Flag bearers: Tommy Freeman’s hat-trick helped earn Saints a place in the Champions Cup quarter-finals
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THE Premiership have had one of their worst results in the European Champions Cup since the competition’s creation with just one team, Northampton, making it through to the next round of games.
This failure could be a result of some of the clubs following a French example and resting some of their star players for away games while not having the strength in depth to compete.
Of the five Premiership teams in last weekend’s Champions Cup ...