Twelvetrees nips it slightly to the left of the posts and the scores remain the same. They have to make use of this man advantage before the break though.

Despite the early dominance, Saints have lost England forward Tom Wood to the sin-bin for an infringement at a maul. Billy Twelvetrees with the chance for three points...

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One man who Northampton will be looking to get into the game tonight is George North, the star Wales wing who signed a new contract on Thursday to end speculation over his future.

He was never leaving, was he?

Meanwhile, Gloucester have a scrum on Saints' 22 and lose the ball after a few passes. A familiar story so far.

Gloucester have a scrum right up to the Northampton line, but even the introduction of Yann Thomas cannot change the visitors' fortunes in the pack, and the ball is won by Saints and kicked away to touch. That was a golden chance to add to the scoreboard.

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Billy Twelvetrees, the man with the greatest nickname in rugby, '36', has his side on the board with a difficult looking penalty from the left in the swirling wind.

The Cherry and Whites are on the board.

Well after that warning from the ref, it appears like David Humpreys has seen enough to realise Paddy McAllister can't deal with Kieran Brookes at the scrum and the prop comes off for Yann Thomas.

Yet again, Northampton win a penalty off the back of a scrum, and the ref calls over captain Billy Twelvetrees to warn his loosehead prop Paddy McAllister, at fault for three penalties already.

Stephen Myler duly obliges with the kick.

After a bit of an injury break, it's a Saints scrum around the Gloucester 22. They've been dominant so far, can they force the issue?

Wave after wave of Northampton players are running at the Gloucester defence, but David Humphreys' men stand strong, before Bill Meakes infringes.

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The Cherry and Whites finally have a bit of ball in the opposition half, and spread the play from left to right and back again, but a poor pass allows Saints' Luther Burrell to grab the ball and kick forward.

The England centre doesn't have the legs, but Charlie Sharples can't get out of trouble and gives Saints a line-out just five metres out.

Gloucester front-rower John Afoa gives away a very soft penalty and Stephen Myler has an easy kick to extend his side's lead. Gloucester have barely been in this so far.

Gloucester win the ball back at the breakdown, but immediately lose it, and the hosts are doing well to keep the ball going - George North almost breaking through.

They are knocking on the door here.

It's early in the game, but Saints' pack seem to have the upper hand tonight.

They win another scrum, giving Stephen Myler the opportunity to kick downfield just inside the 22.

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That kick against the wind from Myler just, and I mean just, crept over through the posts. Saints have the early advantage.

A couple of scrums in the middle of the park have proved pretty brutal, but Saints come out the stronger and the referee gives them a penalty. Time for Stephen Myler to step up...

A quick reminder that, as well as enjoying coverage of tonight's Premiership fun at Franklin's Gardens, there's also a couple of Championship matches you can follow on this very page - with promotion hopefuls Bristol among those in action.

Gloucester kick the penalty into touch but off the line-out Saints' Jamie Gibson wins it back, and the ball eventually finds its way out to George North, fresh from his new contract, on the left.

The Wales wing comes up against Charlie Sharples and decides to kick, but it hits the man in Cherry and White and goes out.