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Northampton Saints can clinch a runners-up spot in the Challenge Cup quarter-finals with a bonus-point victory over Timisoara Saracens on Friday night.
- The only previous meeting in Round 4 was cancelled due to heavy snowfall with Saints awarded a 28-0 bonus point victory.
- Northampton have won 11 of their 13 home pool stage games in the Challenge Cup.
- Timisoara are still searching for their first win in the Challenge Cup, they have lost all 11 of their games so far.
- Saints and Timisoara have both conceded an average of 14 penalties per game this season, more than any other sides in the Challenge Cup.
🙋🏼♀️ Joy Neville will take the whistle for Friday evening’s game with Timişoara
Joy was scheduled to ref us in Romania before… ❄️❄️❄️ pic.twitter.com/ob0ISH1mPz
— Northampton Saints 😇 (@SaintsRugby) January 16, 2019
Lewis Ludlam of Northampton Saints
Northampton Saints progress to the European Rugby Challenge Cup quarter-finals after a 111-3 victory over Timisoara Saracens at Franklin’s Gardens.
The home fans were treated to some delightful attacking rugby as Ollie Sleightholme grabbed four tries, while Alex Mitchell ran in a hat-trick.
It was Luther Burrell who bagged the first try after three minutes and while Timisoara hit back through a Samoa penalty, that was as good as it got for the Romanian side, who were well beaten by a clinical Northampton side.
Your @ERChallengeCup Man of the Match…
🏅 @RoryJHutchinson pic.twitter.com/2QluHvjles
— Northampton Saints 😇 (@SaintsRugby) January 18, 2019
James Grayson scored 22 points from the kicking tee in a professional performance from the fly-half.
Northampton Saints will progress as one of three best runners-up in the Challenge Cup after finishing behind ASM Clermont Auvergne, who tallied a maximum 30 points from six matches.
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