Team Cover Logo Leinster OFFICIAL STATISTICS LEINSTER RUGBY 35 - 19 NORTHAMPTON SAINTS OFFICIAL STATISTICS Pool A: RDS Arena - 19/12/2020 - Heineken Star of the Match: Ryan Baird (Leinster Rugby) - Attendance: 0 LEINSTER RUGBY 35 - 19 NORTHAMPTON SAINTS 22 - 14 Match Points: Leinster Rugby 5 Northampton Saints 0 Josh Murphy (Try - 3') Fraser Dingwall (Try - 22') Ross Byrne (Conversion - 4') Cian Healy (Try - 16') Rory Hutchinson (Conversion - 22') Ross Byrne (Conversion - 17') Ross Byrne (Penalty - 28') Tom James (Try - 35') Dave Kearney (Try - 40') Jamison Gibson-Park (Try - 43') Rory Hutchinson (Conversion - 35') Ross Byrne (Conversion - 43') Ross Byrne (Penalty - 61') Nick Isiekwe (Try - 44') Ross Byrne (Penalty - 72') POSSESSION 56% 44% PASSES 172 160 KICKS 19 22 CARRIES 132 102 465 METRES GAINED 342 28 DEFENDERS BEATEN 13 6 INITIAL BREAKS 5 6 OFFLOADS 5 113 TACKLES 182 3 TURNOVERS WON 7 10 PENALTIES CONCEDED 14 92% LINEOUT SUCCESS % 67% 86% SCRUM SUCCESS % 89% OFFICIAL STATISTICS TOP 5 PLAYERS LEINSTER RUGBY CARRIES METRES GAINED OFFLOADS 1 Ryan Baird 18 1 Ryan Baird 65 1 Cian Kelleher 2 2 Robbie Henshaw 16 2 Robbie Henshaw 57 1 Ryan Baird 2 3 Josh Murphy 11 3 Hugo Keenan 40 3 Jimmy O'Brien 1 4 Rhys Ruddock 8 4 Ronan Kelleher 36 5 Cian Kelleher 7 5 Josh van der Flier 33 3 Peter Dooley 1 TURNOVERS WON TACKLES DOMINANT TACKLES 1 Josh van der Flier 15 1 James Ryan 1 2 Rhys Ruddock 10 1 Rhys Ruddock 1 3 Josh Murphy 9 1 Jamison Gibson-Park 1 3 Ronan Kelleher 9 1 Josh van der Flier 1 5 James Ryan 8 NORTHAMPTON SAINTS CARRIES METRES GAINED OFFLOADS 1 George Furbank 10 1 Ryan Olowofela 64 1 Rory Hutchinson 2 2 Samuel Matavesi 9 2 Taqele Naiyaravoro 64 2 Matt Proctor 1 3 Alex Moon 8 3 George Furbank 44 2 Taqele Naiyaravoro 1 3 Fraser Dingwall 8 4 Rory Hutchinson 29 3 Nick Isiekwe 8 5 Fraser Dingwall 25 2 Tom James 1 TURNOVERS WON TACKLES DOMINANT TACKLES 2 Francois van Wyk 1 1 Alex Moon 18 1 Alex Coles 1 2 George Furbank 1 2 Api Ratuniyarawa 17 1 Alex Moon 1 1 Samuel Matavesi 2 3 George Furbank 16 1 Fraser Dingwall 1 2 Alex Moon 1 3 Tom Wood 16 1 George Furbank 1 2 Api Ratuniyarawa 1 5 Fraser Dingwall 12 1 Nick Isiekwe 1 OFFICIAL STATISTICS LEINSTER RUGBY - PLAYER DATA 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 k r a r P - e i w n l r a o y e r F n e k h h y s e s r e t n r e t y l h c y y y t s i e b e o n n a r e a i h r e c n o e r n w n l e r h l e a n o y d l d p a r d o B y G g e a l ' n e l y r r r o e G B e r l P a i v d r n a n l H o u n o l O i e c R T F y e K a a u e a e e o w R K D e y e s s K B M B M v R M n i n H K s a e r L e i e y o a r b a s s e m s h n h h e r e n n r g r d v n n s b s y t c s s a k m m m a a a i m u a n i a a i i e o y h o o o a o o a i a u C R A R J J J R J R D R G H J J P M R D L C C Minutes 57 57 57 80 80 67 80 61 57 80 80 80 63 80 9 24 24 24 14 20 24 72 19 Points 5 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 5 15 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Tries 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Conversions 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Penalties 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Drop Goals 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Kicks 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 Metres Gained 3 36 2 65 8 25 33 23 23 7 31 57 33 40 8 11 7 5 9 8 6 25 0 Initial