Northampton Saints are ready for the physical challenge of playing at altitude after leaving the English winter behind to face Bulls in the Champions Cup.
Northampton Saints are ready for the physical challenge of playing at altitude after leaving the English winter behind for their latest European Champions Cup game.
Bulls, by contrast, lost 27-5 to Saracens but Saints know they will be a formidable proposition on their own turf."I don't think many of us - if any of us - have actually played out there, at altitude, in the heat, so we're incredibly excited," England full-back George Furbank told BBC Radio Northampton."You look at their home record, they're incredibly hard to beat, but we back ourselves and we feel if we put in a performance we can beat them.
"There's definitely challenges. It's just the speed at which you lose your breath . At the same time, they've been away from home for a period of time, so we're not going to use that as an excuse. Despite the quality of opposition in the Premiership, Furbank believes the Champions Cup is a "definitely a step up."
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