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Why brave Saints prove English clubs CAN go toe-to-toe with French giants, writes CHRIS FOY - now is the time to ditch the defeatism and inferiority complex

Why brave Saints prove English clubs CAN go toe-to-toe with French giants, writes CHRIS FOY - now is the time to ditch the defeatism and inferiority complex

CHRIS FOY: When the pain subsides - and it won't for a while yet - Northampton will take heart from having blazed a trail for English clubs.

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