Aviva Premiership - Northampton, 4 September 2011, 15:30 local, 14:30 GMT
Northampton Saints (17) 26 - 24 (13) Gloucester Rugby (FT)

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Timeline

Time Northampton Saints  Score  Gloucester Rugby
0 start of first half start of first half
13 Myler - penalty goal 3 - 0
18 3 - 3 Taylor - penalty goal
20 Dowson - try 8 - 3
21 Myler - conversion 10 - 3
22 10 - 8 May - try
23 10 - 10 Taylor - conversion
29 10 - 13 Taylor - penalty goal
32 Roberts - try 15 - 13
33 Myler - conversion 17 - 13
38 Nutley - sub off
Craig - sub on
40 Nutley - sub on
Craig - sub off
end of first half		 end of first half
40+41
40 start of second half start of second half
42 Savage - sub on
Brown - sub off
45 Myler - penalty goal 20 - 13
49 Buxton - yellow card
50 Myler - penalty goal 23 - 13 Harden - sub on
Chistolini - sub off
52 Waller - sub on
Day - sub on
Sorenson - sub off
Doran Jones - sub off
53 Taylor - sub off
Burns - sub on
55 Lewis - sub off
Runciman - sub on
59 Mercey - sub on
Mujati - sub off		 23 - 16 Burns - penalty goal
61 Myler - sub off
Lamb - sub on		 Wood - sub off
Murphy - sub on
70 Haywood - sub on
Long - sub off		 23 - 21 Dawidiuk - sub off
Charles - sub on
Sharples - try
72 Craig - sub on
Manoa - sub off		 Voyce - sub on
Vainikolo - sub off
75 23 - 24 Burns - drop goal
77 Lamb - penalty goal 26 - 24
80+1 end of second half end of second half

Notes

 
Result Northampton Saints won by a margin of 2 points
Aviva Premiership points Northampton Saints 4, Gloucester Rugby 1 (1 losing bonus)
 
Ground name Franklin's Gardens, Northampton
Attendance 13124
 
Referee A Small

Teams

Northampton Saints Gloucester Rugby
Tries Dowson (20), Roberts (32) Tries May (22), Sharples (70)
Cons Myler (21, 33) Cons Taylor (23)
Pens Myler (13, 45, 50), Lamb (77) Pens Taylor (18, 29), Burns (59)
Drops none Drops Burns (75)
    Team
15 FB
Greig Tonks
14 W
Paul Diggin
13 C
Tom May
12 C
James Downey
11 W
Noah Cato
10 FH
Stephen Myler
9 SH
Martin Roberts
1 P
Paul Doran Jones
2 H
Andy Long
3 P
Brian Mujati
4 L
Samu Manoa
5 L
Mark Sorenson
6 F
Calum Clark
7 F
Ben Nutley
8 N8
Phil Dowson (c)
    Replacements
16 H
Mike Haywood
17 P
Alex Waller
18 P
Tom Mercey
19 L
Christian Day
20 F
James Craig
21
Stuart Commins
22 FH
Ryan Lamb
23
Scott Armstrong
    Team
15 FB
Olly Morgan
14 W
Charlie Sharples
13 C
Jonny May
12 C
Lesley Vainikolo
11 W
James Simpson-Daniel
10 FH
Tim Taylor
9 SH
Dave Lewis
1 P
Nick Wood
2 H
Darren Dawidiuk
3 P
Dario Chistolini
4 L
Will James
5 L
Alex Brown
6 F
Peter Buxton (c)
49
7 F
Andy Hazell
8 N8
Matt Cox
    Replacements
16 H
Nathan Charles
17 P
Dan Murphy
18 P
Rupert Harden
19 L
Tom Savage
20
Gareth Evans
21 SH
Nick Runciman
22 FH
Freddie Burns
23 C
Tom Voyce

