Northampton defeated Bath 71-48 in an 18-try Premiership thriller at home, finishing with 11 tries and the second-highest scoreline in English top-flight history.
Ollie Sleightholme scored three of Northampton’s tries, while Tommy Freeman crossed twice as Saints bounced back from last week’s defeat by Bristol. Bath, who made 12 changes, had led for stretches of a frantic first half and were still in touch at 57-48 before Northampton took control late on.
The 119 points scored fell short of the English top-flight record of 127 points, set in Saints’ 94-33 win over Bristol in May. It was also Bath’s first loss of the season. Arthur Green scored twice for Bath, and Charlie Griffin scored on his Premiership debut.
Northampton’s other try-scorers were Fin Smith, Fraser Dingwall, James Pater, Josh Kemeny, Alex Mitchell and Alex Coles. Bath’s tries came from Tom Carr-Smith, Charlie Griffin, Arthur Griffin, Green, Santiago Carreras and Josh Bayliss, with Finn Russell adding five conversions and a penalty.