The Wales and British & Irish Lions outside half came on for the second half of the opening pre-season friendly and missed with his only kick at goal and also kicked one touch-finder dead to raise some ironic cheers in the crowd.
Saints, under new New Zealand coach Chris Boyd, paraded seven new signings, including England and Lions flanker James Haskell, and were far sharper than the Ospreys. They dominated possession and scored four tries.
The only try for the home side came in the closing moments when replacement hooker Ifan Phillips burrowed over the line from a driving line-out. James Hook landed a touchline conversion to add to two first half penalties from Sam Davies.
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Scorers: Ospreys: Try: Ifan Phillips (80); Con: James Hook (81); Pens: Sam Davies (5, 10) Saints: Tries: Ollie Sleightholme (19), David Ribbans (27), James Fish (30), Api Ratuniyarawa (53); Cons: James Grayson (20, 28, 31)
Ospreys: Dylan Moss (Cai Evans 41); Tom Williams (Dewi Cross 67), Joe Thomas, Cory Allen (Kieran Williams 66), Luke Morgan (Hanno Dirksen 52); Sam Davies (James Hook 67), Tom Habberfield (Reuben Morgan-Williams 41, Matthew Aubrey 75); Rhodri Jones (Mitchell Walsh 60), Scott Otten (captain, Ifan Phillips 41), Tom Botha (Alex Jeffries 41), Lloyd Ashley (Chris John 68), Adam Beard (Giorgi Nemsadze 27-41), Will Jones (James Ratti 16), Sam Cross (Dewi Lake 70), Guido Volpi (Morgan Morris 60)
Northampton Saints: Tom Emery (Tom Collins 41); Ollie Sleightholme (Matt Worley 41), Fraser Dingwall (Luther Burrell 41), Rory Hutchinson (Fraser Strachan 41), Ken Pisi (Nafi Tuitavake 41); James Grayson (Dan Biggar 41), Cobus Reinach (Alex Mitchell 30, Connor Tupai 60); Francois van Wyk (Will Davis 30, Alex Waller 60), James Fish (Joe Gray 41), Ben Franks (Ehren Painter 41), Dom Barrow (Ratuniyarawa 30, Onojaife 60), David Ribbans (James Craig 41), Jamie Gibson (Paddy Ryan 41), Heinrich Brüssow (James Haskell 30, Lewis Ludlam 55), Mitch Eadie (Teimana Harrison 41)
Referee: Craig Evans (WRU)
?Att: 2,409
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