Northampton 8-32 Racing Metro | European Rugby Champions Cup Pool 5 match report

Northampton 8-32 Racing MetroThe England coaches Graham Rowntree and Andy Farrell were at the home of the Premiership leaders to check on their six national squad players ahead of the opening Six Nations match in Cardiff in 12 days, and sneak a look at the four Wales internationals on view. There was little to comfort them: Dylan Hartley received another card, Luther Burrell was eclipsed by Jamie Roberts, Alex Corbisiero had a mixed afternoon in the scrum and Tom Wood suffered an ankle injury.It was Northampton’s second home defeat of the season and was, in a way, more chastening than Leinster…