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So long, farewell, auf wiedersehen, goodbye...

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FT Leicester 19-11 Northampton. Saints' wait for a win at Welford Road sadly goes beyond the Herald & Post's existence. Poor 2nd half

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Penalty to Leicester and a chance for Williams to deny Saints a losing bonus point. He does so with the final kick. 19-11

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So close for Saints, Paterson and Ratuniyarawa tackled just short, with the latter sadly pinged for holding on. Was that the last chance?

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Strong burst by North down the left, but Ratuniyarawa knocks on to kill the move stone dead. 7 mins left

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Penalty to Leicester, as Saints scrum collapses. Burns takes the score to 16-11 with 11 mins left, although it clipped the post on way over

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Still Saints hold out as Leicester's forwards hammer away... another scrum coming up

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Desperate defence from Saints again, as O'Connor is stopped just short this time... and the ref is then knocked over! lol

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And hold out they do! After what felt like an interminable scrum, they win the penalty

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Tigers held up as they try to plunge over the Saints' try line. Would be huge if Saints survived this

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So frustrating for Saints, who couldn't make that early pressure in the second half tell. Turning over the ball too easily. Still 13-11

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HT Leicester 13-11 Northampton. One try each, one yellow card each. All to play for at Welford Road, good from Saints after poor start

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Penalty to Saints in front of the posts, last kick of the half. Easy as you like for Myler. 13-10

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Penalty to Leicester for a high tackle by Hanrahan on Owen Williams. Burns extends the Tigers lead to 13-8, 30 mins

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Penalty to Saints, as Kitto is pinged for offside. Just under 40m out, Myler bangs it over. 10-8, 26 mins. Good response this

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Good news for Saints, as George North comes back on following a HIA

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Stephen Myler can't add a difficult conversion. 10-5, 18 mins. Game back on!

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TRY SAINTS! Mikey Haywood managed to smuggle the ball down. Just what the visitors needed with a spell against 14 men to come

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Now the TMO is being used to check for a possible Saints try as they drive for the line following a line-out