• Northampton 24-30 Leicester
• Tigers go seven points clear in fourth placeNorthampton can now all but give up on looking up the table. This defeat leaves them seven points adrift of Leicester in fourth with two games left to play. Their attention now turns to those behind in the race for Europe. Another win should execute it for them there,but such preoccupations represent the consequences of a disappointing season.
Leicester it is who march on from another rousing East Midlands derby to what is looking like a second semi-final. That represents the fruits of a rather better season, even whether points-wise there is just those seven between them. It might as well be 70.
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Source: theguardian.com