Northampton break England’s duck in Champions Cup with victory over Cardiff

The Guardian

Pool 4: Northampton 28-12 Cardiff Saints claim first win for Prem side at eighth time of asking At 7.16pm, just around the time those Sunday night blues kick in, England’s Champions Cup cohort finally had something to cheer about. It was not pretty but after seven of their Prem rivals had failed to claim victory in the opening round of the competition, Saints survived a sizeable scare from Cardiff to put one on the board for the Prem, thanks in no small part to the excellent George Hendy. It might be harsh on some of the performances this weekend – Gloucester were immense in drawing with…