European Club Rugby : Northampton Saints v Benetton Treviso

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Northampton Saints v Benetton Treviso

Northampton Saints	30 - 18	Benetton Treviso
Franklin's Gardens, Northampton Att: 12,071
Referee: Pascal Gauzere
Saturday 12th December 2009, 15:00
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Chris Ashton dives over for his side early in the second half

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Match report

Northampton saints survived a first half scare to overcome a determined Treviso side with a second half try burst.

Flank Benjamin Vermaak got the game off to the perfect start for the visitors as he went over for the opening try after just five minutes.

Saints responded with a Shane Geraghty after 12 minutes but South African born flyhalf Marius Goosen slotted a drop goal on 17 minutes to restore the seven point lead.

Both kickers, Geraghty and Tobias Botes, missed penalty kicks during the first period but it was the Saints who ended the half the better of the two teams - scoring their first try of the afternoon through England fullback Ben Foden on the stroke of half time after Goosen had already added a second drop goal.

Bit Saints hit back, Ben Foden scoring just before half-time while Joe Ansbro added another just after the break. Then wing Chris Ashton scored two tries in seven minutes (46,53) to keep Saints' Heineken Cup hopes alive.

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Northampton Saints

Benetton Treviso

Pos

Player

Pos

Ben Foden

Luke McLean

Chris Ashton

Andrew Vilk

Jon Clarke

Alberto Sgarbi

James Downey

Gonzalo Garcia

Joe Ansbro

Tobias Botes

Shane Geraghty

Marius Goosen

Lee Dickson

Fabio Semenzato

Soane Tongauiha

Michele Rizzo

Dylan Hartley (capt)

Leonardo Ghiraldini

Euan Murray

Ignacio Fernandez Rouyet

Courtney Lawes

Antonio Pavanello (capt)

Christian Day

Cornelius van Zyl

Phil Dowson

Benjamin Vermaak

Neil Best

Alessandro Zanni

Roger Wilson

Dion Kingi

Replacements

Brett Sharman

Diego Vidal

Brian Mujati

Lorenzo Cittadini

Santiago Bonorino

Augusto Allori

Juandre Kruger

Enrico Pavanello

Scott Gray

Andrea Ceccato

Alan Dickens

Simon Picone

Steve Myler

Fraser Waters

Chris Mayor

Emiliano Mulieri

Penalty Tries

First half timeline
5	Benetton Treviso	Try - B Vermaak
6	Benetton Treviso	Conversion - T Botes
12	Northampton Saints	Penalty kick - S Geraghty
17	Benetton Treviso	Drop kick - M Goosen
34	Benetton Treviso	Drop kick - M Goosen
40	Northampton Saints	Try - B Foden
Second half timeline
41	Benetton Treviso	Substitution - A Allori on for M Rizzo
41	Benetton Treviso	Substitution - D Vidal on for L Ghiraldini
43	Northampton Saints	Try - J Ansbro
46	Northampton Saints	Try - C Ashton
46	Northampton Saints	Conversion - S Geraghty
53	Northampton Saints	Try - C Ashton
53	Northampton Saints	Conversion - S Geraghty
54	Benetton Treviso	Substitution - F Waters on for G Garcia
55	Northampton Saints	Substitution - S Bonorino on for E Murray
55	Northampton Saints	Substitution - J Kruger on for C Day
56	Benetton Treviso	Substitution - E Pavanello on for A Pavanello
56	Benetton Treviso	Substitution - S Picone on for F Semenzato
56	Benetton Treviso	Substitution - M Rizzo on for I Fernandez Rouyet
58	Benetton Treviso	Try - M Goosen
60	Northampton Saints	Yellow card - C Lawes
65	Northampton Saints	Substitution - A Dickens on for L Dickson
65	Northampton Saints	Substitution - S Myler on for J Downey
66	Northampton Saints	Substitution - C Mayor on for J Ansbro
66	Northampton Saints	Substitution - S Gray on for N Best
66	Northampton Saints	Substitution - B Mujati on for S Tongauiha
67	Northampton Saints	Penalty kick - S Myler
71	Northampton Saints	Substitution - B Sharman on for D Hartley
76	Benetton Treviso	Yellow card - S Picone

Results so far

Northampton Saints

Date	Stage	Opposition	Score
10/4/10	Quarter Finals	Munster	L 19-33
22/1/10	Pool 1	Munster	L 9-12
17/1/10	Pool 1	Perpignan	W 34-0
19/12/09	Pool 1	Benetton Treviso	W 21-18
12/12/09	Pool 1	Benetton Treviso	W 30-18
16/10/09	Pool 1	Perpignan	L 13-29
10/10/09	Pool 1	Munster	W 31-27

Benetton Treviso

Date	Stage	Opposition	Score
22/1/10	Pool 1	Perpignan	L 6-34
16/1/10	Pool 1	Munster	L 7-44
19/12/09	Pool 1	Northampton Saints	L 18-21
12/12/09	Pool 1	Northampton Saints	L 18-30
17/10/09	Pool 1	Munster	L 10-41
10/10/09	Pool 1	Perpignan	W 9-8

Previous Heineken Cup meetings

Date	Stage	Home	Score	Away
Sat 19th Dec 09	Pool 1	Benetton Treviso	18 - 21	Northampton Saints
Sat 12th Dec 09	Pool 1	Northampton Saints	30 - 18	Benetton Treviso

Heineken CupHistory

Northampton Saints

2009/10 - Quarter Finals

2006/07 - Semi Finals

2004/05 - Quarter Finals

2003/04 - Pool 4

2002/03 - Quarter Finals

2001/02 - Pool 5

2000/01 - Pool 1

1999/00 - Champions

Benetton Treviso

2009/10 - Pool 1

2008/09 - Pool 3

2007/08 - Pool 1

2006/07 - Pool 1

2005/06 - Pool 4

2004/05 - Pool 2

2003/04 - Pool 5

2001/02 - Pool 2

1999/00 - Pool 5

1998/99 - Pool D

1997/98 - Pool E

1996/97 - Pool A

1995/96 - Pool A

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