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Northampton Saints vs Sale Sharks · Premiership Rugby

Premiership Rugby · 2025-26Full time
Northampton Saints
47–21
Sale Sharks

Match report

Northampton Saints beat Sale Sharks 47-21 at Franklin's Gardens, Northampton in round 7 of the Premiership Rugby on Saturday, 20 December 2025.

Sale Sharks have now lost four in a row. Christophe Ridley refereed.

Written automatically from the match data; updated as results come in.

Head to head

5
Northampton Saints wins (50%)
0
Draws (0%)
5
Sale Sharks wins (50%)

Last 10 meetings, since November 2021

Biggest Northampton Saints win
47–17
18 Oct 2024
Biggest Sale Sharks win
30–6
6 Nov 2021

Last 5 meetings

  • 24 Jan 2026 · Premiership Rugby
    Sale Sharks29
    Northampton Saints43
  • 20 Dec 2025 · Premiership Rugby
    Northampton Saints47
    Sale Sharks21
  • 28 Mar 2025 · Premiership Rugby
    Sale Sharks27
    Northampton Saints24
  • 18 Oct 2024 · Premiership Rugby
    Northampton Saints47
    Sale Sharks17
  • 30 Dec 2023 · Premiership Rugby
    Northampton Saints21
    Sale Sharks17

Lineups

Avg. age
25.7
Avg. age
28.6

Northampton Saints

  1. 1Emmanuel Iyogun
  2. 2Craig Wright
  3. 3Trevor Davison
  4. 4Alex Coles
  5. 5JJ van Der Mescht
  6. 6Josh Kemeny
  7. 7Tom Pearson
  8. 8Henry Pollock
  9. 9Alexander Mitchell
  10. 10Fin Smith
  11. 11Edoardo Todaro
  12. 12Fraser Dingwall
  13. 13Toby Thame
  14. 14George Hendy
  15. 15George Furbank
Replacements
  1. 16Robbie Smith
  2. 17Danilo Fischetti
  3. 18Cleopas Kundiona
  4. 19Chunya Munga
  5. 20Callum Chick
  6. 21Tom James
  7. 22Tommy Freeman
  8. 23Ollie Sleightholme

Sale Sharks

  1. 1Simon McIntyre
  2. 2Luke Cowan-Dickie
  3. 3Will-Griff John
  4. 4Tom Burrow
  5. 5Ben Bamber
  6. 6Jacques Vermeulen
  7. 7Ernst Van Rhyn
  8. 8Tom Curry
  9. 9Raffi Quirke
  10. 10Robert du Preez
  11. 11Alex Wills
  12. 12Marius Louw
  13. 13Joe Bedlow
  14. 14Tom O'Flaherty
  15. 15Arron Reed
Replacements
  1. 16Nathan Jibulu
  2. 17Tumy Onasanya
  3. 18James Harper
  4. 19Hyron Andrews
  5. 20Dan Du Preez
  6. 21Gus Warr
  7. 22Ollie Davies
  8. 23Tristan Woodman