Premiership Semi-Finals

Risteard

Northampton - Saracens on now. Some good rugby so far to be fair. Saracens a man down but score a good try.

Sky Sports 3 btw.

cruiserweight

Northampton were all over Saracens before the try, but could not score a try and also indiscipline is costing them.

I am hoping Northampton win because of the irish lads in the team

cruiserweight

Tonga'uiha in the corner after running from half way, he just had to score against the Saracens

Saints lead 8-7 at half time

Risteard

Great try, looked like a slower Jonah Lomu running down that wing.

cruiserweight

Try apiece in the first 20 minutes of the second half. Another prop that Sarries are interested in scores for Northampton.

19-14 now with 22 minutes left

outwest

what a maul, great try,

awfyl decision by barnes to award a pen defore hand

cruiserweight

Saracens now 2 up with 3 left to play, should be a good finish

cruiserweight

Terrible at the end from Northampton

Kiwi_knock

did the pack not trust Meyler with the drop goal, they had countless chances to give it back to him but kept on getting driven back or out wide. Silly play and they deserve to lose because of that.

cruiserweight

Kiwi_knock wrote: »

did the pack not trust Meyler with the drop goal, they had countless chances to give it back to him but kept on getting driven back or out wide. Silly play and they deserve to lose because of that.

In the end they lost ground, if they were going to keep the ball in hand until time ran out to take the kick, they should have tried to score the try. The only thing I can think of is that they were hoping to win a penalty

Kiwi_knock

Great game though loads of intensity, would have liked to have seen Northampton win due to the Irish players and Foden + Ashton. However I do feel Saracens did just edge the match and deserve to be in the final.

Kiwi_knock

Leicester and Bath looks like it will be a cracker if it continues the way it has begun.

amacachi

Farcical end to the first match tbh.

cruiserweight

TMO having to decide if a penalty has gone over for Leicester to draw level

amacachi

Don't know how he could give that.

cruiserweight

amacachi wrote: »

Don't know how he could give that.

Looked over to me, but very hard to judge could have gone either way

thomond2006

Leicester 9-6 Bath, 60 minutes gone

thomond2006

Wow, Butch James can certainly tackle.

thomond2006

Leicester win 15-6.

Leicester vs Saracens in 2 weeks.

profitius

thomond2006 wrote: »

Wow, Butch James can certainly tackle.

With a name like Butch he'd have to be a good tackler!

Dave Joyce

did the pack not trust Meyler with the drop goal, they had countless chances to give it back to him but kept on getting driven back or out wide. Silly play and they deserve to lose because of that.

TBH, I thought Meyler bottled it as he didn't look for the ball at any stage and totally agree, they deserved to lose because of that. Decent enough game but I thought the Leicester/Bath game was very poor

Kiwi_knock

It was a typical Leicester performance of grinding out a result. They showed nothing in attack, can not recall any Leicester player going on a dazzling run. They did a good job of restricting Bath's expansive free running game. Leicester were obviously going to dominate the set piece but Bath could have won if Leicester's defence was not so miserly. Not a great game to watch for those who enjoy attacking performances but anyone who loves watching a great defensive performance would have loved the match.
Hopefully Saracens win but I see Leicester dominating again