Stuart Lancaster: Northampton have no case to answer for Leinster mauling

Coach Stuart Lancaster feels Northampton Saints have no case to answer for the side they fielded against Leinster in Dublin last Saturday.

Jim Mallinder held back a number of high-profile players, including captain Tom Wood, Courtney Lawes, and Ben Foden, and the visitors duly went down to their heaviest ever defeat in Europe, falling 47 points short of their hosts at the Aviva Stadium.

Lancaster listed off a number of names who did make an appearance by way of explanation: Calum Clark, who he capped with England, Kieran Brookes, his tighthead at last year’s World Cup, Ken and George Pisi, and JJ Hanrahan.