• Northampton 15-11 Scarlets
• Tom Wood admits to sadness over Stuart Lancaster leaving EnglandA win was non-negotiable for Northampton,and the force of will such situations tend to elicit won out. The Saints reacquainted themselves with the feeling of topping a table, albeit one game in with the other in the pool postponed.
It looked early-on as if they might sprint absent with this one but teams on a bad sprint, or as Saints are in the Premiership,often struggle to press home an advantage. In the cessation, they had to call on that force of will against a weakened Scarlets team still fast and intelligent enough to sting anyone.
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Source: theguardian.com