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Northampton give Andy Farrell much to ponder before Lions unveiling

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Northampton beat Leinster 37-34 in the Champions Cup final in Dublin .

The Saints will now feel they have a genuine chance of lifting the Cup for the first time in quarter of a century .

Andy Farrell suddenly has much to ponder before Thursday ’s British & Irish Lions squad announcement.

Their record in high pressure games is increasingly patchy and they will be conspicuously absent from the final in Cardiff on 24 May . Plenty of food for thought for Farrell and the Lions management, therefore, with around a dozen Leinster players hoping to tour Australia next month ..

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