George Lowe has played the part of a pinball in the first five minutes. His initial break has Saints backpedalling and then again he's rattling his way through bodies, after a lovely looped pass from Marlon Yarde, to touchdown.

Tim Swiel misses the conversion, to tarnish an almost perfect start for Quins.

An early scrum for Saints ends up with Harlequins coming out with the ball, but it's turned over and Ben Foden's attempt at a grubber kick goes for a Quins line-out.

Stephen Myler launches the kick-off, Mike Brown returns it and Saints have possession as we get under way.

Northampton emerge from the tunnel first, on to a pitch so pristine you could play snooker on it.

Then come Quins, with most of the 82,000 in the famous ground up on their feet.

Here we go. Can Saints go back to the top of the Premiership? Or are Quins ready to spoil the party?

Owen Farrell kicks a penalty to put Saracens seven points clear against Newcastle. The Falcons have certainly run last season's Premiership finalists close this afternoon - can they get back into the match with 15 minutes left?

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The last time Northampton Saints walked out on to the Twickenham pitch was 211 days ago - not that anyone at Franklin's Gardens is counting.

It was the day the Saints were crowned the champions of England for the first time, courtesy of Alex Waller's try in the murky depths of extra time.

Rugby HQ could well be renamed Happy Quarters for Jim Mallinder's men.

But Harlequins are the home side here remember, and what better way to put some indifferent form to bed than with a win over the champs at English rugby's greatest venue.

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And speaking of England, Quins wing Ugo Monye had been putting himself in the mix for a recall to the international fold this season, until his groin muscle detached from the bone and needed an op.

Today will be the 31-year-old's first start since September.

Saracens hit back against Newcastle Falcons, with Nick Tompkins powering over to score at Kingston Park.

Owen Farrell adds the extras and Mark McCall's side have now edged into a four-point lead.

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Heartening news for Stuart Lancaster - and anyone who has a penchant for England prop options - this weekend, as Alex Corbisiero is named on the Northampton bench.

The loosehead has not played since September, when he needed surgery to fix ligaments damaged by a dislocated shoulder.

Harlequins: Brown; Yarde, Hopper, Lowe, Monye; Swiel, Care; Lambert, Ward, Collier; Matthews, Robson; Trayfoot, Clifford, Easter (capt)

Replacements: Gray, Marfo, Sinckler, Twomey, J Chisholm, Dickson, Casson, R Chisholm

Northampton Saints: Foden; K Pisi, G Pisi, Burrell, north; Myler, L Dickson; A Waller, Haywood, Ma'afu; Dickinson, Day; Clark, Wood (capt), Manoa

Replacements: McMillan, Corbisiero, Denman, Nutley, Dowson, Fotuali'i, Wilson, Stephenson

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England scrum-half Danny Care is back in the XV for Harlequins and, as we mentioned, so is wing Ugo Monye.

Northampton hooker Dylan Hartley is absent of course, as he serves a three-week ban for catching Leicester's Matt Smith with his elbow last week, so Mike Haywood comes into the front row.

No Courtney Lawes for Saints either, who has a knock, so Sam Dickinson comes into an unfamiliar position.

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Sinoti Sinoti puts Newcastle Falcons in front against play-off-chasing Saracens, with Juan Pablo Socino adding the extras.

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It seems there are 82,000 rugby fanatics out there who have wisely eschewed an afternoon of turkey sandwiches and high street sales for a day out in west London.

Twickenham will be packed to the rafters as Harlequins host Premiership champions Northampton Saints. It will be an atmosphere worthy of roasting your chestnuts on.

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So now it's time to turn our attention to Twickenham, which is looking superb as the evening draws in over the capital.

The Premiership champions are in town, and will be purring after their win over local rivals Leicester Tigers last week.

Harlequins had one of their better days in what has been an up and down season with their win over Newcastle in game week 10 - it's probably about the Londoners got stepped up a gear, is it not?

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Former England centre on BBC Radio 5live

"On this amount of time it is going to be difficult to integrate Sam Burgess.

"He needs game time. It's the only way he'll get used to this game. I have no doubt he has the skill set to go well in union.

"You have to start him - he needs more time than 20 minutes - but Eastmond and Joseph are first choice centres.

"Talk of Sam playing for England is a long way off at the moment."

Bath full-back Anthony Watson told BT Sport: "It's awesome to come into training every day and work with the likes of George Ford and Kyle Eastmond, and I think our attacking shape has really come together this year."

Bath full-back Anthony Watson told BT Sport: "It was a bit scrappy at times but we held on at the end and it was great to get the bonus point. We're really striving to be in that top four this season and then push on even further."

After being behind for most of the game, Leicester have won this!

Julian Salvi has the ball over the line with just under two minutes left, and Owen Williams kicks the ball over the posts to put Tigers two points ahead, after being 30-15 down.

Sale push for a winner, but cannot get past a strong Tigers defence and their losing streak against Leicester is extended to 11.