 | MATCH SUMMARY Saracens 28 (13)
Try: Scarborough
Con: Jackson
Pens: Jackson 7 Northampton 22 (17)
Tries: Robinson (2), Spencer.
Cons: Reihana (2)
Pen: Reihana |
Saracens secured their fifth successive victory despite being hit with two tries from Northampton scrum-half Mark Robinson in the first 10 minutes. Saracens fly-half Glen Jackson produced a faultless kicking display, landing seven penalties and a conversion.
Dan Scarbrough scored Saracens' only try of the match in the first half after good work by Richard Haughton.
Carlos Spencer grabbed Saints' third try of the game in injury time, but it was too late to change the result.
Saracens head coach Mike Ford:
"Earlier in the season we played some good rugby and lost matches but we are in the business of winning.
"We showed great character to win the game after being 14 points down."
Northampton director of rugby Budge Pountney:
"You cannot doubt our ability to score tries and play rugby but Saracens sucked it up up front, took it to us and got their just rewards.
"We have things to work on and we have to learn how to stop other sides playing the sort of rugby they want to. We have a couple of things we want to work on defensively.
"The fans want to see their team win but we are developing a brand of rugby we want to play."
Saracens: Scarbrough, Haughton, Bartholomeusz, Sorrell, Bailey, Jackson, Dickens, Yates, Cairns, Visagie, Raiwalui, Fullarton, Vyvyan, Seymour, Skirving.
Replacements: Kyriacou, Broster, Chesney, Armitage, Bracken, B. Russell, Powell.
Replacements: Broster for Yates (57), Bracken for Visagie (77), Chesney for Raiwalui (57).
Not Used: Kyriacou, Armitage, B. Russell, Powell.
Northampton: Reihana, Lamont, Clarke, Davies, Rudd, Spencer, Robinson, Smith, Richmond, Noon, D. Browne, Gerard, Seely, Fox, D. Browne.
Replacements: Hartley, Barnard, Lord, Harding, Howard, Quinlan, Mallon.
Replacements: Quinlan for Davies (48), Barnard for Smith (40), Lord for Gerard (52), Harding for Seely (60).
Not Used: Hartley, Howard, Mallon.
Sin Bin: Gerard (20), Lord (77).
Att: 8,524
Ref: Sean Davey (RFU).
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