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Trevor Davison bags brace as Northampton thump former club Newcastle

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NORTHAMPTON, ENGLAND - DECEMBER 28: Trevor Davison of Northampton Saints dives over for their second try during the Gallagher Premiership Rugby match between Northampton Saints and Newcastle Falcons at cinch Stadium at Franklin's Gardens on December 28, 2024 in Northampton, England. (Photo by David Rogers/Getty Images)

Trevor Davison scored two tries against his former club as Northampton returned to form in the Gallagher Premiership with a 61-0 thumping at home to Newcastle.

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The Saints had lost their last three league games, leaving them eighth in the table and desperately needing to start picking wins in order to make up ground on the teams above them.

And this was just the response the champions required as they look to retain the title they won back in June, with nine tries at cinch Stadium at Franklin’s Gardens in what was their final match of a memorable 2024.

There were two late changes to Newcastle’s line-up as Louis Brown came in for Ben Redshaw at full-back, while Ollie Fletcher replaced Jamie Blamire at hooker.

Match Summary

0
Penalty Goals
0
9
Tries
0
8
Conversions
0
0
Drop Goals
0
115
Carries
148
12
Line Breaks
4
17
Turnovers Lost
18
9
Turnovers Won
2

Northampton were rampant in the early stages and opened the scoring after five minutes when George Hendy broke through down the left before his ball inside gave Alex Coles an easy run in.

A bulldozing run by Henry Pollock then led to Saints scoring their second try with Coles being stopped just short under the posts before Davison was able to plunge over from close range.

Two minutes later, the tighthead prop – who had not scored in the Premiership for Northampton before this game – celebrated his second as he forced his way over the line after a tapped penalty for the hosts, five metres out.

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The bonus point was in the bag for Northampton as early as the 15th minute when Alex Mitchell caught the Falcons fast asleep by tapping a quick penalty and sauntering over untouched.

A fifth try arrived just before the half-hour mark when Fin Smith sent Tommy Freeman through a gap before his ball outside gave Josh Kemeny an easy finish down the right.

Attack

167
Passes
206
115
Ball Carries
148
398m
Post Contact Metres
345m
12
Line Breaks
4

Smith was then sin-binned for playing the ball on the floor inside his own 22, but Saints were still too hot to handle with 14 men as Freeman barged his way over to score their sixth, three minutes before half-time.

Mitchell’s conversion hit a post from bang in front of them as the score was 40-0 at the break following an outstanding try-saving tackle by Hendy on Newcastle winger Ben Stevenson.

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Northampton continued to dominate in the second half and almost struck again when Coles was unfortunate to knock on after charging down Sam Stuart’s clearance.

They soon brought up the half-century, however, as Tom Pearson went over for two tries in the space of three minutes, the first after a rampaging run off the back of a scrum by replacement Iakopo Mapu.

A comfortable afternoon for the hosts was rounded off in the final play as Rory Hutchinson picked up a loose ball around his 10-metre line before sprinting clear.

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JW 2 hours ago
Where is the new breed of All Black 10?

Players like Prendergast and Finn Smith already have a few seasons at top club level under their belt and are now test players, at an age when NZ players make their debuts in SR.

That’s just a difference in standards. You’re confusing SR for being their local domestic comps, where it’s more accurately comparable to Champions Cup, apart from that teams are happy to throw games as it’s in a bit of a limbo in terms of importance atm.


All these kids have been playing for a comparable NPC team for years now. Sam is no where near ready for tests but he has a great temperament, much like Sextons, that makes it a good choice to speed up his development. He wasn’t even a comparable Super Rugby starter before playing for Ireland, so not a great comparison.


Fin would be much better example, but then England don’t have 3 world class Test tens in front of him (not that I’d put Beauden their but obviously in terms of young NZ players chances, he is). Would he otherwise have debuted at the same age as Fergus Burke (injury and leaving withstanding), around 24, a couple of years later? England also aren’t as pedantic to who they give jerseys to, in NZ a test jersey is very hard earned for the most part.


In general I think the effects are as you say, but the only difference is the money involved, as you yourself said, their paths are just as all over the show being loaned out playing for clubs etc. My solution to that, and what you perceive as the problem, would be to introduce university football that utilitizes the large investment they have into high performance sport.

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