Saracens 17 - 21 Northampton

Full time

28 Mar 2026

English Premiership

Stage: Regular Season Round 12

Tottenham Hotspur Stadium

Saracens vs Northampton head to head

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Northampton Saints secured a narrow victory against Saracens, winning 21-17 in a thrilling Premiership clash. The Saints took an early lead with tries from Litchfield and McParland, both converted by Smith, putting them up 14-0. Saracens responded through Elliott and Dan, with Farrell converting both to bring the score to 14-12 at halftime. The second half saw Dan scoring again for Saracens, giving them a fleeting lead at 17-14. However, McParland's second try for Northampton, converted by Hutchinson, sealed the win for the visitors. Key performances came from Northampton's McParland, who was instrumental with two tries, and Smith, who contributed with conversions. Saracens fought hard but ultimately fell short, continuing a challenging run against their rivals.

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Weather

Temperature: 8.2°C (Feels like 1.3°C) Condition: Clear Wind: 22.0 km/h, gusting to 46.4 km/h Humidity: 54% Cloud Cover: 10%

Events

Kickoff
6'

Try

Tom Litchfield · Northampton

0 - 5
7'

Conversion

Fin Smith · Northampton

0 - 7
12'

Try

Archie McParland · Northampton

0 - 12
13'

Conversion

Fin Smith · Northampton

0 - 14
21'

Try

Tobias Elliott · Saracens

5 - 14
22'

Conversion

Owen Farrell · Saracens

7 - 14
26'

Substitution

Danilo Fischetti on for Emmanuel Iyogun · Northampton
29'

Substitution

Fraser Dingwall on for Fin Smith · Northampton
Halftime 7 - 14
Second Half
44'

Try

Theo Dan · Saracens

12 - 14
45'

Conversion

Owen Farrell · Saracens

14 - 14
50'

Substitution

Marco Riccioni on for Marcus Street · Saracens
50'

Substitution

Jamie George on for Theo Dan · Saracens
50'

Substitution

Eroni Mawi on for Rhys Carre · Saracens
50'

Substitution

Trevor Davison on for Luke Green · Northampton
51'

Substitution

JJ van der Mescht on for Ed Prowse · Northampton
55'

Substitution

Nathan Michelow on for Tom Willis · Saracens
55'

Substitution

Craig Wright on for Curtis Langdon · Northampton
62'

Substitution

Luke Green on for Trevor Davison · Northampton
62'

Substitution

Nick Isiekwe on for Theo McFarland · Saracens
64'

Substitution

Ivan van Zyl on for Charlie Bracken · Saracens
66'

Substitution

Callum Chick on for Josh Kemeny · Northampton
69'

Substitution

Fergus Burke on for Owen Farrell · Saracens
71'

Substitution

Max Malins on for Rotimi Segun · Saracens
72'

Penalty

Fergus Burke · Saracens

17 - 14
72'

Substitution

Chunya Munga on for Tom Lockett · Northampton
80'

Try

Archie McParland · Northampton

17 - 19
81'

Conversion

Rory Hutchinson · Northampton

17 - 21
Fulltime 17 - 21

Player ratings

Saracens

15 Elliot Daly 5.2
14 Tobias Elliott 7.8
13 Lucio Cinti 6.2
12 Nick Tompkins 6.8
11 Rotimi Segun 6.8
10 Owen Farrell 6.0
9 Charlie Bracken 5.4
1 Rhys Carre 6.4
2 Theo Dan 6.7
3 Marcus Street 5.7
4 Maro Itoje 6.2
5 Hugh Tizard 6.7
6 Theo McFarland 5.8
7 Andy Onyeama-Christie 6.1
8 Tom Willis 7.5
16 Jamie George 6.3
17 Eroni Mawi 5.9
18 Marco Riccioni 5.7
19 Nick Isiekwe 6.0
20 Nathan Michelow 5.9
21 Ivan van Zyl 5.7
22 Fergus Burke 6.2
23 Max Malins –

Northampton

15 George Furbank 7.4
14 Tommy Freeman 7.4
13 Tom Litchfield 8.0
12 Rory Hutchinson 7.0
11 James Ramm 8.0
10 Fin Smith 6.9
9 Archie McParland 8.3
1 Emmanuel Iyogun 6.7
2 Curtis Langdon 7.3
3 Luke Green 6.1
4 Tom Lockett 6.1
5 Ed Prowse 6.8
6 Josh Kemeny 6.9
7 Tom Pearson 7.7
8 Henry Pollock 7.0
16 Craig Wright 6.7
17 Danilo Fischetti 6.1
18 Trevor Davison 6.2
19 JJ van der Mescht 7.0
20 Chunya Munga –
21 Callum Chick 6.4
22 Jonny Weimann –
23 Fraser Dingwall 6.2