Furbank in control as Saints hold on

By BRENDAN GALLAGHER

Northampton................... 36pts
Tries: Sleightholme 8, 72; Ludlam 31, Mitchell 40+1, Coles 61
Conversions: Furbank 9, 32, 40+2, 62
Penalties: Furbank 42

Harlequins ....................... 33pts
Tries: Murley 5, Walker 27, Hammond 46, Evans 68, Jibulu 79
Conversions: Smith 28, 47, 69, 80
IT WAS pretty much inconceivable that Saints and Quins would lay on anything other than an entertaining try fest and so it proved at Franklin’s Gardens with the home side just squeezing home.
Both teams were looking to bounce back from defeat last week but although the sharing o...

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