I Saints vanno a vincere 18 a 15 al Sandy Park rientrando nella corsa ai play-off. I Chiefs buttano via un’occasione forse irripetibile (in caso di vittoria sarebbero stati quarti con la quasi certezza matematica) e ora sono sotto di due punti proprio a Northampton.
The scorers:
For Exeter:
Tries: Baxter, Camacho
Con: Mieres
Pen: Mieres
For Northampton:
Tries: Ashton, Diggin
Con: Myler
Pens: Myler 2
Exeter: 15 Phil Dollman, 14 Gonzalo Camacho, 13 Bryan Rennie, 12 Jason Shoemark, 11 Matt Jess, 10 Ignacio Mieres, 9 Haydn Thomas, 8 Richard Baxter, 7 James Scaysbrook, 6 Tom Johnson, 5 James Hanks, 4 Tom Hayes (capt), 3 Hoani Tui, 2 Chris Whitehead, 1 Ben Moon.
Replacements: 16 Neil Clark, 17 Brett Sturgess, 18 Chris Budgen, 19 Aly Muldowney, 20 Ben White, 21 Kevin Barrett, 22 Gareth Steenson, 23 Sireli Naqelevuki.
Northampton: 15 Ben Foden, 14 Chris Ashton, 13 George Pisi, 12 James Downey, 11 Paul Diggin, 10 Stephen Myler, 9 Lee Dickson (capt), 8 Roger Wilson, 7 Phil Dowson, 6 James Craig, 5 Christian Day, 4 Mark Sorenson, 3 Brian Mujati, 2 Andy Long, 1 Soane Tonga’uiha.
Replacements: 16 Ross McMillan, 17 Alex Waller, 18 Paul Doran-Jones, 19 Teimana Harrison, 20 Ben Nutley, 21 Martin Roberts, 22 Ryan Lamb, 23 Tom May.
Referee: Andrew Small
| Pos | Team | Pl | W | D | L | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  |
Harlequins | 21 | 16 | 1 | 4 | 71 |
| 2 |  |
Leicester Tigers | 21 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 70 |
| 3 |  |
Saracens | 21 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 68 |
| 4 |  |
Northampton Saints | 21 | 13 | 0 | 8 | 60 |
| 5 |  |
Exeter Chiefs | 21 | 12 | 0 | 9 | 59 |
| 6 |  |
Sale Sharks | 21 | 10 | 0 | 11 | 49 |
| 7 |  |
Bath Rugby | 21 | 9 | 0 | 12 | 44 |
| 8 |  |
Gloucester Rugby | 21 | 8 | 1 | 12 | 44 |
| 9 |  |
London Irish | 21 | 7 | 1 | 13 | 41 |
| 10 |  |
Worcester Warriors | 21 | 7 | 1 | 13 | 36 |
| 11 |  |
London Wasps | 21 | 6 | 0 | 15 | 32 |
| 12 |  |
Newcastle Falcons | 21 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 28 |
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