16 - 43 07/12/2019 Franklin's Gardens Referee: Alexandre Ruiz (Fra) Att: 13,735

16 (16) FT (HT) 43 (19)

James Lowe (2), (15), Andrew Porter (37), Ahsee Tuala (6) Tries (43), (46), Luke McGrath (75), (80) (7) Conversions Johnny Sexton (2, 17), Ross Byrne (45, 80+1) Dan Biggar (14, 26, 30) Penalty Goals Drop Goals

Carries Home Attack Away Carries 15 Possession James Ryan 18 15 41% 59% Rhys Ruddock 15 11 Territory 15 42% 58% Metres Made Carries Metres Made Taqele Naiyaravoro 87 128 175 108 76 Metres Made 80 Tom Collins 39 370 545 Jamison Gibson-Park 74 Kicks From Hand Lineouts Won 19 22 Lineouts Won Alex Moon 3 Line Breaks 4 Teimana Harrison 2 7 8 Rhys Ruddock 1 Axis Title 2 Defenders Beaten Caelan Doris 1 27 31 Tackles Offloads Tackles Teimana Harrison 23 8 7 19 Mike Haywood 21 Rucks/Mauls Won James Ryan 18 Api Ratuniyarawa 18 96 134 Caelan Doris 14 Rucks/Mauls Lost 3 5

Home Defence Away Tackles Made 189 161 Missed Tackles 31 27 Tackle Success 86% 86%

Home Penalties / Turnovers Away Total Penalties Conceded 6 9 Total Turnovers Conceded 12 11

Home Set Piece Away Lineouts Won Own Throw 10 7 Lineouts Lost Own Throw 3 1 Lineout Success 77% 88% Lineout Steals 0 3 Scrums Won 3 6 Scrums Lost 1 0 Scrums Success 75% 100% Northampton Saints 16 - 43 Leinster Rugby 07/12/2019 Franklin's Gardens 13:00 Referee: Alexandre Ruiz (Fra) Assistant ref: Ludovic Cayre (Fra) Assistant ref: Cedric Marchat (Fra) TMO: Patrick Dellac (Fra), Citing Commissioner: Peter Ferguson (Ire)

Match Statistics Heineken Man of the Match - Josh van der Flier (Leinster Rugby) Match Statistics App Try Con Pen Drop YC RC Name Name App Try Con Pen Drop YC RC 1 Ahsee Tuala 15 Jordan Larmour Tom Collins 14 Matt Proctor 13 1 12 Taqele Naiyaravoro 11 James Lowe 1 1 3 Dan Biggar 10 Johnny Sexton (c) 2 Cobus Reinach 9 Jamison Gibson-Park 1 (c) 1 Cian Healy 1 Mike Haywood 2 Ronan Kelleher Ehren Painter 3 Andrew Porter 1 Alex Moon 4 Devin Toner Api Ratuniyarawa 5 James Ryan 6 Rhys Ruddock 1 Jamie Gibson 7 Josh van der Flier Teimana Harrison 8 Caelan Doris

Michael Van Vuuren 16 James Tracy Francois van Wyk 17 Ed Byrne 1 18 19 Scott Fardy Lewis Ludlam 20 Connor Tupai 21 Luke McGrath 1 22 Ross Byrne 1 2 23 Northampton Saints 16 - 43 Leinster Rugby 07/12/2019 Franklin's Gardens Referee: Alexandre Ruiz (Fra) Att: 13,735

Match Timeline

Match Time Home Score Away Match Time

Northampton Saints Leinster Rugby 0 - 5 James Lowe - Try 2:12 0 - 7 Johnny Sexton - Conversion 2:31 6:14 Ahsee Tuala - Try 5 - 7 7:19 Dan Biggar - Conversion 7 - 7 14:14 Dan Biggar - Penalty 10 - 7 10 - 12 Rhys Ruddock - Try 15:55 10 - 14 Johnny Sexton - Conversion 17:12 26:40 Dan Biggar - Penalty 13 - 14 30:39 Dan Biggar - Penalty 16 - 14 16 - 19 Andrew Porter - Try 37:24 16 - 19 40:08 40:08 End of first half 16 - 19 16 - 24 Cian Healy - Try 43:57 On - Ross Byrne 44:16 Off - Johnny Sexton 44:16 16 - 26 Ross Byrne - Conversion 45:07 16 - 31 Ross Byrne - Try 46:39 46:56 Alex Waller - Yellow card 16 - 31 50:47 On - Lewis Ludlam 50:47 Off - Tom Wood 50:48 Off - Ehren Painter 50:48 On - Paul Hill On - James Tracy 52:29 Off - Ronan Kelleher 52:29 On - Ed Byrne 52:30 Off - Cian Healy 52:30 Off - Andrew Porter 52:31 On - Tadhg Furlong 52:31 Off - Jamison Gibson-Park 52:51 On - Luke McGrath 52:51 16 - 31 Garry Ringrose - Yellow card 52:55 55:47 Off - Taqele Naiyaravoro 55:47 On - Francois van Wyk Off - Rhys Ruddock 55:52 On - Scott Fardy 55:52 57:23 Off - Alex Waller 57:23 On - Taqele Naiyaravoro 57:30 On - Piers Francis 57:30 Off - Ahsee Tuala 58:04 Off - Mike Haywood 58:04 On - Michael Van Vuuren On - Max Deegan 62:52 Off - Caelan Doris 62:52 62:54 Off - Jamie Gibson 62:54 On - Alex Coles 62:55 On - James Grayson 62:55 Off - Dan Biggar 65:28 Off - Cobus Reinach 65:28 On - Connor Tupai 65:37 On - Tom Wood 65:37 Off - Alex Moon Off - Devin Toner 67:52 On - Caelan Doris 67:52 Off - James Ryan 73:46 On - Devin Toner 73:46 16 - 36 Luke McGrath - Try 75:56 Off - Robbie Henshaw 77:53 On - Rob Kearney 77:53 16 - 41 Ed Byrne - Try 80:09 16 - 43 Ross Byrne - Conversion 81:20 16 - 43 81:25 81:25 End of second half 16 - 43