Premiership: i Saints espugnano Exeter e rivedono i play-off

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