Northampton target Leinster double

Northampton Saints director of rugby Jim Mallinder has challenged his side to do the double over Leinster this season.

The Aviva Premiership club get their Champions Cup campaign under way at home to Montpellier on Saturday, with Leinster facing Castres in the same pool.

But Mallinder has already earmarked the meetings with the Irish province as critical to his side’s prospects. The sides last met in the 2013 campaign when Saints were thumped 7-40 at home before pulling off a shock 18-9 victory in Dublin just seven days later.