• Cobus Reinach’s two tries decisive for Saints
Northampton returned to the top of the table after squeezing out Gloucester in an indulgent festive romp. The visitors scored four tries to three, with their 18-year old wing Louis Rees-Zammit securing a hat-trick in his third Premiership start ahead of a likely Six Nations call-up by Wales.
Rees-Zammit will qualify for England on residency later this year through his education at Hartpury College In Gloucestershire, but the nephew of the former Cardiff, Pontypool and Wales B full-back Paul Rees is only interested in representing the country he was born and brought up in. He followed his two tries against Worcester last week with three more on an afternoon when Gloucester’s schemer was Mark Atkinson rather than Danny Cipriani.
Written by Paul Rees
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2019/dec/28/northampton-gloucester-premiership-match-report under the title “Northampton hold out for win despite Rees-Zammit’s hat-trick for Gloucester”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
