Munster win can help Northampton Saints shock Leinster at Croke Park

“Away from home, it's never smooth sailing but you've just got to fight to find a way."
Munster win can help Northampton Saints shock Leinster at Croke Park

SAINTS AND SINNERS: Northampton Saints' Fraser Dingwall is tackled by Munster’s Jack Crowley during their Champions Cup clash. Picture: David Davies/PA 

There are long odds on Northampton Saints storming Croke Park this Saturday and progressing to the Champions Cup final at Leinster’s expense.

Yet there is belief in the English club’s camp, fuelled by a season-defining victory at Thomond Park earlier this season, that Saints have the mettle and the personnel to upset the bookmakers and deliver a killer blow to Leo Cullen’s men and 80,000 supporters at the weekend.

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