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Northampton beat Bath 71-48 in second-highest-scoring English top-flight match
Northampton Saints beat Bath 71-48 at home in a Prem rugby match in Northampton, England.
The teams scored 18 tries and 119 points, making it the second-highest-scoring match in English top-flight history.
Northampton scored 11 tries, led by Ollie Sleightholme’s hat-trick and two tries from Tommy Freeman.
Bath scored seven tries, with Arthur Green scoring twice.
Northampton had lost to Bristol Bears the previous week, while the defeat was Bath’s first of the season.
Bath made 12 changes to their team for the match.
The 119 points were short of the record of 127, set when Northampton beat Bristol 94-33 in May.
Northampton Saints beat Bath 71-48 in an 18-try English Premiership match.
The 119 points made it the second-highest scoring game in English top-flight history.
Ollie Sleightholme scored three tries, while Tommy Freeman scored twice for Northampton.
Northampton scored 11 tries and Bath scored seven.
The defeat was Bath’s first of the season, while Northampton bounced back from a loss to Bristol the previous week.
- Who
- Northampton Saints and Bath.
- What
- Northampton won 71-48 in an 18-try match, with 119 points scored.
- When
- 10 October 2026.
- Where
- DPD Stadium at Franklin’s Gardens, Northampton.
- Why
- Not stated
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Northampton lost to Bristol Bears.
Northampton beat Bath 71-48 in the second-highest scoring game in English top-flight history.
- Final score
- Northampton 71, Bath 48
- Total points
- 119
- Tries
- 18: Northampton 11, Bath 7
- Venue
- DPD Stadium at Franklin’s Gardens
- Northampton hat-trick
- Ollie Sleightholme scored three tries
- Bath result
- First defeat of the season
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