Match stats

Northampton Saints   Gloucester Rugby
2 Tries 2
2 from 2 Conversion goals 1 from 2
4 from 5 Penalty goals 3 from 5
85.7% Kick at goal success 57.1%
0 Dropped goals 1
Kick/pass/run
22 Kicks from hand 26
155 Passes 114
137 Runs 83
457 Metres run with ball 338
Attacking
50% Possession 50%
9 Clean breaks 5
19 Defenders beaten 5
12 Offloads 8
101 from 104 (97.1%) Rucks won 52 from 54 (96.3%)
0 from 0 Mauls won 0 from 0
13 Turnovers conceded 12
Defensive
83/5 Tackles made/missed 165/19
94.3% Tackling success rate 89.7%
Set pieces
6 won, 3 lost (66.7%) Scrums on own feed 4 won, 0 lost (100.0%)
14 won, 1 lost (93.3%) Lineouts on own throw 9 won, 2 lost (81.8%)
Discipline
11 Penalties conceded 13
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 Tonks 0/0 0 4/5/12 74 1 1 1 3 1/0 1/0 0 0/0
W Diggin 0/0 0 1/4/6 48 0 1 1 1 4/0 0/0 1 0/0
C May 0/0 0 2/7/8 18 0 1 1 1 7/1 0/0 0 0/0
C Downey 0/0 0 0/7/11 36 1 3 0 0 6/0 0/0 1 0/0
W Cato 0/0 0 0/0/5 16 0 1 0 0 6/0 0/0 1 0/0
FH Myler 0/1 13 11/32/5 6 0 1 2 1 7/0 0/0 0 0/0
SH Roberts 1/0 5 3/70/6 18 1 2 1 2 5/0 0/0 0 0/0
P Doran Jones 0/0 0 0/1/3 6 0 0 0 0 2/0 0/0 3 0/0
H Long 0/0 0 0/1/9 13 0 0 1 0 7/0 0/0 1 0/0
P Mujati 0/0 0 0/0/6 5 0 0 0 0 4/0 0/0 1 0/0
L Manoa 0/0 0 0/4/14 69 2 4 3 1 2/0 4/0 1 0/0
L Sorenson 0/0 0 0/3/5 5 0 0 1 1 2/0 1/0 0 0/0
F Clark 0/0 0 1/5/11 49 3 1 0 2 6/1 3/0 0 0/0
F Nutley 0/0 0 0/3/12 12 0 0 0 1 11/0 2/0 0 0/0
N8 Dowson 1/0 5 0/5/17 66 1 3 1 0 9/1 2/0 0 0/0
(H) Haywood 0/0 0 0/0/1 2 0 0 0 0 0/1 0/0 1 0/0
(P) Waller 0/0 0 0/1/2 4 0 0 0 0 0/1 0/0 0 0/0
(P) Mercey 0/0 0 0/0/1 1 0 0 0 0 1/0 0/0 0 0/0
(L) Day 0/0 0 0/3/1 9 0 1 0 0 2/0 0/1 0 0/0
(F) Craig 0/0 0 0/0/1 0 0 0 0 0 1/0 1/0 0 0/0
(FH) Lamb 0/0 3 0/4/1 0 0 0 0 0 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

Glouc stats

Pos   T/A Pts K/P/R MR CB DB OL TO Tack LO Pen Y/R
FB Morgan 0/0 0 5/7/7 60 0 0 0 1 2/0 0/0 0 0/0
W Sharples 1/0 5 4/4/11 93 2 2 0 0 6/0 0/0 0 0/0
C May 1/2 5 4/7/15 59 1 1 4 2 6/0 0/0 1 0/0
C Vainikolo 0/0 0 0/5/3 19 2 1 2 1 15/2 0/0 0 0/0
W Simpson-Daniel 0/0 0 0/6/6 33 0 0 0 0 2/1 0/0 0 0/0
FH Taylor 0/0 8 2/16/3 5 0 0 0 0 8/1 0/0 0 0/0
SH Lewis 0/0 0 7/37/1 1 0 0 0 4 10/1 0/0 0 0/0
P Wood 0/0 0 0/0/1 1 0 0 0 0 16/4 0/0 0 0/0
H Dawidiuk 0/0 0 0/2/2 3 0 0 0 0 6/0 0/0 2 0/0
P Chistolini 0/0 0 0/0/1 1 0 0 0 0 8/2 0/0 2 0/0
L James 0/0 0 0/0/6 20 0 1 0 0 14/0 2/0 2 0/0
L Brown 0/0 0 0/1/2 0 0 0 0 1 9/1 4/0 0 0/0
F Buxton 0/0 0 0/2/8 8 0 0 0 0 11/1 0/0 1 1/0
F Hazell 0/0 0 0/4/5 17 0 0 1 2 20/2 0/0 0 0/0
N8 Cox 0/0 0 0/1/4 4 0 0 0 0 18/1 2/0 1 0/0
(H) Charles 0/0 0 0/0/2 0 0 0 0 0 0/0 0/0 1 0/0
(P) Murphy 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 3/0 0/0 1 0/0
(P) Harden 0/0 0 0/0/2 0 0 0 0 0 2/0 0/0 0 0/0
(L) Savage 0/0 0 0/1/1 5 0 0 1 0 5/1 1/0 1 0/0
(SH) Runciman 0/0 0 1/13/0 0 0 0 0 1 1/0 0/0 0 0/0
(FH) Burns 0/0 6 3/8/1 3 0 0 0 0 3/2 0/0 0 0/0
(C) Voyce 0/0 0 0/0/2 6 0 0 0 0 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

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