Northampton 20-24 Ulster: Visitors hold off late rally to spoil Courtney Lawes' big day and reach the Champions Cup last 16 Ulster held off a valiant Northampton to claim a bonus-point win on Saturday Saints sank to a sixth successive Euro defeat despite Courtney Lawes' efforts Chris Boyd's side now must beat Racing 92 in Paris on Sunday to progress
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Courtney Lawes trudged off exhausted having given body and soul to the cause but his 250th appearance for Northampton ended without the fitting fairy tale of a European revival.
Instead of marking the occasion with a win to keep their Heineken Champions Cup hopes alive, the Saints sank to a sixth successive continental defeat, to leave their campaign doomed.
Chris Boyd's side can still reach the round of 16 but on Sunday they will be in the French capital to take on mighty Racing 92 — the Parisians who won 45-14 at Franklin's Gardens last month, so the writing is on the wall.
Ulster held off a valiant Northampton to claim a bonus-point win on Sunday afternoon
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