{"id":965323,"date":"2026-05-16T21:54:17","date_gmt":"2026-05-16T21:54:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/965323\/"},"modified":"2026-05-16T21:54:17","modified_gmt":"2026-05-16T21:54:17","slug":"northampton-saints-thrash-bristol-bears-94-33","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/965323\/","title":{"rendered":"Northampton Saints thrash Bristol Bears 94-33"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/george-furbank-steve-haag.jpg\" alt=\"George Furbank was one of the try scorer for Northampton\" title=\"George Furbank was one of the try scorer for Northampton\" width=\"650\" height=\"390\" class=\"img-responsive\"\/><\/p>\n<p>George Furbank was one of the try scorer for Northampton<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t \u00a9Steve Haag<\/p>\n<p><strong>Northampton Saints 94-33 Bristol Bears, cinch Stadium at Franklin\u2019s Gardens<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Northampton Saints sealed their place in the Gallagher PREM play-offs with a record-breaking 94-33 victory over Bristol Bears at cinch Stadium at Franklin\u2019s Gardens.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In a remarkable attacking display, Saints scored 14 tries and produced their highest-ever points total in a league match.<\/p>\n<p>George Hendy was the standout finisher with four tries, while Rory Hutchinson and Archie McParland both crossed twice as Northampton overwhelmed Bristol from the opening minutes.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Saints Run Riot In First Half<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Northampton started at full speed and struck inside three minutes when Henry Pollock created space for Hendy to score the opening try.<\/p>\n<p>Bristol responded quickly through Harry Thacker, but Saints immediately regained control. Hutchinson crossed after Northampton won possession close to the Bears line, before Callum Chick finished another sharp attacking move.<\/p>\n<p>Bristol hit back through Louis Rees-Zammit, but their discipline then hurt them badly. Kalaveti Ravouvou was shown a yellow card, and Saints capitalised through Alex Coles and McParland.<\/p>\n<p>The hosts kept scoring at pace, with George Furbank, Hutchinson, Josh Kemeny and Hendy adding further tries before halftime. Northampton went into the break with a massive 61-14 lead, setting a Premiership record for most first-half points.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bristol Score But Saints Keep Control<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Northampton continued the second half in the same attacking mood. Pollock crossed early after more sharp work from McParland and Tommy Freeman.<\/p>\n<p>Harry Randall scored for Bristol, but McParland replied almost immediately after a missed restart catch gifted Saints field position.<\/p>\n<p>Hendy then completed his hat-trick after Chick broke down the blindside and released him to finish.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hendy Completes Four-Try Haul<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Bristol added second-half tries through Luka Ivanishvili and Noah Heward, but Northampton remained ruthless. Sam Graham powered over late after Tom Pearson created the opening.<\/p>\n<p>Hendy then scored his fourth try in the closing stages, completing a stunning individual performance and taking Saints to a record 94 points.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"George Furbank was one of the try scorer for Northampton \u00a9Steve Haag Northampton Saints 94-33 Bristol Bears, cinch&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":965324,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8818],"tags":[381,748,393,4884,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-965323","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-bristol","8":"tag-bristol","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-england","11":"tag-great-britain","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116586483947658378","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/965323","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=965323"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/965323\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/965324"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=965323"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=965323"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=965323"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}