Rugby union: talking points from the weekend's Champions Cup action

Northampton’s beating at Castres was worryingly unsurprising, Williams injury a problem for Scarlets and Toulon resemble ‘Barbarians on a bad day’One of the most extraordinary turnarounds in rugby history was the manner in which Leinster overturned a 16-point half-time deficit in the 2011 Heineken Cup final, which had flattered them, so comprehensively had they been outplayed by Northampton. At the time we marvelled at the transformation of Leinster in the second half, eventually triumphing 33-22, but perhaps we should have been more alive to the capitulation out of nowhere of the Saints. Sinc…