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Castres ran in five tries in a 41-7 demolition of old European rivals Northampton Saints courtesy of a dominant forward performance that saw the visitors pack shoved all over the park.Winger David Smith was the main beneficiary of the hosts total control up front in the ninth European meeting between the two sides.He touched down twice - the first a saunter under the posts after captain Alex Tulous powerful run punched a hole in the Saints defence after 31 minutes, while his second came four minutes into the second period when he danced past two defenders to score in the corner following a smart offload from Thomas Combezou.Smith should have notched his hat-trick little more than a minute later, but he was unable to hold on to a sleight-of-hand pass from Tulou with his route to the line clear.Smiths brace sandwiched a try for loosehead prop Antoine Tichit, who was shoved over the line by his forward colleagues. Benjamin Urdapilleta converted both - the last with a little help from the upright.Saints had turned down four relatively straightforward penalty chances in favour of kicks to the corner during a period of concerted pressure midway through the first half.?But they were unable to make their possession tell, despite crossing the Castres line.After consulting with the TMO the referee ruled the ball was held up - and the hosts simply shoved the Saints pack off the ball from the resulting five-metre scrum. It was not the first time the Saints pack - featuring Courtney Lawes, Tom Wood, Teimana Harrison, Louis Picamoles and the returning Dylan Hartley - had been embarrassed.The hosts forwards were on a mission to prove that last weeks dismantling at Leinster was an aberration. They pushed the Northampton unit off the ball time and time again. And captain Tulou was causing mayhem whenever he had the ball in hand.Not even a yellow card for scrum-half Rory Kockott seemed to alter the game plan - or affect their control. In fact, it appeared to galvanise the home sides determination to prove that last weeks five-try drubbing by Leinster in Dublin was an aberration.Northampton arrived seeking their first back-to-back wins over French opposition since 2011/12 following last weeks last-gasp win against Montpellier, but in the second half they were consigned to the role of doughty defenders.They barely broke into Castres territory in the opening quarter of the second half - and even when they managed to get over the gainline, they were held at bay by an organised Castres defence.The game was long over as a contest by the time Saints winger James Wilson touched down for a consolation try with eight minutes left on the clock. 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Follow Charlies tip for a 2-2 draw at 14/1 here. Mauricio Pochettinos side could go top if they win on Wednesday - but the Soccer Saturday panel are all backing points for West Ham in their Sky Bet tips and expect the Gunners to reduce the gap with a victory over Swansea at the Emirates. Harry Kane scored twice in a 4-1 Spurs win back at White Hart Lane Charlie Nicholas told Sky Sports: West Ham would love nothing more than to dent Tottenhams title aspirations and they will be greeted by a really aggressive atmosphere in east London.Their players thrive on these big games, as they have shown with victories at Arsenal, Manchester City and Liverpool, and then again when Chelsea came to visit. Slaven Bilic has praised Mauricio Pochettino for his work at Tottenham. Spurs will go top of the Premier League if they beat West Ham. These are the types of matches where you really need to compete physically and while Pochettinos side have shown they can do that, I still worry about them in the final 15 to 20 minutes of games.Im expecting a lot of tension and plenty of goals and I wouldnt be surprised tto see things boil over and somebody being sent off.dddddddddddd Diafra Sakho and Kyle Walker were both booked in a heated reverse fixture Paul Merson is backing a 1-1 draw in his midweek predictions and Matt Le Tissier is going a step further in tipping the Hammers to cause an upset. The Southampton legend said: The pressure is starting to crank up a little bit now and with 11 games to go you do start seeing your objectives a bit clearer.The worrying thing for Spurs is that Pochettinos Southampton side tended to tail off at the end of it, and Im not sure if that was because of the way he demanded so much from his players. Hammers to sink Spurs? Matt Le Tissier is backing West Ham to win 2-1 and Payet to score first here. However, Nicholas admits Spurs have got themselves into such a strong position that it is not essential for them to beat both the Hammers and Arsenal this week.He added: In a strange way, they can almost afford a slip-up in one of their upcoming London derbies with the position theyre in and Leicester will drop points.My concern about both Leicester and Spurs was the way they were relying on the same players so much but fair play to Pochettino and Ranieri, they made changes that won them games at the weekend. Tottenham fans are increasingly confident theyll win the Premier League Also See: Spurs family fires up poch West Ham v Spurs preview Poch: Were not favourites Team of the season so far ' ' '