Champions Cup heartbreak for Northampton in Cardiff

Rugby Union Weekly

BBC

Sports, Sports News, News, Rugby

4.6 • 5.2K Ratings

🗓️ 24 May 2025

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

We're in Cardiff to bring you immediate reaction to the Champions Cup final as Bordeaux overpower Northampton to win club rugby's biggest prize for the first time. Matt Dawson and Paul Grayson, who lifted the cup with Saints 25 years ago, join Chris to pick the bones out of a thrilling and chaotic final. They discuss the impact of the injuries to Saints duo George Furbank and James Rahm early in the game and the countless TMO interventions. Damien Penaud scored twice to finish the tournament with an incredible 14 tries, but who else caught the eye for the new champions? We analyse Henry Pollock's performance in his first final and ask if Saints' run to the final was a one-off or whether English clubs can continue to compete at the top end of Europe.

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0:40.9	Five Lives, Rugby Union Weekly, Cardiff's Principality Stadium, Saturday evening,
0:50.8	Champions Cup Final, Northampton 20, Bordeaux 28. And as the fans filter out of this
0:58.5	great cathedral of the sport, huge pockets of Bordeaux fans are flying their flag and celebrating
1:05.0	the greatest moment in Bordeaux's history as a rugby club. Bordeaux for the fifth year in a row win it for France
1:12.8	and there is a new name on the Champions Cup. Not to be for Northampton we've got two legends of
1:18.5	Saints Rugby here on the potters ever on five live podding after the big games Matt Dorson and
1:24.0	Paul Grayson. Dorsal, your reaction, still raw?
1:30.2	We went to the world during that game, didn't there?
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