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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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