Breaks 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Defenders Beaten 0 0 0 6 0 1 1 2 1 1 4 2 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 Passes 2 0 1 4 0 1 2 6 62 30 1 6 8 4 2 0 2 1 0 2 35 3 0 Offloads 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 Tackles 6 9 1 8 8 9 15 10 4 8 0 8 6 4 0 3 1 2 3 1 0 5 2 Turnovers Won 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Lineouts Won 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Penalties Conceded 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 Yellow Cards 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Red Cards 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 PLAYERS ON PLAYERS OFF Cian Kelleher 9' Jimmy O'Brien 9' Ciaran Frawley 13' Garry Ringrose 13' Garry Ringrose 27' Ciaran Frawley 27' James Tracy 57' Andrew Porter 57' Luke McGrath 57' Cian Healy 57' Michael Bent 57' Jamison Gibson-Park 57' Peter Dooley 57' Ronan Kelleher 57' Dan Leavy 61' Rhys Ruddock 61' Ross Molony 67' Josh Murphy 67' Ciaran Frawley 76' Garry Ringrose 76' OFFICIAL STATISTICS NORTHAMPTON SAINTS - PLAYER DATA 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 o r n i k a f o s o f n y v l k w r a l e s o a l i d n a W o v a r s r e r a o r d a r s r s a f n n w e a i t i b o a s n y s o k o o r a y r g c i l a t h w i d e n e n s n w H e v u y i a n n w c l c k n l i o d y e a o l M t l a F l a l o m a s r o e N u l o a l l r D i a o A i u r i o t T o a n F e e F s o e r O H a P W J C H a I n l H W M C y g u c n e r r s t l R e u e n y k x x x s n e r t m n i o r u m m m a q m i k a c e e e a a e i a i e w e l l p l a i o y o o a o e a h r r A S P A A N T S T G T R F R T M F O A T H P M Minutes 48 51 58 80 62 65 80 80 75 80 80 80 80 58 58 30 33 23 16 19 6 23 23 Points 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 0 4 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Tries 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Conversions 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Penalties 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Drop Goals 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Kicks 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 9 0 5 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Metres Gained 1 8 1 8 2 15 2 6 20 44 64 29 25 64 16 2 18 0 0 7 0 6 4 Initial Breaks 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Defenders Beaten 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Passes 0 1 0 2 3 4 5 2 71 26 4 19 4 0 4 5 2 0 0 0 3 3 2 Offloads 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Tackles 7 12 8 18 17 11 16 12 6 16 3 5 12 6 2 6 9 5 3 3 0 3 2 Turnovers Won 0 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Lineouts Won 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Penalties Conceded 2 0 1 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 3 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Yellow Cards 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Red Cards 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 PLAYERS ON PLAYERS OFF Francois van Wyk 48' Alex Waller 48' Mike Haywood 51' Samuel Matavesi 51' Matt Proctor 58' Paul Hill 58' Owen Franks 58' Ryan Olowofela 58' Piers Francis 58' Tom Collins 58' Teimana Harrison 62' Api Ratuniyarawa 62' Alex Coles 65' Nick Isiekwe 65' Henry Taylor 65' Tom James 65' Tom James 71' Henry Taylor 71'.