Saints host the Bulls in Northampton on Saturday, while Harlequins and Exeter Chiefs travel to France to take on Bordeaux and Toulouse
After five of last week’s ties in the round of 16 were repeats from the pool stage – described by the competition organisers as an “anomaly” with a seven per cent chance of occurring – we roll straight into a fantastic weekend ofThree teams from England, three from France, one from Ireland and one from South Africa make up the cast list.
Leo Cullen’s Leinster knocked Leicester out last week, 36-22, with some impressive second-half defence to embellish three tries by scrum-half Jamison Gibson-Park, and one each for Robbie Henshaw and Jack Conan. So the only mystery here is working out which of these Champions Cup big dogs will still be snarling at the end.
White is of course a competitive animal, and he will analyse the hell out of Northampton’s much-praised backline moves, based around England half-backs Alex Mitchell – who postponed wrist surgery after the Six Nations to keep serving his club – and Fin Smith.
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