Leinster (3) 9 / 18 (7) Northampton (Final Score)
Leinster and Northampton Saints did battle in the Heineken Cup at
Aviva Stadium, Dublin at 20:00 SA Time (18:00 GMT).
This was the live match discussion Article.
The match was broadcast LIVE on SuperSport 8 on TV in SA.
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Scorers:
Leinster:
- Penalties – Ian Madigan (3)
- Drop Goals – 0
- Tries – 0
- Conversions – 0
Northampton:
- Penalties – Steve Myler (1)
- Drop Goals – Kahn Fotuali’i (1)
- Tries – George North (1), Jamie Elliott (1)
- Conversions – Steve Myler (1)
Teams:
Leinster: 15 Rob Kearney, 14 Dave Kearney, 13 Brian O’Driscoll, 12 Gordon D’Arcy, 11 Luke Fitzgerald, 10 Ian Madigan, 9 Eoin Reddan, 1 Jack McGrath, 2 Sean Cronin, 3 Mike Ross, 4 Devin Toner, 5 Mike McCarthy, 6 Rhys Ruddock, 7 Sean O’Brien, 8 Jamie Heaslip (Captain)
Replacements: 16 Aaron Dundon, 17 Michael Bent, 18 Martin Moore, 19 Leo Cullen, 20 Shane Jennings, 21 John Cooney, 22 Jimmy Gopperth, 23 Zane Kirchner.
Northampton Saints: 15 Ken Pisi, 14 Jamie Elliott, 13 Dom Waldouck, 12 Luther Burrell, 11 George North, 10 Steve Myler, 9 Lee Dickson, 1 Alex Waller, 2 Dylan Hartley (Captain), 3 Salesi Ma’afu, 4 Courtney Lawes, 5 Christian Day, 6 Calum Clark, 7 Tom Wood, 8 Samu Manoa
Replacements: Mikey Haywood, Ethan Waller, Tom Mercey, Sam Dickinson, Phil Dowson, Kahn Fotuali’i, Glenn Dickson, Tom Collins.
Referee: Jérôme Garcès (France)
Assistant referees: Sébastien Clouté (France), Patrick Pechambert (France)
TMO: Eric Gauzins (France)
Saints penalty on Leinster 22… they go for the corner again.
Yet another Saints penalty, 15m in field, 6m from the line… they punt it into the corner again, supremely confident in their forwards
Saints knock, but Leinster is hanging on rather desperately here
Handbags… was bound to happen in a forward battle like this
Leinster get a rather relieving penalty on their own 22… touch not out
Good Leinster running, but Saints get a penalty just outside their own 22
A low scoring but interesting game, nonetheless
Leinster get a penalty, tackler not releasing…. from their own 10m line
Saints defence and groud ball battle wins them a penalty
20 Minutes to go in the match… 1 point seperate the sides
Ken Pisi almost through for Saints
Saints with a skew throw into the lineout…
Leinster lucky again.
One feels that Saints are stronger and should have been ahead by much more at this stage.
Saints get a scrum penalty… this time they go for posts and should get this one
Saints 10 / 6 Leinster
Still anybody’s game, but my money is on Saints… just more determined, it seems after their bad loss last weekend
Saints penalty, once again good ground ball steal… own 10m line
Turnover ball, Leinster holds the Saints ball up and get the scrum
12 Minutes to go
Kirchner is on, dreadlocks cut off… looks a lot better
Leinster penalty, against Hartley
Leinster lineout, 20m out from the Saints line
10 Minutes to go… as Saints steal the lineout
Leinster attacking from the 22…. they get a penalty.
I would go for posts, it’s a sitter
Saints 10 / 9 Leinster
7 Minutes to go… 1 point game
Saints penalty, 10m line of Leinster… shot at goal
Myler for posts… and it’s a baaaaaadddddd hack
5 Minutes to go…. Saints have the ball in a maul inside the Leinster 22
Another Saints penalty, between halfway and Leinster 10m line.
They kick for touch… lineout inside the Leinster 22
Advantage being played for Saints
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