Courtney Lawes may be retired in England, but he should have one eye on the 2025 British and Irish Lions tour – Getty Images/Brendan Moran To make a meaningful bid for victory in Croke Park, or even to make Leinster sweat, it always felt like Northampton Saints needed a tour de force from Courtney Lawes. … Read more
Courtney Lawes (right) will need to make a monumental change for Northampton Saints’ upset against Leinster – PA/Adam Davy Common wisdom suggests that knockout games are cagey, claustrophobic affairs. If ever there was a quartet of semi-finalists who could blow this truth away, this season’s Champions Cup has found them. Leinster, Northampton Saints, Toulouse and … Read more
Alex Mitchell eludes Munster’s Mike Haley during Saints’ run to weekend semi-final – Andrew Kearns / CameraSport via Getty Images Nothing better illustrates the gap in resources between Northampton Saints and Leinster, who meet in the Investec Champions Cup semi-final on Saturday evening, than their recent recruitment. If Leinster shop at Harrods for All Black … Read more