Aviva Premiership - Northampton, 2 January 2015, 19:45 local, 19:45 GMT
Northampton Saints (17) 39 - 31 (10) Newcastle Falcons (FT)

Match coverage:  Report

Timeline

Time Northampton Saints  Score  Newcastle Falcons
0 start of first half start of first half
9 Myler - penalty goal 3 - 0
14 Myler - try 8 - 0
15 Myler - conversion 10 - 0
20 10 - 5 Harris - try
21 10 - 7 Catterick - conversion
28 10 - 10 Catterick - penalty goal
32 TG Pisi - try 15 - 10
33 Myler - conversion 17 - 10
40 end of first half end of first half
40 start of second half start of second half
Penny - sub on
Barnes - sub off
45 Myler - penalty goal
Day - sub off
Wood - sub on		 20 - 10
47 Furno - yellow card
50 Clark - try 25 - 10
51 Corbisiero - sub on
Waller - sub off
56 Ma'afu - sub off
Denman - sub on
57 Lawson - sub off
McGuigan - sub on
Vickers - sub on
Fry - sub off
Brookes - sub off
Rogers - sub on
Clegg - sub on
Tuilagi - sub off
58 penalty try 30 - 10
59 Myler - conversion
Myler - sub off
Wilson - sub on		 32 - 10
61 32 - 15 McGuigan - try
62 32 - 17 Catterick - conversion
64 32 - 22 Tait - try
65 32 - 24 Catterick - conversion
67 Haywood - sub off
Williams - sub on
Nutley - sub on
Clark - sub off
70 Stephenson - sub on
TG Pisi - sub off
Burrell - try		 37 - 24
71 Wilson - conversion 39 - 24
72 Blair - sub off
- sub on
75 Dickson - sub off
Hodgson - sub on
76 39 - 29 Mayhew - try
77 39 - 31 Catterick - conversion
78 Green - sub off
Macleod - sub on
80+1 end of second half
end of half		 end of second half
end of half
0
81

Notes

 
Result Northampton Saints won by a margin of 8 points
Aviva Premiership points Northampton Saints 5 (1 try bonus), Newcastle Falcons 1 (1 try bonus)
 
Ground name Franklin's Gardens, Northampton
Attendance 13362
 
Referee IS Tempest

Teams

Northampton Saints Newcastle Falcons
Tries Myler (14), TG Pisi (32), Clark (50), Penalty try (58), Burrell (70) Tries Harris (20), McGuigan (61), Tait (64), Mayhew (76)
Cons Myler (15, 33, 59), Wilson (71) Cons Catterick (21, 62, 65, 77)
Pens Myler (9, 45) Pens Catterick (28)
    Team
15 FB
Ben Foden
14 W
Ken Pisi
13 C
George Pisi
12 C
Luther Burrell
11 W
George North
10 FH
Stephen Myler
9 SH
Lee Dickson
1 P
Alex Waller
2 H
Mike Haywood
3 P
Salesi Ma'afu
4 L
Sam Dickinson
5 L
Christian Day
6 F
Calum Clark
7 F
Phil Dowson (c)
8 N8
Samu Manoa
    Replacements
16 H
Matti Williams
17 P
Alex Corbisiero
18 P
Gareth Denman
19 F
Ben Nutley
20 L
Tom Wood
21 SH
Joel Hodgson
22 FH
James Wilson
23 C
Tom Stephenson
    Team
15 FB
Alex Tait
14 W
Chris Harris
13 C
Adam Powell
12 C
Andy Tuilagi
11 W
Danny Barnes
10 FH
Tom Catterick
9 SH
Mike Blair
1 P
Eric Fry
2 H
Scott Lawson
3 P
Kieran Brookes
4 L
Calum Green
5 L
Josh Furno
47
6 F
Richard Mayhew
7 F
Will Welch (c)
8 N8
Mark Wilson
    Replacements
16 H
George McGuigan
17 P
Rob Vickers
18 P
Alex Rogers
19 L
Scott Macleod
20
Andy Saull
21 SH
Ruki Tipuna
22 C
Rory Clegg
23 W
Tom Penny

Match stats

Northampton Saints   Newcastle Falcons
5 (1 penalty try) Tries 4
4 from 5 Conversion goals 4 from 4
2 from 2 Penalty goals 1 from 1
86.0% Kick at goal success 100.0%
0 Dropped goals 0
Kick/pass/run
27 Kicks from hand 35
167 Passes 153
144 Runs 106
657 Metres run with ball 308
Attacking
50% (55%/45%) Possession (1H/2H) 50% (45%/55%)
53% (56%/49%) Territory (1H/2H) 47% (44%/51%)
16 Clean breaks 6
23 Defenders beaten 17
21 Offloads 7
90 from 95 (94.7%) Rucks won 86 from 86 (100.0%)
5 from 5 (100.0%) Mauls won 4 from 5 (80.0%)
12 Turnovers conceded 6
Defensive
117/17 Tackles made/missed 143/23
87.0% Tackling success rate 86.0%
Set pieces
3 won, 1 lost (75.0%) Scrums on own feed 5 won, 0 lost (100.0%)
9 won, 3 lost (75.0%) Lineouts on own throw 14 won, 0 lost (100.0%)
Discipline
9 (1) Penalties conceded (Freekicks) 12 (0)
0/0 Yellow/red cards 1/0

