Northampton Saints and Henry Pollock land late knockout blow on Saracens | EUROtoday

Saints, who shifted George Furbank to fly-half in Smith’s absence, had been struggling with out their talisman, whereas Tommy Freeman was uncharacteristically quiet. They had Pollock to thank for stopping a 3rd for the hosts, as Hugh Tizard, who reassembled one thing of a circus act as he juggled the ball over the whitewash, was ambushed by a mop of blonde hair.

Saints endured additional misfortune when Trevor Davidson, who was on as a substitute, limped off injured, however their heads refused to dip. They mounted a head of steam and JJ Van der Mescht was someway held up deep within the nook and, even after Farrell’s penalty, they’d sufficient nous to recover from the end line after Litchfield – the person who began the present – broke via to arrange McParland on the dying, and spark Pollock’s celebrations.

Match particulars

Scoring sequence: 0-5 Litchfield attempt, 0-7 Smith con, 0-12 McParland attempt, 0-14 Smith con, 5-14 Elliot attempt, 7-14 Farrell con, 12-14 Dan attempt, 14-14 Farrell con, 17-14 Farrell pen, 17-19 McParland attempt, 17-21 Hutchinson con.

Saracens: And Daly; T Elliott, L Cinti, N Tompkins, R Segun (M Malins 70) ; O Farrell (F Burke 69), C Bracken (I van Zyl 65); R Carre (E Left 51), T Dan (J George 51), M Street (M Riccioni 51), M Itoje, H Tizard, T McFarland (N Isiekwe 65), A Onyeama-Christie, T Willis (N Michelow 56)

Northampton Saints: G Furbank; T Freeman, T Litchfield, R Hutchinson, J Ramm; F Smith (F Dingwall 29), A McParland; E Iyogun (D Fischetti 26), C Langdon (C Wright 55), L Green (T Davidson 50), T Lockett (C Munga 72), E Prowse (JJ Van der Mescht 50), J Kemeny (C Chick 66), T Pearson, H Pollock.
Replacement J Weimann.

Referee: A Woodthorpe.

Attendance: 47,700.