line-out

An initial push from a line-out maul was repelled by the home defence, but when the ball was recycled, Cracknell was able to burrow under the bodies to score.

There seemed to be a mix-up in the line-out call when Johnny Matthews throw sailed right over the top, but Adam Hastings was on to it and slipped a pass for Venter to crash over.

To further compound Clermont's demise, Sebastien Bezy joined Thomas Ceyte in the sin-bin before Juarno Augustus added Northampton's fourth try from a line-out strike move on the stroke of half-time.

But Hall's effort pulled Saracens level and replacement Theo Dan scored the decisive try from a Leicester line-out, with Cameron Henderson's effort for the Tigers controversially ruled out for offside.

Saracens were hit by another injury blow when Lozowski was forced off on the hour - but again they responded by scoring, with Maro Itoje doing enough to disrupt the line-out so that Julian Montoya's throw sailed through for Dan to collect and finish.