The rise and rise of Exeter contrasts with curious fall of Northampton | Dean Ryan

While Rob Baxter seems able to get the most out of every Chiefs player in the European Champions Cup, the Saints’ big-name players are strugglingBy the time Jérôme Garcès blows the final whistle at Welford Road on Sunday evening, at least three English clubs should be well on their way to the Champions Cup quarter-finals. Saracens, Leicester and one of Wasps and Bath should be sitting very pretty at the end of the weekend’s action, and I would not bet against Exeter confounding expectations away to Clermont. Northampton’s backs, though, not to mention their forwards, are fi…