London Irish 18-23 Northamptonpublished at 74 mins
Strong defence from Northampton as Irish try to wheel the maul infield.
Penalty conceded eventually by Saints and Irish once more go for the corner.
Summary
FT: Exeter 33-17 Sale
Exeter go top of Premiership
FT: London Irish 25-23 Northampton
Exiles pick up first win of 2015-16 season
FT: Leicester 22-10 Newcastle
London Irish 18-23 Northamptonpublished at 74 mins
London Irish 18-23 Northamptonpublished at 73 mins
Penalty at that scrum on halfway for Irish and Shane Geraghty pumps it to the corner.
Try (Betham, Burns con)published at 16:09
Leicester 17-10 Newcastle
Peter Bethamwriggles through after a missed tackle from Newcastle and Tigers have the lead. Freddie Burns adds the extras.
Image source, Getty ImagesLondon Irish 18-23 Northamptonpublished at 72 mins
Ken Pisi has a moment to forget on halfway as he tries to float a pass infield and drops it in front of him.
Chance for Irish to use it.
London Irish 18-23 Northamptonpublished at 70 mins
Ten minutes to go in this one as Teimana Harrison kicks behind the Irish line into touch.
Pressure once more on The Exiles at the line-out.
Back under waypublished at 16:04
Leicester 10-10 Newcastle & Exeter 10-10 Sale
And the second half is under way at both Welford Road and Sandy Park. Intriguing 40 minutes coming up.
London Irish 18-23 Northamptonpublished at 69 mins
Irish lose the ball on the floor but Ken Pisi makes a hashed kicked clearance.
Once more Irish fail to make use of their line-out and there's a burst away from Northampton into Irish's half...
London Irish 18-23 Northamptonpublished at 68 mins
Northampton's Victor Matfield penalised for offside on halfway and replacement Shane Geraghty kicks it downfield for the line-out.
London Irish 18-23 Northamptonpublished at 66 mins
Big problems now for London Irish as they trail both on the scoreboard and in numbers on the field.
Can they claw their way out of this?
HT: Exeter 10-10 Salepublished at 16:01
Brent Pilnick, BBC Sport
at Sandy Park
Image source, Getty Images"The wind here at Sandy Park is such a factor.
"Both of Gareth Steenson's conversion attempts were blown back in his face, but despite that Exeter kept possession well.
"Can Sale survive a Chiefs onslaught again with the wind in their faces?"
Sin-binpublished at 65 mins
London Irish 18-23 Northampton
Bang! Big booming tackle by Aseli Tikoirotuma on Ben Foden.
Irish are reduced to 14 men as the referee rules that's foul play for lifting Foden off the ground and dropping him on his shoulder.
Try (Fotuali'i, Myler con)published at 64 mins
London Irish 18-23 Northampton
London Irish punished for throwing a line-out too long and Teimana Harrison picked it up before running towards the posts and off-loading toKahn Fotuali'ifor the try which puts Saints ahead for the first time.
Stephen Myler kicks the conversion.
London Irish 18-16 Northamptonpublished at 61 mins
Frustration for Irish as they concede a penalty from that line-out after Northampton spoil it and then Irish block down the clearance when offside.
Half-timepublished at 15:50
Leicester 10-10 Newcastle & Exeter 10-10 Sale
Cracking first half in both of our 15:00 GMT fixtures, with both games level at 10-10 at the break.
London Irish 18-16 Northamptonpublished at 60 mins
Joe Trayfoot is hauled down in the air at the line-out by Northampton.
Chance for Irish to kick to the corner and alleviate some pressure as the hour mark approaches.
London Irish 18-16 Northamptonpublished at 58 mins
Irish march a maul forward from the 22 after a line-out but they miss the chance to capitalise as it breaks down 15 metres out.
Triple change for Northampton and a couple for Irish as both sides reshuffle their packs.
No trypublished at 15:47
Exeter 10-10 Sale
James Short thinks he's gone over for Exeter but it's ruled out. It's very tight at Sandy Park.
Image source, Getty ImagesPenalty (Myler)published at 55 mins
London Irish 18-16 Northampton
No mistake this time from Stephen Myler and it's back to two points.
London Irish 18-13 Northamptonpublished at 55 mins
Penalty conceded by Irish right in front of their own posts for being off their feet.
Stephen Myler will take the three points.
London Irish 18-13 Northamptonpublished at 53 mins
The good and the bad from Chris Noakes in the space of three minutes.
He fumbles a kick through from Northampton in his own 22 to concede the scrum.