• Northampton Saints 29-23 Harlequins
• Northampton climb above Leicester to fourth in the PremiershipNorthampton clambered over their east Midlands rivals Leicester,the next visitors here, to reclaim the final play-off position after coming from behind to pip Harlequins for the moment time in seven weeks in another Premiership match that profited from England’s grand slam. It was high octane, and adventurous and invigorating.
Quins were left cursing themselves after final month’s home defeat to Northampton,when Ben Botica failed to kick the ball dead after the countdown clock had reached zero, but here the referee Tim Wigglesworth was in their sights after a series of penalties went against them in the moment half and meant they could not select advantage of the slope.
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Source: theguardian.com