We're in a better place - Hartley

04 April 2015Saints, beaten 33-22 by Leinster in the 2011 Heineken Cup final, play Clermont Auvergne in Saturday's European Champions Cup quarter-final.

"We are in a better place now," said the England hooker and Saints captain.

"We had a good run (in 2011).

Everything seemed to go our way, bar 40 minutes.

"That probably exhausted us.

We had one team that played every game.

We've got a better balanced squad now, men fighting for positions.

"We've won the Premiership, which is nice, we'd like to win it again this year, but as a squad if we want to progress we've got t…