Anscombe rues Northampton defeat

Pleased as he is to be into the knockout stages of the Heineken Cup Ulster head coach Mark Anscombe knows that had his charges not slipped up against Northampton Saints in Round 4 they would have the added luxury of a home quarter-final.

Instead, having finished the pools stages seeded fifth, Ulster must travel to Vicarage Road take on Mark McCall’s Saracens in the quarter-final.