Saracens save Premiership blushes with Champions Cup qualification

European champions scrape into the quarter-finals after win over Northampton

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Owen Farrell of Saracens in action against Northampton in the Champions Cup
(Image credit: Steve Bardens/Getty Images)

Saracens 62 Northampton 14

Reigning European champions Saracens squeezed into the quarter-finals of the Champions Cup by the skin of their teeth yesterday, qualifying as one of the three best-placed runners-up in the pool stage.

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