{"id":635743,"date":"2026-06-13T00:14:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-13T00:14:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/635743\/"},"modified":"2026-06-13T00:14:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-13T00:14:11","slug":"prem-rugby-live-northampton-saints-v-leicester-tigers-play-off-semi-final-live-text-updates-score-radio-commentary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/635743\/","title":{"rendered":"Prem Rugby LIVE: Northampton Saints v Leicester Tigers &#8211; play-off semi-final &#8211; Live text updates, score &#038; radio commentary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Full-timepublished at 21:40 BST 12 June<\/p>\n<p>21:40 BST 12 June<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-fxb76l-Paragraph e14e9ror4\">Northampton 45-31 Leicester<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">An extraordinary Prem semi-final comes to an end and Northampton will return to Twickenham for the final next Saturday!<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">What a fantastic match. The full-time whistle is greeted by an enormous roar from the home faithful.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Fin Smith pulled off a masterclass in fly-half play &#8211; what a game he had. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">George Furbank will be the toast of everyone in Northampton, scoring twice on his final match at the Gardens. What a way to say goodbye to the old place.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Tom Litchfield scored a first-half hat-trick from outside centre for the Saints and they will have a chance to regain the Prem title they won two years ago.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Spare a thought for Leicester Tigers and Geoff Parling, who more than played their part in this East Midlands derby, and can be very proud of their own efforts, today and throughout the season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Full-timepublished at 21:40 BST 12 June 21:40 BST 12 June Northampton 45-31 Leicester An extraordinary Prem semi-final comes&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":635744,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[5903,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-635743","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-rugby","tag-rugby","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/635743","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=635743"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/635743\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/635744"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=635743"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=635743"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=635743"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}