Aviva Premiership - Watford, 4 March 2012, 17:00 local, 17:00 GMT
Saracens (9) 18 - 12 (6) Northampton Saints (FT)

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Timeline

Time Saracens  Score  Northampton Saints
0 start of first half start of first half
9 0 - 3 Myler - penalty goal
11 Hodgson - penalty goal 3 - 3
15 Hodgson - penalty goal 6 - 3
35 6 - 6 Myler - penalty goal
39 Hodgson - penalty goal 9 - 6
40 end of first half end of first half
40 start of second half start of second half
48 Hodgson - penalty goal 12 - 6
51 Kruis - sub off
Vyvyan - sub on
Stringer - sub off
de Kock - sub on
Stevens - sub on
Nieto - sub off
Hodgson - penalty goal		 15 - 6
53 15 - 9 Myler - penalty goal
57 Smit - sub on
Gill - sub off		 Wood - sub on
Dowson - sub off
63 Hodgson - penalty goal 18 - 9
68 Tonga'uiha - sub off
Waller - sub on
Doran Jones - sub off
Mercey - sub on
75 May - sub on
Downey - sub off
Lamb - sub on
Myler - sub off
Sorenson - sub on
Day - sub off
Long - sub off
McMillan - sub on
78 18 - 12 Lamb - penalty goal
80 end of second half end of second half

Notes

 
Result Saracens won by a margin of 6 points
Aviva Premiership points Saracens 4, Northampton Saints 1 (1 losing bonus)
 
Ground name Vicarage Road, Watford
Attendance 6044
 
Referee DM Rose

Teams

Saracens Northampton Saints
Pens Hodgson (11, 15, 39, 48, 51, 63) Pens Myler (9, 35, 53), Lamb (78)
    Team
15 FB
Alex Goode
14 W
Duncan Taylor
13 C
Chris Wyles
12 C
Adam Powell
11 W
James Short
10 FH
Charlie Hodgson
9 SH
Peter Stringer
1 P
Rhys Gill
2 H
Schalk Brits
3 P
Carlos Nieto
4 L
Steve Borthwick (c)
5 L
George Kruis
6 F
Justin Melck
7 F
Andy Saull
8 N8
Ernst Joubert
    Replacements
16
Jamie George
17 P
John Smit
18 P
Matt Stevens
19 L
Hugh Vyvyan
20
Jackson Wray
21 SH
Neil de Kock
22
Joel Tomkins
23
Joe Maddock
    Team
15 FB
Paul Diggin
14 W
Vasily Artemyev
13 C
George Pisi
12 C
James Downey
11 W
Scott Armstrong
10 FH
Stephen Myler
9 SH
Martin Roberts
1 P
Soane Tonga'uiha
2 H
Andy Long
3 P
Paul Doran Jones
4 L
Samu Manoa
5 L
Christian Day
6 F
Phil Dowson
7 F
Calum Clark (c)
8 N8
Roger Wilson
    Replacements
16 H
Ross McMillan
17 P
Alex Waller
18 P
Tom Mercey
19 L
Mark Sorenson
20 F
Tom Wood
21
Ryan Glynn
22 FH
Ryan Lamb
23 C
Tom May

