I Saints vanno a vincere 18 a 15 al Sandy Park rientrando nella corsa ai play-off. I Chiefs buttano via un’occasione forse irripetibile (in caso di vittoria sarebbero stati quarti con la quasi certezza matematica) e ora sono sotto di due punti proprio a Northampton.
The scorers:
For Exeter:
Tries: Baxter, Camacho
Con: Mieres
Pen: Mieres
For Northampton:
Tries: Ashton, Diggin
Con: Myler
Pens: Myler 2
Exeter: 15 Phil Dollman, 14 Gonzalo Camacho, 13 Bryan Rennie, 12 Jason Shoemark, 11 Matt Jess, 10 Ignacio Mieres, 9 Haydn Thomas, 8 Richard Baxter, 7 James Scaysbrook, 6 Tom Johnson, 5 James Hanks, 4 Tom Hayes (capt), 3 Hoani Tui, 2 Chris Whitehead, 1 Ben Moon.
Replacements: 16 Neil Clark, 17 Brett Sturgess, 18 Chris Budgen, 19 Aly Muldowney, 20 Ben White, 21 Kevin Barrett, 22 Gareth Steenson, 23 Sireli Naqelevuki.
Northampton: 15 Ben Foden, 14 Chris Ashton, 13 George Pisi, 12 James Downey, 11 Paul Diggin, 10 Stephen Myler, 9 Lee Dickson (capt), 8 Roger Wilson, 7 Phil Dowson, 6 James Craig, 5 Christian Day, 4 Mark Sorenson, 3 Brian Mujati, 2 Andy Long, 1 Soane Tonga’uiha.
Replacements: 16 Ross McMillan, 17 Alex Waller, 18 Paul Doran-Jones, 19 Teimana Harrison, 20 Ben Nutley, 21 Martin Roberts, 22 Ryan Lamb, 23 Tom May.
Referee: Andrew Small
Pos Team Pl W D L Pts
1
Harlequins
21
16
1
4
71
2
Leicester Tigers
21
14
1
6
70
3
Saracens
21
15
1
5
68
4
Northampton Saints
21
13
0
8
60
5
Exeter Chiefs
21
12
0
9
59
6
Sale Sharks
21
10
0
11
49
7
Bath Rugby
21
9
0
12
44
8
Gloucester Rugby
21
8
1
12
44
9
London Irish
21
7
1
13
41
10
Worcester Warriors
21
7
1
13
36
11
London Wasps
21
6
0
15
32
12
Newcastle Falcons
21
5
2
14
28
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