Pearson hat-trick helps Saints seal last 16 spot

By ROGER PANTING

Northampton....................61pts
Tries: Freeman 1, Pearson 13, 20, 44; Lawes 27, Langdon 32, Waller 39, 48 James 70
Conversions: Smith 1, 13, 20, 27, 32, 39, 48, 70

Bayonne.............................14pts
Tries: Spring 64, Callandret 76
Conversions: Dolhagaray 64, 76
Flanker Tom Pearson scored a hat-trick as Saints bounded into the knock-out stages by blowing away hapless Bayonne in a nine-try thrashing.
Everything in Saints’ garden appears rosy at present by recording an eighth win in succession which has resulted in them topping the Premiership and remaining unb...

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