Aviva Premiership - Reading, 26 December 2015, 14:30 local, 14:30 GMT
London Irish (15) 25 - 23 (8) Northampton Saints (FT)

Match coverage:  Report

Timeline

Time London Irish  Score  Northampton Saints
0 start of first half start of first half
9 Narraway - try 5 - 0
25 5 - 3 Myler - penalty goal
28 Noakes - penalty goal 8 - 3
32 Maitland - try 13 - 3
33 Noakes - conversion 15 - 3
36 15 - 8 KS Pisi - try
40 end of first half end of first half
40 start of second half start of second half
45 15 - 13 North - try
50 Noakes - penalty goal 18 - 13
55 18 - 16 Myler - penalty goal
57 Sinclair - sub on
- sub off
Narraway - sub off
Trayfoot - sub on		 ECA Waller - sub off
AM Waller - sub on
Hanrahan - sub on
Burrell - sub off
Dickinson - sub on
Paterson - sub off
60 Haywood - sub on
Hartley - sub off
Denman - sub on
Hill - sub off
61 Geraghty - sub on
Noakes - sub off		 Collins - sub on
North - sub off
62 18 - 21 Fotuali'i - try
63 18 - 23 Myler - conversion
64 'Aulika - sub on
Franks - sub off
Tikoirotuma - yellow card
65 Day - sub off
Matfield - sub on
68 Dickson - sub on
Fotuali'i - sub off
76 Gibson - yellow card
77 penalty try
Geraghty - conversion		 25 - 23
78 Smallbone - sub on
Court - sub off
80 end of second half
end of half		 end of second half
end of half
0
80

Notes

 
Result London Irish won by a margin of 2 points
Aviva Premiership points London Irish 4, Northampton Saints 1 (1 losing bonus)
 
Ground name Madejski Stadium, Reading
Attendance 9842
 
Referee IS Tempest

Teams

London Irish Northampton Saints
Tries Narraway (9), Maitland (32), Penalty try (77) Tries KS Pisi (36), North (45), Fotuali'i (62)
Cons Noakes (33), Geraghty (77) Cons Myler (63)
Pens Noakes (28, 50) Pens Myler (25, 55)
    Team
15 FB
Sean Maitland
14 W
Alex Lewington
13 C
Ciaran Hearn
12 C
Johnny Williams
11 W
Aseli Tikoirotuma
64
10 FH
Chris Noakes
9 SH
Brendan McKibbin
1 P
Tom Court
2 H
David Paice
3 P
Ben Franks
4 L
Matt Symons (c)
5 L
Will Lloyd
6 F
Luke Narraway
7 F
Blair Cowan
8 N8
Ofisa Treviranus
    Replacements
16
Jimmy Stevens
17 P
Tom Smallbone
18 P
Halani 'Aulika
19 L
Jebb Sinclair
20 F
Joe Trayfoot
21
Scott Steele
22 FH
Shane Geraghty
23
Fergus Mulchrone
    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
Kahn Fotuali'i
1 P
Ethan Waller
2 H
Dylan Hartley (c)
3 P
Paul Hill
4 L
Michael Paterson
5 L
Christian Day
6 F
Courtney Lawes
7 F
Jamie Gibson
76
8 N8
Teimana Harrison
    Replacements
16 H
Mike Haywood
17 P
Alex Waller
18 P
Gareth Denman
19 L
Victor Matfield
20 L
Sam Dickinson
21 SH
Lee Dickson
22 C
JJ Hanrahan
23 W
Tom Collins

Match stats

London Irish   Northampton Saints
3 (1 penalty try) Tries 3
2 from 3 Conversion goals 1 from 3
2 from 3 Penalty goals 2 from 3
67.0% Kick at goal success 50.0%
0 Dropped goals 0 (1 missed)
Kick/pass/run
16 Kicks from hand 24
74 Passes 123
65 Runs 94
157 Metres run with ball 333
Attacking
47% (62%/34%) Possession (1H/2H) 53% (38%/66%)
48% (63%/36%) Territory (1H/2H) 52% (37%/64%)
3 Clean breaks 13
5 Defenders beaten 18
1 Offloads 12
56 from 59 (94.9%) Rucks won 71 from 73 (97.3%)
11 from 12 (91.7%) Mauls won 5 from 6 (83.3%)
7 Turnovers conceded 12
Defensive
97/18 Tackles made/missed 70/5
84.0% Tackling success rate 93.0%
Set pieces
6 won, 0 lost (100.0%) Scrums on own feed 5 won, 0 lost (100.0%)
18 won, 6 lost (75.0%) Lineouts on own throw 11 won, 0 lost (100.0%)
Discipline
9 (1) Penalties conceded (Freekicks) 14 (2)
1/0 Yellow/red cards 1/0

