Northampton Saints took on Bathtub at Twickenham within the 2024 Gallagher Premiership Rugby remaining
Northampton and Bathtub contested a nerve-jangling Gallagher Premiership Rugby remaining at Twickenham to resolve the 2024 winner. However who gained the Premiership Rugby remaining?
For those who missed the match, it was Northampton who lifted the Premiership trophy after edging Bathtub Rugby 25-21 in a closely-fought encounter to spherical off what has been an all-round great Premiership season on the sector.
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Johan van Graan’s facet had prop Beno Obano despatched off halfway by the primary half after which went down 15-3 after Saints scythed by with tries for each wingers Tommy Freeman and Ollie Sleightholme. The latter after the league’s top-scorer managed to regather his personal grubber to attain a sensational effort.
Regardless of these two sizeable disadvantages, Bathtub confirmed nice mettle to combat again and have been main 21-18 with 5 minutes to go due to tries for Thomas du Toit and Will Muir plus the boot of Finn Russell.
George Hendy’s mazy run noticed him beat a number of despairing Bathtub defenders and even hand off one in every of his personal team-mates earlier than he discovered the supporting Alex Mitchell inside him who jinked over from shut vary to attain a strive that reignited Northampton.
George Furbank, having moved to No 10 after Fin Smith’s damage, slotted a straightforward conversion to make it 25-21 to Phil Dowson’s males with simply 5 minutes of the season left.
But once more it boiled all the way down to the scrum and this time Northampton acquired a vital name after Christophe Ridley penalised Bathtub for dropping to their knees to alleviate the strain on the 22.
Bathtub got here again once more however Cam Redpath’s offload went straight into contact. They nonetheless had hope with one remaining attacking scrum and the penalty benefit duly got here and Matt Gallagher kicked to the nook with every little thing on the road.
The maul was stopped quick and Bathtub needed to probability their arm however finally the ball was ripped lose and Saints managed to outlive what was an epic end.
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