PAUL REES LOOKS AT WHY NORTHAMPTON WERE THE LAST ENGLISH TEAM STANDING IN THIS SEASON’S CHAMPIONS CUP
AND then there was one. Northampton were the only Premiership side left standing in the Champions Cup after the last 16 round ended belatedly at Toulouse on Sunday.
What happened to delay the kick-off, a parachutist delivering the match ball dangling the roof of the ground after his equipment became snared in the awning, could serve as a metaphor for the professional game in England – all tangled up.
Sale took it to Toulouse, worth their half-time lead, but not for the...