Irish stats

Pos   T/A Pts K/P/R MR CB DB OL TO Tack LO Pen Y/R
FB Maitland 1/0 5 2/4/6 33 1 0 1 0 0/0 0/0 0 0/0
W Lewington 0/0 0 0/2/7 30 1 2 0 0 7/0 0/0 0 0/0
C Hearn 0/0 0 0/2/1 0 0 0 0 0 7/0 0/0 0 0/0
W Tikoirotuma 0/0 0 0/1/1 11 0 0 0 0 0/0 0/0 1 1/0
FH Noakes 0/1 8 5/9/2 0 0 0 0 1 6/1 0/0 0 0/0
SH McKibbin 0/0 0 9/43/3 8 0 0 0 1 6/5 0/0 0 0/0
P Court 0/0 0 0/0/1 0 0 0 0 0 8/0 0/0 2 0/0
H Paice 0/0 0 0/0/8 11 0 0 0 2 5/0 0/0 1 0/0
P Franks 0/0 0 0/0/4 5 0 0 0 1 6/1 0/0 2 0/0
L Symons 0/0 0 0/2/2 0 0 0 0 0 8/1 8/0 2 0/0
F Narraway 1/0 5 0/6/4 3 0 0 0 0 3/1 1/0 0 0/0
F Cowan 0/0 0 0/2/6 11 0 0 0 1 11/2 1/0 1 0/0
N8 Treviranus 0/0 0 0/3/10 11 0 0 0 1 8/0 0/0 0 0/0
(P) Smallbone 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 1/0 0/0 0 0/0
(P) 'Aulika 0/0 0 0/0/2 6 0 0 0 0 3/1 0/0 0 0/0
(L) Sinclair 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 4/2 1/0 0 0/0
(F) Trayfoot 0/0 0 0/0/1 0 0 0 0 0 3/0 1/0 0 0/0
(FH) Geraghty 0/0 2 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 1/1 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

Nthmp stats

Pos   T/A Pts K/P/R MR CB DB OL TO Tack LO Pen Y/R
FB Foden 0/1 0 2/5/7 33 0 0 1 1 1/0 1/0 1 0/0
W KS Pisi 1/0 5 1/3/6 38 3 4 1 1 1/0 0/0 0 0/0
C TG Pisi 0/0 0 3/3/6 36 1 2 0 1 3/0 0/0 0 0/0
C Burrell 0/0 0 0/4/5 5 0 1 1 1 6/0 0/0 0 0/0
W North 1/0 5 0/2/8 31 1 0 1 1 1/1 0/0 0 0/0
FH Myler 0/0 8 7/25/2 4 0 0 1 1 4/0 0/0 0 0/0
SH Fotuali'i 1/1 5 10/42/6 26 2 0 1 2 2/2 0/0 0 0/0
P ECA Waller 0/0 0 0/0/2 1 0 0 0 0 5/0 0/0 1 0/0
H Hartley 0/0 0 1/4/4 0 0 1 1 0 4/0 0/0 0 0/0
P Hill 0/0 0 0/0/3 4 0 0 0 1 5/1 0/0 0 0/0
L Paterson 0/0 0 0/0/5 1 0 0 0 0 4/1 0/1 1 0/0
L Day 0/0 0 0/0/2 0 0 0 0 0 5/0 4/1 0 0/0
F Lawes 0/0 0 0/1/7 8 0 0 0 1 7/0 3/2 2 0/0
F Gibson 0/0 0 0/0/5 28 0 1 0 1 3/0 3/0 2 1/0
N8 Harrison 0/0 0 0/7/14 83 3 7 1 1 10/0 0/1 2 0/0
(H) Haywood 0/0 0 0/1/1 0 0 0 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 0/0
(P) AM Waller 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 2/0 0/0 2 0/0
(P) Denman 0/0 0 0/0/1 0 0 0 0 0 1/0 0/0 1 0/0
(L) Matfield 0/0 0 0/2/2 1 0 0 1 0 1/0 0/0 2 0/0
(L) Dickinson 0/0 0 0/0/3 2 0 0 0 0 1/0 0/1 1 0/0
(SH) Dickson 0/0 0 0/19/0 0 0 0 0 0 1/0 0/0 0 0/0
(C) Hanrahan 0/0 0 0/3/3 14 1 0 0 0 2/0 0/0 0 0/0
(W) Collins 0/1 0 0/2/2 18 2 2 1 0 1/0 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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