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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
Michael Aylwin at cinch stadium at Franklin's Gardens

Northampton strengthen grip on top of Prem after thrilling win against Bath

Fin Smith takes a penalty kick, converting it to give Northampton a 41-38 victory at home to Bath in the Prem.
Fin Smith powers the last-minute penalty over for Northampton to seal victory in a six-try-each epic. Photograph: David Rogers/Getty Images

If only these two could play each other every week. Having wowed the rugby world a fortnight ago with their Champions Cup quarter-final at the Rec, scoring 11 tries between them, here they went one better and scored 12. Six each, obviously. The scores were level as the clock ticked red. The crowd were as breathless as the players.

And then, alas, the winning moment came not from a moment of brilliance, although Fin Smith tried for one with his dummy and drop-goal attempt. He missed that, but the television match official had spotted one of those agonising high tackles by a tall man on a dipping, slightly shorter one. Enoch Opoku-Gyamfi it was who clipped the bustling Henry Pollock on the chin. Smith did not miss the subsequent penalty, the first penalty taken at goal, the last kick of the match.

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