Aviva Premiership - Reading, 23 April 2011, 15:00 local, 14:00 GMT
London Irish (6) 20 - 26 (13) Northampton Saints (FT)

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Timeline

Time London Irish  Score  Northampton Saints
0 start of first half start of first half
19 0 - 5 Ashton - try
20 0 - 7 Myler - conversion
27 Homer - penalty goal 3 - 7
30 Homer - penalty goal 6 - 7
33 6 - 10 Myler - penalty goal
39 6 - 13 Myler - penalty goal
40 end of first half end of first half
40 start of second half start of second half
52 6 - 16 Myler - penalty goal
55 Thorpe - sub on
Stowers - sub off
Allinson - sub on
Hodgson - sub off
57 6 - 21 Ashton - try
58 6 - 23 Hartley - sub off
Sharman - sub on
Myler - conversion
Tonga'uiha - sub off
Mercey - sub on
Mujati - sub off
Waller - sub on
60 Seveali'i - sub off
Joseph - sub on
63 Ion - sub on
Rautenbach - sub off
Johnson - sub on
Casey - sub off
64 Thorpe - try 11 - 23 Lawes - sub off
Clark - sub off
Sorenson - sub on
Easter - sub on
65 Homer - conversion 13 - 23
68 Mapusua - try 18 - 23
69 Homer - conversion 20 - 23
71 Dermody - sub off
Lahiff - sub on
73 20 - 26 Myler - penalty goal
80 end of second half
end of half		 end of second half
end of half
0
80

Notes

 
Result Northampton Saints won by a margin of 6 points
Aviva Premiership points Northampton Saints 4, London Irish 1 (1 losing bonus)
 
Ground name Madejski Stadium, Reading
Attendance 11860
 
Referee DM Rose

Teams

London Irish Northampton Saints
Tries Thorpe (64), Mapusua (68) Tries Ashton (19, 57)
Cons Homer (65, 69) Cons Myler (20, 58)
Pens Homer (27, 30) Pens Myler (33, 39, 52, 73)
    Team
15 FB
Delon Armitage
14 W
Topsy Ojo
13 C
Elvis Seveali'i
12 C
Seilala Mapusua
11 W
Tom Homer
10 FH
Dan Bowden
9 SH
Paul Hodgson
1 P
Clarke Dermody (c)
2 H
David Paice
3 P
Faan Rautenbach
4 L
Nick Kennedy
5 L
Bob Casey
6 F
Jamie Gibson
7 F
Steffon Armitage
8 N8
George Stowers
    Replacements
16
James Buckland
17 P
Max Lahiff
18 P
Paulica Ion
19 L
Gary Johnson
20 N8
Richard Thorpe
21 C
Jonathan Joseph
22
Chris Malone
23 SH
Darren Allinson
    Team
15 FB
Ben Foden
14 W
Chris Ashton
13 C
Jon Clarke
12 C
James Downey
11 W
Paul Diggin
10 FH
Stephen Myler
9 SH
Lee Dickson
1 P
Soane Tonga'uiha
2 H
Dylan Hartley (c)
3 P
Brian Mujati
4 L
Courtney Lawes
5 L
Christian Day
6 F
Calum Clark
7 F
Phil Dowson
8 N8
Roger Wilson
    Replacements
16 H
Brett Sharman
17 P
Alex Waller
18 P
Tom Mercey
19 F
Mark Sorenson
20 L
Mark Easter
21
Stuart Commins
22
Shane Geraghty
23
Joe Ansbro

Match stats

London Irish   Northampton Saints
2 Tries 2
2 from 2 Conversion goals 2 from 2
2 from 4 Penalty goals 4 from 5
66.7% Kick at goal success 85.7%
0 Dropped goals 0
Kick/pass/run
24 Kicks from hand 26
129 Passes 79
105 Runs 57
449 Metres run with ball 309
Attacking
4 Clean breaks 4
12 Defenders beaten 3
3 Offloads 3
86 from 88 (97.7%) Rucks won 47 from 48 (97.9%)
2 from 2 (100.0%) Mauls won 5 from 5 (100.0%)
13 Turnovers conceded 6
Defensive
55/3 Tackles made/missed 113/12
94.8% Tackling success rate 90.4%
Set pieces
5 won, 0 lost (100.0%) Scrums on own feed 3 won, 0 lost (100.0%)
9 won, 2 lost (81.8%) Lineouts on own throw 13 won, 3 lost (81.2%)
Discipline
12 Penalties conceded 10
0/0 Yellow/red cards 0/0

