Starting Lineup
Subs
Opposition Lineup
15
Theo Chabouni
14
Geoffrey Palis
13
Vilimoni Botitu
12
Jack Goodhue
11
Remy Baget
10
Louis Le Brun
9
Jeremy Fernandez
1
Quentin Walcker
2
Gaëtan Barlot
3
Will Collier
4
Gauthier Maravat
5
Leone Nakarawa
6
Mathieu Babillot
7
Baptiste Delaporte
8
Abraham Papalii
Subs
16
Loris Zarantonello
17
Loîs Guérois-Galisson
18
Aurélien Azar
19
Simon Meka
20
Romain Macurdy
21
Baptiste Cope
22
Santiago Arata
23
Julien Dumora
| pos | team | team name | pld | w | d | l | f | a | diff | tf | ta | tb | lb | pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 |  | Northampton SaintsNOR | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 137 | 106 | 31 | 20 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 16 |
2 | | Castres OlympiqueCAS | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 105 | 86 | 19 | 13 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 14 |
Full Time
Northampton Saints
51
Castres Olympique
16
That’s full time here at cinch Stadium at Franklin’s Gardens and Saints are off to Dublin for the semi-finals!
Fin Smith adds the conversion too!
(79 mins)
TRYYY PEARSON!
Tom Pearson cuts through the middle and there’s no stopping the replacement back row from there!
(78 mins)
Tom Lockett replaces Temo Mayanavanua for Saints.
(73 mins)
Tom James replaces Alex Mitchell for Saints.
(68 mins)
Josh Kemeny gets over the ball at the breakdown and Fin Smith adds another three points to Saints’ tally.
(68 mins)
64
The sin bin period ends and Temo Mayanavanua, Remy Baget and Lois Guerois-Galisson re-enter play.
(64 mins)
Henry Walker and Tom Pearson enter play for Saints, with Curtis Langdon and Juarno Augustus making way.
(62 mins)
Fin Smith adds the conversion too!
(61 mins)
TRYYYY POLLOCK!!
It's dummy, dummy, dummy from Alex Mitchell before he finds Henry Pollock for the flanker’s second of the afternoon!
(61 mins)
Changes for Saints: Tom West, Elliot Millar Mills and Burger Odedaal (who returns from the blood bin) replace Emmanuel Iyogun, Trevor Davison and George Furbank.
(55 mins)
Temo Mayanavanua is also show a yellow card for his part in the scuffle.
(53 mins)
There’s two yellow cards for Castres as a scuffle escalates – with Remi Baget and Lois Guerois-Galisson leaving the field.
(53 mins)
Burger Odendaal is replaced by Rory Hutchinson for Saints.
(48 mins)
Fin Smith adds the conversion too!
(48 mins)
TRYYY POLLOCK!!
Alex Mitchell slices through, there’s only one man on his shoulder and Henry Pollock trots it in!
(47 mins)
Fin Smith adds the extras too!
(44 mins)
TRYYY FURBANK!!
It was only a matter of time! The club skipper finishes off a flowing move after a string of phases sees Saints through the midfield.
(44 mins)
Saints are penalised at the breakdown and Castres take the opportunity to close the deficit, with Jeremy Fernandez sending a penalty through the posts from the tee.
(42 mins)
41
Leone Nakarawa returns from the sin bin for Castres.
(41 mins)
40
WE'RE BACK UNDERWAY!
Louis le Brun restarts us here at cinch Stadium at Franklin’s Gardens.
(40 mins)
And that's half-time here at cinch Stadium at Franklin’s Gardens.
Saints illegally sack a maul and Jeremy Fernandez adds three for Castres from the tee.
(39 mins)
TRYYY COLES!!
The lineout throw is popped back inside and it's Alex Coles who rumbles over from close range!
(31 mins)
The infringements build up against Castres and the referee shows Leone Nakarawa to the sin bin for not releasing.
(31 mins)
Jeremy Fernandez converts his own score.
(26 mins)
TRY CASTRES
The away side get over after working their way close to Saints' tryline and it's Jeremy Fernandez who's over.
(25 mins)
Fin Smith adds three points to Saints' tally from the tee after Castres are found offside.
(22 mins)
TRYYY LANGDON!
It's a second for Saints as Curtis Langdon puts the ball on his boot and regathers to score on the left!
(13 mins)
Jeremy Fernandez gets Castres off the mark with three points from the tee.
(9 mins)
Fin Smith adds the extras too!
(7 mins)
TRYYY FREEMAN!!
What a score! The ball come wide right to Tommy Freeman who offloads inside to George Furbank, the fullback charges forwards before popping the ball back to Freeman for the score!
(6 mins)
A nasty knock for George Hendy and he leaves the field, with George Furbank making his return to the field in his place.
(3 mins)
HERE WE GO!
Saints vs Castres is on at cinch Stadium at Franklin’s Gardens as Fin Smith gets us underway!