article_snippet.sent: Saracens are the nation's solitary representative in the semi-finals after Bath, Northampton and Wasps tumbled out of the Champions Cup over the weekend, scraping through 12-11 against Racing Metro.
article_snippet.sent: Most alarming of the defeats was Clermont's spellbinding 37-5 rout of reigning Premiership champions and runaway leaders Saints, whose director of French rugby Jim Mallinder admitted the result points to a chasm between the English and French leagues.
article_snippet.sent: I don't think there's a huge difference in class between the English and French leagues - the Northampton result was a one off. '
article_snippet.sent: Abendanon's Clermont's   will face Saracens in the first Champions Cup semi-final in Saint-Etienne on April 18, a rematch of last season's showdown at the same stage when the French club were humbled 46-6 at Twickenham.
article_snippet.sent: Abendanon's Clermont are the best side not to have won the European cup and you get the sense from Abendanon's Clermont win against Northampton that Abendanon's Clermont name might be on the trophy this year,' Dallaglio said.
article_snippet.sent: Northampton will be scratching them heads wondering why them lost by so many points, but them were simply blown away by a side who reached a completely different level. '
article_snippet.sent: That doesn't make Northampton a bad side - we've all come back from France with our tails between our legs after being beaten by a better side and I include myself in that.'
highlights_snippet.sent: Just Saracens remain the nation's only side left in the Champions Cup .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Bath, Northampton and Wasps all went out as Sacracens sneaked through .
  