Slick Saints beat Prem Rugby Cup holders Leicester

Northampton keep their hopes of reaching the Prem Rugby Cup semi-finals alive with a dominant derby win over Leicester. Tom Rowe joined Northampton last season after scoring 23 tries for Loughborough Students in 2024-25 Northampton kept their hopes of reaching the Prem Rugby Cup semi-finals alive after a dominant 39-19 derby victory over East Midlands rivals Leicester. A youthful Saints line-up turned on the style to sink the holders at Franklin's Gardens and stretch Northampton's run to 16 successive home wins in all competitions. Wings Tom Rowe and Amena Caqusau and full-back James Martin all touched down twice in a seven-try romp for the Saints. After three successive defeats in the Prem Rugby Cup, last season's winners Leicester are bottom of Pool B.

It was not a perfect evening for Northampton. Already without two injured scrum-halves in England international Alex Mitchell and Archie McParland, the Saints lost a third in the 29th minute in Jonny Weimann. The 20-year-old, made captain for the evening, limped off after creating Northampton's first two tries, number one in the 11th minute with a glorious long pass to Martin and number two five minutes later with a cross-kick to Rowe. But England Under-18s scrum-half Sonny Goode showed Northampton's remarkable depth in the position with an impressive showing off the bench. After being steamrollered in a