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Tommy Freeman scored a first-half hat-trick for Northampton. Billy Stickland/INPHO

Champions Cup Rugby

Northampton end Leinster's Champions Cup bid in 10-try Aviva Stadium epic

Saints stun Leinster 37-34 to book their place in the final.

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Leinster Rugby 34

Northampton Saints 37

LEINSTER’S DREAM OF a fifth European crown is over after they were stunned by the Northampton Saints in Saturday’s Champions Cup semi-final in Dublin.

Northampton, who came into the game as 20-point underdogs, shaded a 10-try epic by three points to book their place in the final in Cardiff, where they will face either Toulouse or Bordeaux.

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Northampton end Leinster's Champions Cup bid in 10-try Aviva Stadium epic

Leinster Rugby 34

Northampton Saints 37

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