After going in front, Wasps are again penalised for offside in a kickable position.

Andy Goode, having missed his previous two penalties, makes no mistake with his third one to bring the scores level against his old club.

Attritional is how I'd describe this match.

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The anthems have been sung, the Stade de France is close to full and France against Italy has kicked off. 

The 2016 Six Nations is underway.

Wasps nearly get over the tryline but winger Josh Bassett is held up in the corner by his opposite number Giovanbattista Venditti and the play is brought back for an earlier Falcons infringement.

Jimmy Gopperth takes note of the conditions and slots his penalty through the post for the first points of the day.

Just listening to the radio commentary from BBC Coventry & Warwickshire (which you can to via the Live Coverage tab at the top of this page), you can hear the wind blowing on the microphones. That kick can't have been easy.

Newcastle fly-half Andy Goode is jeered by the home crowd for his second miss from the tee after Wasps are penalised for being offside.

The wind may again have had something to do with that... We might not get many scores here.

Wasps have given away a couple of early penalties, the latest of which sees their former player Andy Goode take aim for the posts just outside the 22.

The veteran Newcastle player pulls it wide as we are still scoreless at the Ricoh Arena.

The conditions are causing havoc.

Endless kicking so far at the Ricoh Arena as both sides try to force the opposition into a mistake in the swirling winds.

Nothing much in action to shout about other than that, but Wasps have been forced into an early change as forward James Gaskell needs help to take him off the field. James Cannon has come on to replace him.  

It's been an explosive start at The Stoop and a bright one from the Saints. Tom Wood with a good drive over the line but the decision is referred upstairs and he is denied by the TMO.

His side retain possession and Stephen Myler slots an easy penalty through the posts to give them the lead.

We are under way at the Ricoh Arena as Andy Goode makes a return to Wasps with his Newcastle side.

He helped Falcons beat Harlequins last week to take them off the bottom of the Premiership table.

But they face a side looking for a third successive league win - with Christian Wade hopeful of making an impact after three long months out.

We're underway at The Stoop as Harlequins look to make amends for last week's away defeat at Newcastle and maintain their unbeaten home record in all competitions this season.

The Saints, despite having only recorded one victory in the last four rounds of Premiership rugby, are looking for a much needed win in the capital and their record of five wins from their last five encounters with Quins will give them hope.

The warm ups are done, the final team talks are over and we're off to the Twickenham Stoop and Ricoh Arena, before joining events at Welford Road later.

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As well as the Premiership action, we will of course bring you the score updates from both France v Italy (14:25 GMT) and Scotland against England (16:50 GMT).

If you'd like to keep up with the build-up and action, we have you covered at BBC Sport here.

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As well as following us throughout the afternoon you can also listen the games today on your BBC Local Radio station. 

Wasps against Newcastle Falcons is being covered by both BBC Coventry and Warwickshire and BBC Newcastle. If you'd like to follow Northampton's trip to Harlequins then BBC Radio London and BBC Radio Northampton, while Leicester against Sale is on BBC Radio Leicester.

All of the games are available online using the 'Live Coverage' tab above, with Rotherham against Bristol Rugby also there. Enjoy.  

Former Wasps stand-off Andy Goode makes his first start for Newcastle on familiar soil at the Ricoh Arena.

His promotion from the bench to the starting XV is the only change to the team that beat Harlequins last Sunday.

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Replacements: McGuigan, Rogers, Ryan, Botha, Mayhew, Takulua, Willis, Watson.  

Wasps have fit-again winger Christian Wade back after three months out.

Co-captain Matt Mullan has been released from the England camp to appear on the bench alongside latest signing Siale Piutau.

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Replacements: Johnson, Mullan, Swainston, Cannon, Smith, Stevenson, Jackson, S Piutau.  

We've already had some rugby to kick off the weekend, as James Hook's five penalties saw Gloucester win the West Country derby at Bath on Friday- a sixth loss in a row for Mike Ford's side.

Cherry and Whites hooker Richard Hibbard certainly took one for the team to get the four points.

Ben Foden returns to full-back and Ken Pisi comes in on the wing in two of six Northampton's changes.

Scrum-half Lee Dickson replaces Tom Keller and forwards James Craig, Christian Day and Jamie Gibson come in.

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Replacements: Marshall, Waller, Denman, Matfield, Harrison, Kessell, Hanrahan, Wilson  

Harlequins make four changes to the side that lost to struggling Newcastle, bringing in forwards Kyle Sinckler, George Merrick and Nick Easter.

Matt Hopper starts at outside centre, with Kyle Sinckler, George Merrick and Nick Easter in the pack.

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Replacements: Gray, Evans, Collier, Matthews, Ward, Waters, Botica, Swiel