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Northampton rout Bath 71-48 in record-scoring Premiership try-fest
October 10, 2026 at 05:59 PM
Northampton beat Bath 71-48 at home in an 18-try Premiership match in which the sides combined for 119 points.
- Northampton scored 11 tries to Bath's seven at Franklin's Gardens on Saturday.
- Ollie Sleightholme scored a hat-trick and Tommy Freeman added two tries for the defending champions.
- The 119 points made it the second-highest-scoring match in English top-flight history, behind Northampton's 94-33 win over Bristol in May.
- The defeat was Bath's first of the season, with Arthur Green crossing twice and Charlie Griffin scoring on his Premiership debut.