, arriving on a perfect line from a ruck to receive Alex Mitchell’s pass to score a blinder!

(29 mins)

Curtis Langdon see yellow, as Saints are punished for their collective penalty concessions. 

(26 mins)

Prendergast converts, Leinster lead by five. 

(26 mins)

Josh van der Flier goes over for a try under some pressure five metres in from touch after a strong period of pressure in the Saints 22, after James Lowe quickly-tapped a penalty. 

(26 mins)

Saints reclaim the lead with a Fin Smith penalty from ten metres out. It came from a brilliant Freeman break, after Kemeny poached a lineout five metres from his own line and Smith kicked brilliantly to touch. 

(23 mins)

19

Prendergast’s conversion goes wide. Saints trail by one point.

(19 mins)

Leinster go ahead with Tommy O’Brien finishing out wide after Gibson-Park quickly taps from the back of a five-metre free-kick awarded from a scrum.

(18 mins).

Leinster get on the scoreboard with a Predergast penalty from 35 metres out on the angle. 

(14 mins)

Fin Smith nails the touchline conversion, Saints lead by seven!

(8 mins).

TRY SAINTS!

It’s a beauty! Fin Smith races through a gap in centre field then puts a perfectly-weighted grubber kick in behind for Tommy Freeman to collect and finish in the corner!

(8 mins)

HERE WE GO!

Sam Predergast gets this Investec Champions Cup semi-final at the Aviva Stadium underway, with Saints attacking from right to left from our vantage point. Come on you Saints!

Opposition LineupLeinster Rugby

15
Hugo Keenan
14
Tommy O'Brien
13
Garry Ringrose
12
Robbie Henshaw
11
James Lowe
10
Sam Prendergast
9
Jamison Gibson-Park
1
Cian Healy
2
Dan Sheehan
3
Tadhg Furlong
4
RG Snyman
5
Joe McCarthy
6
Max Deegan
7
Josh Van Der Flier
8
Caelan Doris

SubsLeinster Rugby

16
Ronan Kelleher
17
Andrew Porter
18
Rabah Slimani
19
Ryan Baird
20
Jack Conan
21
Luke McGrath
22
Ross Byrne
23
Jordie Barrett
Form Guide

Form

WWWLW

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