Premiership Rugby Cup Highlights: Northampton 47 -20 Leicester
- 1996
A cracking result for Northampton Saints with their 47-20 victory over Leicester Tigers cementing their place on top of the Premiership Rugby Cup Pool 3. The Tigers came out firing with Fred Tuilagi bursting through the defence in the 8th minute to score but the Saints did not take long to strike back scoring three unanswered tries before the break through James Grayson, James Fish and Dominic Barrow. Heinch Brussow keep the momentum going for Saints in the second half scoring 5 minutes after the break before Joe Ford converted a penalty and scored a try. Cobus Reinach scored a brace in the final 10 minutes of the game with Tom Collins also adding his name to scoresheet as the Saints went marching on to claim a fantastic win.