• Saracens 29-20 Northampton
• Ashton scores against his former clubIt has been a difficult few weeks for Chris Ashton but he looked as whether he enjoyed a measure of redemption when he went over for the try that broke Northampton. That the Saints are his former club may hold added extra spice to the moment. The swallow dive was performed with gusto. Saracens knew they were into the semi-finals of the Champions Cup.
They had waited long enough – until the 68th minute – to break a side devastated by injury,whom they were expected to dispatch with ease. Instead, they made tough work of it, or not really hitting their straps till the final quarter,flapping around haplessly for virtually all of the first half. They had some curious non-performances during the Six Nations, but very rarely do they play as badly as this when everyone is present and right.
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Source: theguardian.com