Northampton Saints’ Lions quartet Henry Pollock, Tommy Freeman, Alex Mitchell, Fin Smith faced Saracens’ Lions trio Maro Itoje, Ben Earl, Elliot Daly in Saturday’s Premiership; watch every game of 2025 Lions tour, including all three Tests vs Australia live on Sky Sports

Tommy Freeman was one of four Lions in action for Northampton as they beat Saracens and their three Lions on Saturday

We take a look at how each of 2025’s British and Irish Lions players involved in Saturday’s Premiership and URC matches got on…

The Northampton Saints quartet of back-row Henry Pollock, wing Tommy Freeman, scrum-half Alex Mitchell and fly-half Fin Smith were each in action as their side fought from 7-24 behind to beat Saracens 28-24 in the final play at Franklin’s Gardens.

Sarries lock Maro Itoje, back-row Ben Earl and centre Elliot Daly were in action in that defeat.

Northampton next face Bordeaux Begles in the Champions Cup final next Saturday at Cardiff’s Principality Stadium.

In Saturday’s second Premiership clash, fly-half Finn Russell and tighthead prop Will Stuart were in action as league leaders Bath beat Leicester Tigers 43-15. Russell kicked four conversions in the win, while Stuart scored a try off the bench.

Leicester lock Ollie Chessum was sin-binned 10 minutes into the defeat for the Tigers at the Rec.

In the URC, lock Tadhg Beirne captained Munster to a vital 30-21 victory over Italians Benetton at Musgrave Park to secure Champions Cup qualification and a URC playoff place, while Edinburgh loosehead Pierre Schoeman was among the tries as they thrashed Ulster 47-17 to seal a top-eight place also.

British and Irish Lions 38-player squad for 2025 tour of Australia

Forwards (21):

Tadhg Beirne, Ollie Chessum, Jack Conan, Luke Cowan-Dickie, Scott Cummings, Tom Curry, Ben Earl, Zander Fagerson, Tadhg Furlong, Ellis Genge, Maro Itoje (c), Ronan Kelleher, Joe McCarthy, Jac Morgan, Henry Pollock, Andrew Porter, James Ryan, Pierre Schoeman, Dan Sheehan, Will Stuart, Josh van der Flier.

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Ieuan Evans reveals the 21 forwards who will represent the British and Irish Lions on their Tour of Australia in the summer

Backs (17):

Bundee Aki, Elliot Daly, Tommy Freeman, Jamison Gibson-Park, Mack Hansen, Huw Jones, Hugo Keenan, Blair Kinghorn, James Lowe, Alex Mitchell, Garry Ringrose, Finn Russell, Fin Smith, Marcus Smith, Sione Tuipulotu, Duhan van der Merwe, Tomos Williams.

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Ieuan Evans reveals the 17 backs who will represent the British and Irish Lions on their Tour of Australia in the summer

Lions 2025 squad positional breakdown:

Loosehead prop

Ellis Genge (England), Andrew Porter (Ireland), Pierre Schoeman (Scotland)

Tighthead prop

Zander Fagerson (Scotland), Tadhg Furlong (Ireland), Will Stuart (England)

Hooker

Luke Cowan-Dickie (England), Ronan Kelleher (Ireland), Dan Sheehan (Ireland)

Second row

Maro Itoje (England, captain), Tadhg Beirne (Ireland), Ollie Chessum (England), Scott Cummings (Scotland), Joe McCarthy (Ireland), James Ryan (Ireland)

Back-row

Jack Conan (Ireland), Tom Curry (England), Ben Earl (England), Jac Morgan (Wales), Henry Pollock (England), Josh van der Flier (Ireland)

Scrum-half

Jamison Gibson-Park (Ireland), Alex Mitchell (England), Tomos Williams (Wales)

Fly-half

Finn Russell (Scotland), Fin Smith (England), Marcus Smith (England)

Centre

Bundee Aki (Ireland), Huw Jones (Scotland), Garry Ringrose (Ireland), Sione Tuipolotu (Scotland)

Wings

Tommy Freeman (England), Mack Hansen (Ireland), James Lowe (Ireland), Duhan van der Merwe (Scotland)

Full-back

Elliot Daly (England), Hugo Keenan (Ireland), Blair Kinghorn (Scotland)

Watch the Lions tour of Australia live on Sky Sports in 2025

Sky Sports will exclusively show the 2025 British and Irish Lions tour of Australia, with all three Tests against the Wallabies and six warm-up matches to be shown exclusively live.