Irish stats

Pos   T/A Pts K/P/R MR CB DB OL TO Tack LO Pen Y/R
FB DA Armitage 0/0 0 7/7/11 81 0 1 0 0 1/1 0/0 0 0/0
W Ojo 0/0 0 0/2/11 89 1 1 0 4 3/0 1/0 1 0/0
C Seveali'i 0/0 0 2/3/5 13 0 2 1 0 2/0 0/0 0 0/0
C Mapusua 1/0 5 0/6/5 44 1 1 0 0 4/1 0/0 1 0/0
W Homer 0/0 10 2/3/6 60 1 3 0 2 1/0 1/0 0 0/0
FH Bowden 0/1 0 10/22/8 33 0 0 1 0 3/1 0/0 0 0/0
SH Hodgson 0/0 0 2/44/2 2 0 0 0 0 3/0 0/0 0 0/0
P Dermody 0/0 0 0/1/3 0 0 0 0 0 2/0 0/0 0 0/0
H Paice 0/0 0 0/0/13 16 0 0 0 0 1/0 0/0 2 0/0
P Rautenbach 0/0 0 0/0/2 1 0 0 0 1 2/0 0/0 1 0/0
L Kennedy 0/0 0 0/0/2 1 0 0 0 0 5/0 4/1 1 0/0
L Casey 0/0 0 0/5/3 3 0 0 0 1 3/0 2/1 2 0/0
F Gibson 0/0 0 0/4/7 16 0 0 1 1 12/0 0/0 1 0/0
F SE Armitage 0/0 0 0/1/10 29 0 3 0 2 3/0 0/0 1 0/0
N8 Stowers 0/0 0 0/2/8 34 0 0 0 0 3/0 0/0 0 0/0
(P) Lahiff 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 0/0
(P) Ion 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 0/0 0/0 1 0/0
(L) Johnson 0/0 0 0/0/1 0 0 0 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 0/0
(N8) Thorpe 1/0 5 0/0/7 27 1 1 0 0 5/0 0/1 0 0/0
(C) Joseph 0/0 0 0/1/1 0 0 0 0 0 2/0 0/0 0 0/0
(SH) Allinson 0/0 0 1/28/0 0 0 0 0 2 0/0 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 5/1/8 85 0 0 0 1 3/1 2/0 0 0/0
W Ashton 2/0 10 3/3/4 89 1 1 0 0 6/1 0/0 0 0/0
C Clarke 0/1 0 1/1/1 23 0 0 0 1 6/1 0/0 0 0/0
C Downey 0/0 0 0/3/7 12 0 1 2 1 5/2 0/0 0 0/0
W Diggin 0/0 0 1/2/5 18 0 0 0 0 2/1 0/0 0 0/0
FH Myler 0/0 16 11/16/2 6 0 0 0 0 8/1 0/0 1 0/0
SH Dickson 0/1 0 3/37/1 16 1 1 0 2 6/0 0/0 0 0/0
P Tonga'uiha 0/0 0 0/3/3 15 1 0 0 0 7/0 0/0 0 0/0
H Hartley 0/0 0 2/1/5 11 0 0 0 0 2/0 0/0 2 0/0
P Mujati 0/0 0 0/1/2 0 0 0 0 0 8/2 0/0 1 0/0
L Lawes 0/0 0 0/0/2 0 0 0 0 0 11/0 2/0 1 0/0
L Day 0/0 0 0/3/2 2 0 0 0 0 9/1 4/0 1 0/0
F Clark 0/0 0 0/2/4 17 1 0 0 1 13/0 0/0 0 0/0
F Dowson 0/0 0 0/2/5 1 0 0 1 0 8/1 3/1 1 0/0
N8 Wilson 0/0 0 0/2/2 8 0 0 0 0 12/1 0/0 0 0/0
(H) Sharman 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 1/0 0/0 0 0/0
(P) Waller 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 4/0 0/0 1 0/0
(P) Mercey 0/0 0 0/0/1 3 0 0 0 0 1/0 0/0 0 0/0
(F) Sorenson 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 1/0 0/1 1 0/0
(L) Easter 0/0 0 0/2/3 3 0 0 0 0 0/0 1/0 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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