Summary

  • FT: Exeter 38-11 London Irish

  • FT: Northampton 42-16 Newcastle

  • FT: Wasps 16-9 Bath

  1. Penalty (Myler)published at 13:56

    Northampton 10-0 Newcastle

    It's been all Northampton in the opening 10 minutes in Milton Keynes, with Newcastle conceding yet another penalty, this time for crossing.

    No more fun in the corner for Stephen Myler, however - the England fly-half opts to split the posts to make it 10-0.

  2. Postpublished at 13:55

    Wasps v Bath (14:00 BST)

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    Try (Day, con Myler)published at 13:51

    Northampton 7-0 Newcastle

    And the pressure tells, with Christian Day grabbing the first try of the afternoon for Northampton behind a rolling maul following the latest line-out. An ominous old start for Newcastle, is this.

    Stephen Myler converts, Saints lead by seven.

  4. Northampton 0-0 Newcastlepublished at 13:50

    The home side are on top in the opening stages - Falcons have conceded three penalties inside the opening three minutes already.

    But each time Northampton turn down the three-point opportunity, instead heading for the corner.

    Still they come forward...

  5. Postpublished at 13:48

    Wasps v Bath (14:00 BST)

  6. Kick-offpublished at 13:46

    Northampton 0-0 Newcastle

    Saints fly-half Stephen Myler gets us up and running, Northampton in their familiar green, yellow and black this afternoon.

  7. The teams are out at Stadium MK...published at 13:43

    Northampton v Newcastle (13:45 BST)

    Right then, kick-off is just a few moments away at Northampton's home from home at Stadium MK.

    More than 20,000 tickets have been sold for this match - not too shabby.

    The two teams are out.

  8. Team newspublished at 13:40

    Northampton v Newcastle (13:45 BST)

    Newcastle Falcons' squad shows six changes, with returning Scotland World Cup prop Jon Welsh and Italy wing Giovanbattista Venditti both in the side.

    Samoa wing Alesana Tuilagi and Tonga flanker Nili Latu, Josh Furno and Ally Hogg are also in the starting XV.

    Newcastle teamImage source, BBC Sport

    Replacements: McGuigan, Fry, Vea, Botha, Welch, Dawson, Catterick, Penny.

  9. Team newspublished at 13:37

    Northampton v Newcastle (13:45 BST)

    Northampton Saints make three changes from the side who lost at Worcester.

    George Pisi replaces the injured Tom Stephenson at centre, while Courtney Lawes and Tom Wood are back from World Cup duty with England.

    Northampton teamImage source, BBC Sport

    Replacements: Haywood, E Waller, Hill, Paterson, Fisher, Fotuali'i, Hanrahan, Tuala.

  10. Postpublished at 13:33

    Wasps v Bath (14:00 BST)

  11. Team newspublished at 13:32

    Wasps v Bath (14:00 BST)

    Bath make two changes to the side which edged Exeter 19-17 last weekend.

    Ollie Devoto comes in at outside centre, while Fijian scrum-half Niko Matawalu, signed from Glasgow Warriors, makes his first Premiership start.

    Bath teamImage source, BBC Sport

    Replacements: Webber, Lahiff, Wilson, Day, Mercer, Cook, Priestland, Banahan.

  12. Team newspublished at 13:30

    Wasps v Bath (14:00 BST)

    Wasps include England internationals James Haskell and Joe Launchbury for their first home game of the season.

    Winger Frank Halai makes his debut, while Lorenzo Cittadini, also back from Rugby World Cup duty with Italy, is named among the replacements.

    Wasps teamImage source, BBC Sport

    Replacements: Johnson, McIntyre, Cittadini, Myall, Jones, Robson, Jackson, Tagicakibau.  

  13. Postpublished at 13:27

    Northampton v Newcastle (13:45 BST)

  14. BBC coveragepublished at 13:27

    We'll have live text commentary on the first two - at the Ricoh Arena and Stadium MK - and radio coverage of all three, with Exeter Chiefs v London Irish kicking off at 18:00 BST.

    To tune in to our selection of radio commentaries, pop up to the 'Live Coverage' tab at the top of this page.

  15. Welcome aboardpublished at 13:25

    Premiership launchImage source, Rex Features

    It's World Cup semi-final weekend!

    But before we all get stuck into a couple of spectacular south hemisphere tussles, we have a little something to whet the appetite.

    The English Premiership is already in full swing again - and there's three more matches to get our teeth stuck into today.