NTHMP
	No.	Name
15Ken Pisi, FB
14Jamie Elliott, W
13Dominic Waldouck, C
12Luther Burrell, C
11George North, W
10Stephen Myler, FH 
9Lee Dickson, SH T
1Alex Waller, P
2Dylan Hartley, H
3Tom Mercey, P
4Samu Manoa, L
5Courtney Lawes, L
6Phil Dowson, FL
7Tom Wood, FL
8Sam Dickinson, N8
Replacements
16Mike Haywood, R
17Ethan Waller, R
18Gareth Denman, R
19Christian Day, R
20Calum Clark, R
21Ryan Glynn, R
22Glenn Dickson, R
23Tom Collins, R

LEINS
	No.	Name
15Rob Kearney, FB
14Dave Kearney, W
13Brian O'Driscoll, C T
12Gordon D'Arcy, C
11Luke Fitzgerald, W T 3
10Ian Madigan, FH  5
9Eoin Reddan, SH T
1Jack McGrath, P
2Sean Cronin, H
3Mike Ross, P
4Devin Toner, L
5Mike McCarthy, L
6Rhys Ruddock, FL
7Sean O'Brien, FL
8Jamie Heaslip, N8 T
16Aaron Dundon, R
17Michael Bent, R
18Marty Moore, R
19Leo Cullen, R
20Shane Jennings, R
21John Cooney, R
22Jimmy Gopperth, R
23Zane Kirchner, R

*Players currently on the pitch are shown in bold

Game Info

Venue: cinch Stadium at Franklin's Gardens

6:00 PM, December 7, 2013

3787d

Awesome Leinster crush Northampton

Brian O'Driscoll orchestrated a masterful victory for Leinster at Franklin's Gardens that has done significant harm to Northampton's hopes of progressing in the Heineken Cup

Match Commentary

81'		7-40 End of half
81'		7-40 End of half
81'		7-40 End of second half

Match Stats

NTHMP

LEINS

55%

45%

53%

47%

NTHMP

LEINS

149	Runs	98
506	Metres Run	309
4	Clean Breaks	14
95	Tackles	137
19	Missed Tackles	15
27	Turnover Knock On	12

Standings

Pool 1
R	Team	GP	PD	P
1	BEG	4	+89	17
2	BULLS	4	+30	15
3	LYON	4	-2	12
4	SARAC	4	-17	10
5	CONN	4	-52	6
6	BTL	4	-48	5
Pool 2
R	Team	GP	PD	P
1	TOUL	4	+109	20
2	HQUIN	4	+42	15
3	BATH	4	+22	15
4	RAMET	4	-1	8
5	ULST	4	-59	5
6	CDB	4	-113	3
Pool 3
R	Team	GP	PD	P
1	NTHMP	4	+62	18
2	EXET	4	-12	13
3	GLASG	4	+14	10
4	MUNST	4	0	9
5	BAY	4	-25	8
6	TOUL	4	-39	2
Pool 4
R	Team	GP	PD	P
1	LEINS	4	+70	19
2	STORM	4	+3	14
3	LA RO	4	+38	12
4	LEICS	4	-38	9
5	SALE	4	-7	6
6	SFRAN	4	-66	2

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