Nthmp stats

Pos   T/A Pts K/P/R MR CB DB OL TO Tack LO Pen Y/R
FB Foden 0/0 0 4/8/15 154 1 3 1 1 3/0 0/0 0 0/0
W KS Pisi 0/1 0 2/10/13 96 3 4 4 2 2/1 0/0 0 0/0
C TG Pisi 1/1 5 0/6/6 27 2 1 3 0 2/0 0/0 0 0/0
C Burrell 1/0 5 2/5/8 40 2 0 1 1 10/2 0/0 0 0/0
W North 0/0 0 0/6/10 83 2 4 2 1 5/0 0/0 1 0/0
FH Myler 1/1 17 10/16/6 22 2 2 0 0 3/0 0/0 0 0/0
SH Dickson 0/0 0 8/73/7 28 0 0 1 2 9/2 0/0 1 0/0
P Waller 0/0 0 0/1/7 9 0 0 0 0 6/2 1/0 0 0/0
H Haywood 0/0 0 0/4/4 11 0 0 1 1 7/0 0/0 0 0/0
P Ma'afu 0/0 0 0/0/1 0 0 0 0 0 5/1 0/0 0 0/0
L Dickinson 0/0 0 0/3/11 12 0 2 1 1 7/2 2/0 1 0/0
L Day 0/0 0 0/4/6 13 1 0 2 0 4/0 1/0 1 0/0
F Clark 1/0 5 0/7/9 29 1 2 0 0 12/0 1/0 0 0/0
F Dowson 0/0 0 0/7/18 43 0 0 2 0 9/1 2/0 2 0/0
N8 Manoa 0/0 0 0/4/14 56 1 2 2 1 4/1 1/0 2 0/0
(H) Williams 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 6/1 0/0 0 0/0
(P) Corbisiero 0/0 0 0/1/1 1 0 0 0 0 5/0 0/0 1 0/0
(P) Denman 0/0 0 0/1/0 0 0 0 0 0 4/0 0/0 1 0/0
(F) Nutley 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 2/0 0/0 0 0/0
(L) Wood 0/0 0 0/3/4 10 0 0 0 1 4/1 1/0 0 0/0
(SH) Hodgson 0/0 0 0/2/0 0 0 0 0 0 2/0 0/0 0 0/0
(FH) Wilson 0/0 2 1/6/3 18 1 3 1 1 3/2 0/0 0 0/0
(C) Stephenson 0/0 0 0/0/1 5 0 0 0 0 3/1 0/0 0 0/0
Key:  T/A Tries / Try Assists Pts Points scored
K/P/R Kick / Pass / Run MR Metres Run with ball
CB Clean Breaks DB Defenders Beaten OL OffLoads TO TurnOvers
Tack Tackles made / missed LO LineOuts won on throw / stolen on opp throw
Pen Penalties conceded Y/R Yellow / Red cards

Newc stats

Pos   T/A Pts K/P/R MR CB DB OL TO Tack LO Pen Y/R
FB Tait 1/0 5 1/5/8 46 1 1 0 0 4/1 0/0 0 0/0
W Harris 1/0 5 0/2/10 55 1 2 1 0 4/3 0/0 0 0/0
C Tuilagi 0/0 0 0/2/6 22 1 3 1 0 4/3 0/0 0 0/0
W Barnes 0/0 0 0/1/2 4 0 0 0 0 2/1 0/0 2 0/0
FH Catterick 0/1 11 15/11/8 35 1 1 0 2 5/3 0/0 0 0/0
SH Blair 0/0 0 13/47/2 0 0 0 0 0 7/3 0/0 0 0/0
P Fry 0/0 0 0/1/3 0 0 0 0 0 11/1 0/0 1 0/0
H Lawson 0/0 0 0/2/2 2 0 0 0 0 13/1 0/0 0 0/0
P Brookes 0/0 0 0/1/3 7 0 1 0 0 11/1 0/0 2 0/0
L Green 0/0 0 0/4/5 10 0 0 0 0 15/0 2/0 1 0/0
L Furno 0/0 0 0/5/9 37 0 1 1 0 15/0 9/2 3 1/0
F Mayhew 1/0 5 0/3/10 15 0 0 2 1 15/0 0/0 2 0/0
F Welch 0/0 0 0/6/6 7 1 1 0 0 13/1 1/0 0 0/0
N8 Wilson 0/0 0 0/4/15 33 1 3 0 1 13/1 2/0 1 0/0
(H) McGuigan 1/0 5 0/1/5 9 0 0 0 0 2/0 0/0 0 0/0
(P) Vickers 0/0 0 0/2/1 2 0 2 0 0 1/0 0/0 0 0/0
(P) Rogers 0/0 0 0/2/2 2 0 0 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 0/0
(L) Macleod 0/0 0 0/1/1 0 0 0 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 0/0
(C) Clegg 0/0 0 4/14/1 0 0 0 1 0 1/0 0/0 0 0/0
(W) Penny 0/1 0 1/4/4 22 0 2 1 1 0/1 0/0 0 0/0
Key:  T/A Tries / Try Assists Pts Points scored
K/P/R Kick / Pass / Run MR Metres Run with ball
CB Clean Breaks DB Defenders Beaten OL OffLoads TO TurnOvers
Tack Tackles made / missed LO LineOuts won on throw / stolen on opp throw
Pen Penalties conceded Y/R Yellow / Red cards

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