Northampton beat Bath in chaotic 18-try, 119-point classic

Ollie Sleightholme scores a hat-trick as Gallagher Prem champions Northampton Saints thump Bath 71-48 on an astonishing afternoon at DPD Stadium at Franklins Gardens

Northampton Saints ran riot to defeat Bath 71-48 in the second highest-scoring Gallagher Prem game in history.

Eighteen tries were scored in total, with Saints bouncing back from defeat at Bristol Bears last week in spectacular style.

Ollie Sleightholme scored a hat-trick in an astonishing afternoon at Franklin's Gardens in which 119 points were scored.

"We put our game on the pitch," Sleightholme said on TNT Sports. "We don't want to concede that many points, so we've got stuff to work on.

"It's wicked [to play in this team]. We know we're going to create opportunities. We capitalised on the ones that we got.

"It was very loud. I haven't heard it like this for a while. It's great to be back."

Saints are also at the centre of the highest-scoring game in Prem history when they scored 14 tries to humiliate Bristol Bears 94-33 at Franklin's Gardens in May.

Source: Sky Sports