The Irish Independent's Niall Crozier reports from Ulster's Heineken Cup quarter-final defeat to Northampton in Milton Keynes.
"Ulster's Heineken Cup dream is over for this year. Yesterday afternoon at a sun-kissed stadium:mk they were beaten by opponents whose brawn ultimately made the difference.
"Northampton Saints have an awesome scrum, their line-out is sound, Courtney Lawes was immense, and they have a maul which wears opponents down.
"But Ulster contributed to their own downfall, with 17 of Northampton's 23 points attributable to avoidable errors. The Saints made the most of those lapses, punishing Ulster on the scoreboard.
"Having led 13-10 at half-time, Ulster failed to score a point in the second half, during which the screw tightened. Slowly they were strangled as Saints squeezed the life from them."
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