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Northampton Northampton 50 - 5 Bulls Bulls

Full time

14 Dec 2025

Investec Champions Cup

Stage: Pool 4 Round 2

cinch Stadium at Franklin's Gardens

Northampton vs Bulls head to head

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Northampton Saints delivered a commanding performance against the Bulls, winning 50-5 in the Champions Cup. Ollie Sleightholme opened the scoring with a try in the 8th minute, followed closely by a successful conversion from Fin Smith. The Bulls briefly responded with a try from Stravino Jacobs at the 22-minute mark, but the Saints quickly regained control with back-to-back tries from George Hendy. Smith鈥檚 accuracy with the boot proved pivotal as he converted all five tries before the hour mark. The Saints continued to pile on the pressure, with Hendy completing his hat-trick and additional tries from Henry Pollock and Josh Kemeny. The Bulls struggled to find rhythm, hampered by a yellow card against Alulutho Tshakweni. Overall, it was a dominant display from the Saints, showcasing their attacking prowess and defensive resilience.

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Where to watch in: France

Weather

Temperature: 9.6°C (Feels like 1.9°C) Condition: Windy Wind: 30.4 km/h, gusting to 53.1 km/h Humidity: 84% Cloud Cover: 82%

Highlights

Events

  • Kickoff
  • 8'

    Try

    Ollie Sleightholme 路 Northampton

    5 - 0
  • 9'

    Conversion

    Fin Smith 路 Northampton

    7 - 0
  • 11'

    Substitution

    Embrose Papier on for Zak Burger 路 Bulls

  • 19'

    Substitution

    Toby Thame on for Rory Hutchinson 路 Northampton

  • 22'

    Try

    Stravino Jacobs 路 Bulls

    7 - 5
  • 32'

    Try

    George Hendy 路 Northampton

    12 - 5
  • 33'

    Conversion

    Fin Smith 路 Northampton

    14 - 5
  • 33'

    Substitution

    Rory Hutchinson on for Toby Thame 路 Northampton

  • 40'

    Substitution

    Nizaam Carr on for Marcell Coetzee 路 Bulls

  • Halftime 14 - 5
  • Second Half
  • 48'

    Try

    George Hendy 路 Northampton

    19 - 5
  • 49'

    Conversion

    Fin Smith 路 Northampton

    21 - 5
  • 50'

    Substitution

    Cleopas Kundiona on for Trevor Davison 路 Northampton

  • 50'

    Substitution

    Robbie Smith on for Craig Wright 路 Northampton

  • 50'

    Substitution

    Emmanuel Iyogun on for Danilo Fischetti 路 Northampton

  • 53'

    Yellow Card

    Alulutho Tshakweni 路 Bulls

  • 54'

    Substitution

    Sti Sithole on for Elrigh Louw 路 Bulls

  • 56'

    Try

    Henry Pollock 路 Northampton

    26 - 5
  • 57'

    Conversion

    Fin Smith 路 Northampton

    28 - 5
  • 57'

    Substitution

    Toby Thame on for Fraser Dingwall 路 Northampton

  • 57'

    Substitution

    Khutha Mchunu on for Mornay Smith 路 Bulls

  • 59'

    Try

    Alex Coles 路 Northampton

    33 - 5
  • 60'

    Conversion

    Fin Smith 路 Northampton

    35 - 5
  • 60'

    Substitution

    Tom James on for Alex Mitchell 路 Northampton

  • 60'

    Substitution

    Chunya Munga on for Alex Coles 路 Northampton

  • 61'

    Try

    Ollie Sleightholme 路 Northampton

    40 - 5
  • 61'

    Substitution

    Philip-Albert van Niekerk on for Harold Vorster 路 Bulls

  • 61'

    Substitution

    Ed Prowse on for JJ van der Mescht 路 Northampton

  • 63'

    Yellow Card Complete

    Alulutho Tshakweni 路 Bulls

  • 64'

    Substitution

    Elrigh Louw on for Sti Sithole 路 Bulls

  • 64'

    Substitution

    Sti Sithole on for Alulutho Tshakweni 路 Bulls

  • 66'

    Substitution

    Keagan Johannes on for Kade Wolhuter 路 Bulls

  • 66'

    Substitution

    Mpilo Gumede on for Elrigh Louw 路 Bulls

  • 67'

    Try

    George Hendy 路 Northampton

    45 - 5
  • 67'

    Substitution

    Juann Else on for Akker van der Merwe 路 Bulls

  • 69'

    Substitution

    Sam Graham on for Tom Pearson 路 Northampton

  • 79'

    Try

    Josh Kemeny 路 Northampton

    50 - 5
  • Fulltime 50 - 5

Player ratings

Northampton
  • 15 George Furbank 6.6
  • 14 Ollie Sleightholme 8.4
  • 13 Rory Hutchinson 7.0
  • 12 Fraser Dingwall 7.5
  • 11 George Hendy 9.4
  • 10 Fin Smith 7.7
  • 9 Alex Mitchell 6.7
  • 1 Danilo Fischetti 6.1
  • 2 Craig Wright 7.1
  • 3 Trevor Davison 6.4
  • 4 Alex Coles 7.1
  • 5 JJ van der Mescht 6.5
  • 6 Josh Kemeny 7.9
  • 7 Tom Pearson 7.6
  • 8 Henry Pollock 8.9
  • 16 Robbie Smith 6.8
  • 17 Emmanuel Iyogun 6.8
  • 18 Cleopas Kundiona 6.5
  • 19 Chunya Munga 6.6
  • 20 Ed Prowse 6.4
  • 21 Sam Graham 6.4
  • 22 Tom James 7.2
  • 23 Toby Thame 6.0
Bulls
  • 15 Devon Williams 6.5
  • 14 Sergeal Petersen 5.7
  • 13 Stedman Gans 6.1
  • 12 Harold Vorster 5.9
  • 11 Stravino Jacobs 7.2
  • 10 Kade Wolhuter 4.4
  • 9 Zak Burger 5.7
  • 1 Alulutho Tshakweni 4.4
  • 2 Akker van der Merwe 6.5
  • 3 Mornay Smith 5.8
  • 4 Cobus Wiese 6.2
  • 5 JF van Heerden 5.7
  • 6 Marcell Coetzee 7.3
  • 7 Reinhardt Ludwig 5.7
  • 8 Elrigh Louw 7.6
  • 16 Juann Else 5.7
  • 17 Sti Sithole 6.1
  • 18 Khutha Mchunu 6.0
  • 19 Mpilo Gumede 6.0
  • 20 Nizaam Carr 6.2
  • 21 Embrose Papier 6.1
  • 22 Keagan Johannes 5.8
  • 23 Philip-Albert van Niekerk 5.6