Aviva Premiership - Milton Keynes, 30 December 2012, 14:15 local, 14:15 GMT
Saracens (11) 17 - 16 (10) Northampton Saints (FT)

Match coverage:  Report

Timeline

Time Saracens  Score  Northampton Saints
0 start of first half start of first half
6 Smit - try 5 - 0
9 Hodgson - penalty goal 8 - 0
14 Hodgson - penalty goal 11 - 0
23 11 - 5 Dowson - try
25 11 - 7 Myler - conversion
35 Mujati - sub off
Doran Jones - sub on
37 11 - 10 Myler - penalty goal
40 end of first half end of first half
40 start of second half start of second half
47 11 - 13 Myler - penalty goal
49 Farrell - sub on
Tomkins - sub off
de Kock - sub off
Wigglesworth - sub on
52 Gill - sub on
Vunipola - sub off
Brits - sub on
Smit - sub off
Stevens - sub off
Nieto - sub on
Waller - sub off
Tonga'uiha - sub on
56 Clark - sub on
Dowson - sub off
58 11 - 16 Myler - penalty goal
60 Farrell - penalty goal 14 - 16
67 Farrell - penalty goal 17 - 16
69 Sorenson - sub on
Manoa - sub off
80+1 end of second half end of second half

Notes

 
Result Saracens won by a margin of 1 point
Aviva Premiership points Saracens 4, Northampton Saints 1 (1 losing bonus)
 
Ground name stadium:mk, Milton Keynes
Attendance 18856
 
Referee JP Doyle

Teams

Saracens Northampton Saints
Tries Smit (6) Tries Dowson (23)
Cons none Cons Myler (25)
Pens Hodgson (9, 14), Farrell (60, 67) Pens Myler (37, 47, 58)

Match stats

Saracens   Northampton Saints
1 Tries 1
0 from 1 Conversion goals 1 from 1
4 from 7 Penalty goals 3 from 4
50.0% Kick at goal success 80.0%
0 Dropped goals 0
Kick/pass/run
27 Kicks from hand 28
132 Passes 95
86 Runs 76
290 Metres run with ball 330
Attacking
50% Possession 50%
1 Clean breaks 4
11 Defenders beaten 15
8 Offloads 10
59 from 63 (93.7%) Rucks won 54 from 58 (93.1%)
0 from 0 Mauls won 0 from 0
17 Turnovers conceded 12
Defensive
77/15 Tackles made/missed 90/11
83.7% Tackling success rate 89.1%
Set pieces
6 won, 0 lost (100.0%) Scrums on own feed 14 won, 0 lost (100.0%)
14 won, 1 lost (93.3%) Lineouts on own throw 4 won, 0 lost (100.0%)
Discipline
7 Penalties conceded 14
0/0 Yellow/red cards 0/0

Sarac stats

Pos   T/A Pts K/P/R MR CB DB OL TO Tack LO Pen Y/R
FB Wyles 0/0 0 2/4/12 79 1 2 0 3 1/0 0/0 0 0/0
W Ashton 0/0 0 1/4/5 19 0 0 1 0 5/1 0/0 0 0/0
C Tomkins 0/0 0 1/6/5 22 0 1 3 2 2/1 0/0 0 0/0
C Barritt 0/0 0 2/12/7 23 0 3 0 0 7/0 0/0 0 0/0
W Strettle 0/0 0 3/0/9 58 0 2 0 1 1/3 0/0 0 0/0
FH Hodgson 0/0 6 13/28/5 24 0 0 2 2 7/2 0/0 0 0/0
SH de Kock 0/0 0 5/43/1 0 0 1 1 0 2/2 0/0 0 0/0
P Vunipola 0/0 0 0/0/5 7 0 1 0 0 5/1 1/0 1 0/0
H Smit 1/0 5 0/3/2 3 0 0 0 1 3/1 0/0 1 0/0
P Stevens 0/0 0 0/2/1 0 0 0 0 0 3/0 0/0 0 0/0
L Kruis 0/0 0 0/0/1 3 0 0 0 2 5/1 5/0 0 0/0
L Botha 0/0 0 0/2/3 0 0 0 1 0 0/1 2/0 0 0/0
F Brown 0/0 0 0/1/5 12 0 0 0 1 9/0 0/0 1 0/0
F Fraser 0/0 0 0/1/9 14 0 0 0 2 8/0 0/0 1 0/0
N8 Joubert 0/0 0 0/1/9 18 0 1 0 1 6/0 6/0 0 0/0
(H) Brits 0/0 0 0/0/4 7 0 0 0 2 0/1 0/0 0 0/0
(P) Gill 0/0 0 0/0/2 0 0 0 0 0 4/0 0/0 3 0/0
(P) Nieto 0/0 0 0/0/1 1 0 0 0 0 2/1 0/0 0 0/0
(SH) Wigglesworth 0/0 0 0/22/0 0 0 0 0 0 5/0 0/0 0 0/0
(C) Farrell 0/0 6 0/3/0 0 0 0 0 0 2/0 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

Nthmp stats

Pos   T/A Pts K/P/R MR CB DB OL TO Tack LO Pen Y/R
FB Foden 0/0 0 6/7/7 56 1 3 2 0 0/1 0/0 1 0/0
W KS Pisi 0/0 0 1/3/6 40 0 2 2 2 4/1 0/0 0 0/0
C TG Pisi 0/0 0 0/2/5 5 0 2 0 1 6/1 0/0 2 0/0
C Waldouck 0/0 0 1/4/4 17 0 0 1 1 10/0 0/0 1 0/0
W Elliott 0/0 0 0/1/12 65 1 2 1 1 1/1 0/0 1 0/0
FH Myler 0/0 11 10/17/3 33 0 0 0 3 5/3 0/0 0 0/0
SH Dickson 0/1 0 10/44/2 20 1 0 0 0 5/0 0/0 0 0/0
P Waller 0/0 0 0/1/2 5 0 0 0 0 3/0 0/0 0 0/0
H Hartley 0/0 0 0/3/5 4 0 0 1 1 7/3 0/0 2 0/0
P Mujati 0/0 0 0/0/1 11 0 0 0 1 1/0 0/0 0 0/0
L Manoa 0/0 0 0/1/3 9 0 0 0 0 5/0 1/0 0 0/0
L Lawes 0/0 0 0/0/4 17 0 0 0 0 8/0 0/0 1 0/0
F Wood 0/0 0 0/3/2 2 0 0 1 0 6/0 1/0 1 0/0
F Dowson 1/0 5 0/3/4 18 1 4 1 0 8/0 0/0 0 0/0
N8 van Velze 0/0 0 0/5/9 20 0 2 1 0 9/1 2/0 2 0/0
(P) Tonga'uiha 0/0 0 0/0/4 6 0 0 0 1 4/0 0/0 1 0/0
(P) Doran Jones 0/0 0 0/1/0 0 0 0 0 0 1/0 0/0 1 0/0
(L) Sorenson 0/0 0 0/0/1 1 0 0 0 0 2/0 0/0 0 0/0
(F) Clark 0/0 0 0/0/2 1 0 0 0 1 5/0 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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