Match stats

Saracens   Northampton Saints
0 Tries 0
0 from 0 Conversion goals 0 from 0
6 from 6 Penalty goals 4 from 7
100.0% Kick at goal success 57.1%
0 Dropped goals 0
Kick/pass/run
32 Kicks from hand 25
56 Passes 71
46 Runs 68
110 Metres run with ball 181
Attacking
1 Clean breaks 1
7 Defenders beaten 8
2 Offloads 2
42 from 44 (95.5%) Rucks won 57 from 61 (93.4%)
0 from 0 Mauls won 0 from 0
8 Turnovers conceded 9
Defensive
83/8 Tackles made/missed 48/8
91.2% Tackling success rate 85.7%
Set pieces
4 won, 1 lost (80.0%) Scrums on own feed 6 won, 0 lost (100.0%)
16 won, 0 lost (100.0%) Lineouts on own throw 14 won, 3 lost (82.4%)
Discipline
15 Penalties conceded 12
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 Goode 0/0 0 11/0/5 23 0 0 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 0/0
W Taylor 0/0 0 1/0/1 0 0 0 0 1 4/0 0/0 1 0/0
C Wyles 0/0 0 0/2/1 0 0 0 0 0 6/0 0/0 0 0/0
W Short 0/0 0 0/1/3 34 1 4 1 0 1/0 0/0 0 0/0
FH Hodgson 0/0 18 9/6/0 0 0 0 0 0 7/3 0/0 0 0/0
SH Stringer 0/0 0 5/30/1 7 0 0 0 1 2/0 0/0 0 0/0
P Gill 0/0 0 0/0/2 11 0 1 0 0 7/1 0/0 1 0/0
H Brits 0/0 0 0/5/5 16 0 2 0 1 8/1 0/0 2 0/0
P Nieto 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 5/0 0/0 1 0/0
L Borthwick 0/0 0 0/0/6 0 0 0 0 0 3/1 5/0 1 0/0
L Kruis 0/0 0 0/1/1 2 0 0 0 2 4/0 5/0 0 0/0
F Melck 0/0 0 0/1/3 0 0 0 0 1 11/0 1/0 3 0/0
F Saull 0/0 0 0/3/7 6 0 0 1 1 10/1 0/0 1 0/0
N8 Joubert 0/0 0 0/1/4 5 0 0 0 1 3/0 5/1 0 0/0
(P) Smit 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 1/1 0/0 1 0/0
(P) Stevens 0/0 0 0/0/3 0 0 0 0 0 2/0 0/0 0 0/0
(L) Vyvyan 0/0 0 0/0/1 6 0 0 0 0 1/0 0/1 0 0/0
(SH) de Kock 0/0 0 6/5/1 0 0 0 0 0 2/0 0/0 1 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 Diggin 0/0 0 3/0/2 6 0 0 0 1 1/0 0/0 0 0/0
W Artemyev 0/0 0 0/0/4 12 0 1 0 1 0/0 0/0 0 0/0
C Pisi 0/0 0 1/1/3 12 0 1 0 0 0/2 0/0 0 0/0
C Downey 0/0 0 0/2/4 1 0 0 0 0 4/0 0/0 1 0/0
W Armstrong 0/0 0 1/1/4 21 0 0 0 2 1/0 0/0 0 0/0
FH Myler 0/0 9 10/11/5 0 0 0 0 0 3/0 0/0 0 0/0
SH Roberts 0/0 0 9/49/3 14 0 0 0 2 0/1 0/0 2 0/0
P Tonga'uiha 0/0 0 0/1/5 22 1 2 0 0 1/2 0/0 3 0/0
H Long 0/0 0 0/0/1 0 0 0 0 0 5/1 0/0 0 0/0
P Doran Jones 0/0 0 0/0/1 0 0 0 0 0 3/0 0/0 2 0/0
L Manoa 0/0 0 0/2/3 7 0 1 0 0 5/0 5/0 0 0/0
L Day 0/0 0 0/2/7 10 0 1 1 0 7/0 1/0 2 0/0
F Dowson 0/0 0 0/0/6 31 0 1 0 2 4/0 2/0 1 0/0
F Clark 0/0 0 0/1/5 5 0 0 0 0 6/0 4/0 0 0/0
N8 Wilson 0/0 0 0/0/12 32 0 1 0 1 2/2 0/0 1 0/0
(H) McMillan 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 0/0
(P) Waller 0/0 0 0/1/1 3 0 0 1 0 1/0 0/0 0 0/0
(P) Mercey 0/0 0 0/0/1 1 0 0 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 0/0
(L) Sorenson 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 0/0
(F) Wood 0/0 0 0/0/1 4 0 0 0 0 5/0 2/0 0 0/0
(FH) Lamb 0/0 3 1/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 0/0
(C) May 0/0 0 0/0/0 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

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