Overview
- Northampton beat Leicester 45-31 at Franklin’s Gardens on Friday, with Tom Litchfield scoring three first-half tries to seize early control of the semi-final.
- George Furbank scored two tries in his final home game for Northampton before his move to Harlequins and helped finish off the contest late in the second half.
- The match was high scoring and frenetic with multiple quick tries from both sides, finishing with Northampton reduced to 14 men after replacement Craig Wright was sin-binned in the 78th minute.
- Northampton go into the Allianz Stadium final as the regular-season leaders and one of the form attacking teams of 2025-26, having scored more than 100 tries in the league campaign.
- The result settles the first semi-final and hands Saints momentum and home-play style confidence at Twickenham while Leicester, led this season by Geoff Parling, return to rebuild after a brave, attacking display.