‘We were battering them… until half-time’ – how Leinster broke Northampton with sensational final comeback
Brian O'Driscoll and Shane Horgan celebrate with the Heineken Cup after the 2011 final.
This weekend, Phil Dowson’s Northampton face Leo Cullen’s Leinster for a spot in the Champions Cup final but 13 years ago the two sides − and their two leaders − met in one of the most memorable and exhilarating European showpieces in history.
At Cardiff’s Principality Stadium − or the Millenium as it was known in 2011 − the Saints took on the Dubliners; to the victor, the crown of Europe’s best side. Northampton reached the final as the only unbeaten side but only a cursory glance at Leinster’s squad was enough to discern that the Irish province would take some stopping.
