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Hooker Robbie Smith scored a brace for Northampton arsenic they bushed Bath astatine Franklin Gardens| Northampton (17) 45 |
| Tries: R Smith 2, Augustus, Scott-Young, Collins, Grayson Pen: F Smith Cons: F Smith 6 |
| Bath (14) 26 |
| Tries: De Glanville, Dunn 2, Doughty Cons: B Spencer, Bailey 2 |
Northampton moved up to 3rd successful the Premiership, scoring 4 second-half tries to bushed bottommost nine Bath 45-26.
Tom De Glanville and Tom Dunn traded tries with Robbie Smith and Juarno Augustus, earlier Fin Smith's punishment enactment the hosts conscionable up astatine half-time.
Angus Scott-Young and a treble from Robbie Smith earned Saints a bonus constituent arsenic Dunn besides got his second.
Tom Collins and James Grayson secured the win, portion Tom Doughty's effort ensured Bath went distant with a point.
The hosts went into the lucifer looking to bounce backmost from a walloping 62-8 nonaccomplishment to Bristol and manager of rugby Phil Dowson made 8 changes for the sojourn of the Premiership's bottommost side.
Against the tally of play, De Glanville enactment Bath up 8 minutes in. The full-back started the onslaught by collecting a Saints kick, side-stepped and back-handed the shot to Miles Reid, earlier racing backmost onto Josh Bayliss' enarthrosis to swallow dive implicit the line.
Robbie Smith replied for Northampton from a driving maul aft a mediocre container footwear talented them territory and possession, and Augustus past enactment them successful beforehand with a canny effort arsenic Saints acceptable up a dummy thrust from a maul, allowing the fig 8 to interruption distant and powerfulness over.
But erstwhile prop Paul Hill was sent to the bin for infringing a Bath pat and spell penalty, the visitors instantly levelled, kicking to the country from which Dunn went implicit from a maul.
Bath person not won successful 7 matches successful each competitions and looked similar a squad not successful the wont of winning. With Hill successful the bin, 3 times they came wrong 5 metres - lone to crook implicit the shot the archetypal time, driblet it the 2nd and suffer a scrum the third.
Their wounded woes were besides compounded arsenic centre Jonathan Joseph was replaced conscionable earlier the interruption aft an awkward tackle, having confirmed conscionable earlier kick-off that back-rower Alfie Barbeary is retired for a prolonged play and needs genu country aft going disconnected connected his debut against Leicester past weekend.
After a choky first-half, momentum continued Northampton's way; Scott-Young crossed from adjacent scope and with Bayliss shown a yellowish paper for a collision successful the air, Robbie Smith got his 2nd of the nighttime from a maul earning his broadside the bonus point.
Dunn narrowed the shortage to 12 points from adjacent scope but the Saints' backs were gradually unleashed, with Collins tapping down a kick-through from Tommy Freeman connected his 100th quality for the club.
Dunn's replacement Doughty followed successful his captain's lead, scoring from a maul for Bath's 4th effort to enactment them level connected points with Newcastle, but it was excessively precocious for a comeback arsenic Grayson added the extras for Northampton precocious on.
Northampton: Ramm; Collins, Proctor, Dingwall (c), Freeman, F Smith, James; A Waller, R Smith, Hill, Salakaia-Loto, Moon, Scott-Young, Graham, Augustus.
Replacements: Cruse, E Waller, Petch, Nansen, Matavesi, Braley, Grayson, Hutchinson.
Sin bin: Hill (23)
Bath: De Glanville; Hamer-Webb, Joseph, Ojomoh, Gallagher, Bailey, Schreuder; Obano, Dunn (c), Rae, Attwood, Van Velze, Bayliss, Cloete, Reid.
Replacements: Doughty, Schoeman, Jonker, McNally, W Spencer, B Spencer, Butt, De Carpentier.
Sin bin: Bayliss (51)
Referee: Jack Makepeace
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