Gli Harlequins rispondono allo squillo di tromba dei Saracens di venerdì sera: la capolista supera il Bath – un po’ a fatica – 14 a 6 grazie a una meta di Maurie Fa’asavalu.
Bellissima partita al Kingsholm, con Exeter che espugna la tana di Gloucester 28 a 27. Benei i Saints sugli Wasps (32-15), sempre più in difficoltà.
Domenica in campo Leicester e London Irish
| Round 18 | ||||||||
| Fri 23rd Mar 12 | 19:45 | PR | Sale Sharks | 9 – 45 | Saracens | Edgeley Park | ||
| Fri 23rd Mar 12 | 19:45 | PR | Worcester Warriors | 19 – 9 | Newcastle Falcons | Sixways | ||
| Sat 24th Mar 12 | 14:15 | PR | Harlequins | 14 – 6 | Bath Rugby | Twickenham Stoop | ||
| Sat 24th Mar 12 | 15:00 | PR | Gloucester Rugby | 27 – 28 | Exeter Chiefs | Kingsholm | ||
| Sat 24th Mar 12 | 17:45 | PR | Northampton Saints | 32 – 15 | London Wasps | Franklin’s Gardens | ||
| 1 |  |
Harlequins | 18 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 62 |
| 2 |  |
Saracens | 18 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 59 |
| 3 |  |
Northampton Saints | 18 | 11 | 0 | 7 | 52 |
| 4 |  |
Leicester Tigers | 17 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 50 |
| 5 |  |
Exeter Chiefs | 18 | 10 | 0 | 8 | 49 |
| 6 |  |
Gloucester Rugby | 18 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 42 |
| 7 |  |
Sale Sharks | 18 | 8 | 0 | 10 | 40 |
| 8 |  |
Bath Rugby | 18 | 8 | 0 | 10 | 39 |
| 9 |  |
London Irish | 17 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 36 |
| 10 |  |
Worcester Warriors | 18 | 7 | 1 | 10 | 35 |
| 11 |  |
London Wasps | 18 | 5 | 0 | 13 | 27 |
| 12 |  |
Newcastle Falcons | 18 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 19 |
BULLS-REDS 61-8
For Bulls:
Tries: Kirchner, Olivier, Van der Merwe, Potgieter, Vermaak, Stander, Engelbrecht, Basson
Cons:Steyn 6, Fouche
Pens: Steyn
For Reds:
Try: Shipperley
Pen: Lance
Bulls: 15 Zane Kirchner, 14 Akona Ndungane, 13 Johann Sadie, 12 Wynand Olivier, 11 Bjorn Basson, 10 Morné Steyn, 9 Francois Hougaard, 8 Pierre Spies (c), 7 Jacques Potgieter, 6 CJ Stander, 5 Juandré Kruger, 4 Flip van der Merwe, 3 Werner Kruger, 2 Chiliboy Ralepelle, 1 Dean Greyling.
Replacements: 16 Willie Wepener, 17 Frik Kirsten, 18 Wilhelm Steenkamp, 19 Arno Botha, 20 Jano Vermaak, 21 Louis Fouché, 22 JJ Engelbrecht.
Reds: 15 Rod Davies, 14 Dom Shipperley, 13 Jono Lance, 12 Ben Tapuai, 11 Luke Morahan, 10 Dallan Murphy, 9 Will Genia, 8 Jake Schatz, 7 Beau Robinson, 6 Scott Higginbotham, 5 James Horwill (c), 4 Rob Simmons, 3 Greg Holmes, 2 Saia Faingaa, 1 Ben Daley.
Replacements: 16 James Hanson, 17 James Slipper, 18 Radike Samo, 19 Van Humphries, 20 Liam Gill, 21 Nick Frisby, 22 Nathan Eyres-Brown.
Referee: Jonathan Kaplan (South Africa)
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LIONS-STORMERS 19-24
For Lions:
Try: Meyer
Con: James
Pens: James 3
Drop: Coetzee
For Stormers:
Tries: Liebenberg, Habana
Con: Pietersen
Pens: Pietersen 3
Lions: 15 James Kamana, 14 Deon van Rensburg, 13 Jaco Taute, 12 Doppies la Grange, 11 Andries Coetzee, 10 Butch James, 9 Tian Meyer, 8 Warren Whiteley, 7 Joshua Strauss (c), 6 Derick Minnie, 5 Franco van der Merwe, 4 Marius Coetzer, 3 Patric Cilliers, 2 Callie Visagie, 1 Caylib Oosthuizen.
Replacements: 16 Martin Bezuidenhout, 17 Jacobie Adriaanse, 18 Stephan Greeff, 19 Cobus Grobbelaar, 20 Ross Cronje, 21 Michael Killian, 22 Ruan Combrinck.
Stormers: 15 Joe Pietersen, 14 Gio Aplon, 13 Juan de Jongh, 12 Jean De Villiers (c), 11 Bryan Habana, 10 Peter Grant, 9 Dewaldt Duvenage, 8 Nick Koster, 7 Duane Vermeulen, 6 Siya Kolisi, 5 Andries Bekker, 4 Eben Etzebeth, 3 Brok Harris, 2 Tiaan Liebenberg, 1 Steven Kitshoff.
Replacements: 16 Scarra Ntubeni, 17 Frans Malherbe, 18 De Kock Steenkamp, 19 Nizaam Carr, 20 Louis Schreuder, 21 Gary van Aswegen, 22 Gerhard van den Heever.
Referee: Glen Jackson (New Zealand)
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BRUMBIES-HIGHLANDERS 33-26
For Brumbies:
Tries: Tomane 2, Hooper
Con: Lealiifano 3
Pen: Lealiifano 4
For Highlanders:
Tries: A Smith, Treeby
Con: Slade 2
Pen: Slade 2, Noakes
Drop: Slade
Brumbies: 15 Jesse Mogg, 14 Joe Tomane, 13 Andrew Smith, 12 Pat McCabe, 11 Henry Speight, 10 Christian Lealiifano, 9 Nic White, 8 Ben Mowen (c), 7 Michael Hooper, 6 Peter Kimlin, 5 Sam Carter, 4 Leon Power, 3 Dan Palmer, 2 Stephen Moore, 1 Ben Alexander.
Replacements: 16 Anthony Hegarty, 17 Ruaidhri Murphy, 18 Scott Fardy, 19 Ita Vaea, 20 Ian Prior, 21 Zack Holmes, 22 Tevita Kuridrani.
Highlanders: 15 Ben Smith, 14 Kade Poki, 13 Tamati Ellison, 12 Shaun Treeby, 11 Hosea Gear, 10 Colin Slade, 9 Aaron Smith, 8 Nasi Manu, 7 Doug Tietjens, 6 James Haskell, 5 Culum Retallick, 4 Josh Bekhuis, 3 Chris King, 2 Andrew Hore, 1 Jamie Mackintosh (c).
Replacements: 16 Jason Rutledge, 17 Bronson Murray, 18 Nick Crosswell, 19 Elliot Dixon, 20 Jimmy Cowan, 21 Chris Noakes, 22 Buxton Popoali’i.
Referee: Lourens van der Merwe (South Africa)
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