After losing their last 10 games in the Champions Cup over the past three years, Northampton ended that miserable sequence in style by storming Glasgow’s Scotstoun fortress.
The Warriors, back at the top table of European rugby after reaching the Challenge Cup final last season, had lost only once at home in the last two years but they were blown away in barely half an hour here by their slick and powerful Premiership opponents.
If there was mild disappointment at not crowning such an impressive performance in driving rain and a strong wind with a bonus point, Saints will nevertheless return to Franklin’s Gardens to host Toulon on Friday with a spring in their collective step.
This was a sixth win in seven matches and, after winning at Saracens in the league last weekend, this was further evidence of a side building momentum and confidence.
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