Worcester get us under way from Tom Heathcote's kick, and Bath have first touch of the ball.

It may be extremely cold in Northampton, but there's hardly a free seat in the house at Franklin's Gardens. Stephen Myler gets us under way and Tim Wigglesworth will be the man in the middle taking charge of his 101st Premiership game.

Bath bring in Japan international flanker Amanaki Mafi for his debut.

Without England's George Ford and Wales' Rhys Priestland, they also draft in teenager Adam Hastings for his debut at fly-half.

The son of Scotland legend Gavin Hastings, the 19-year-old stand-off helped Scotland's Under-20s to their first-ever win over England at that level when they won 24-6 at Cumbernauld last Friday.

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Replacements: Batty, Obano, Wilson, Ewels, Day, Garvey, Evans, Williams.

Worcester Warriors make five changes for the visit of Bath to Sixways.

Carl Kirwan makes his first Premiership appearance at flanker, with new signing Dewald Potgieter on the bench, while Darren Barry, Val Rapava-Ruskin, Tom Heathcote and Andy Symons are recalled.

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Replacements: Bregvadze, Leleimalefaga, Johnston, Sanderson, Potgieter, Mulchrone, Lamb, Mills.

And, just as I was ready to type about our first points of the day, Danny Cipriani drags a penalty wide of the near upright. That was more than kickable.

It is 14-a-side at the AJ Bell Stadium for now, though, after Exeter's James Short was yellow carded.

Harlequins make three changes to the XV which lost to Northampton Saints, with Joe Gray starting at hooker and Dave Ward named at flanker.

Winger Tim Visser returns from a hamstring injury sustained in the corresponding fixture in December.

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Replacements: J Chisholm, Evans, Collier, Matthews, Botica, Waters, Stanley, Swiel. 

Gloucester make one change to the team that beat Bath 15-11 last weekend.

Flanker Matt Kvesic replaces Jacob Rowan for the Cherry and Whites, while Jeremy Thrush and Rob Cook return among the replacements.

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Replacements: Lindsay, Murphy, Doran-Jones, Thrush, Rowan, Braley, Atkinson, Cook. 

Today's match marks the official opening of the new Barwell Stand at Franklin's Gardens...

There's still been no score between Sale Sharks and high-flying Exeter Chiefs, but the hosts have been reduced to 14 men after Ross Harrison was sent to the sin bin for preventing a quick tap-and-go penalty. Bit sloppy from Harrison, that.

Northampton Saints give wing James Wilson his first start of the season in place of George Pisi in their only change from last week's win at Harlequins.

The match against London Irish marks the official opening of the new Barwell Stand at Franklin's Gardens.

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Replacements: Marshall, Waller, Denman, Matfield, Harrison, Kessell, Hanrahan, Pisi.  

London Irish make one change from their win against Worcester, with Asaeli Tokoirotuma out for at least six weeks with medial knee ligament damage.

Johnny Williams returns in the Fiji international's place at inside centre.

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Replacements: Ellis, Smallbone, Halavatau, Nagle, Treviranus, Allinson, Brophy Clews, Waldouck.

A little later than scheduled, we're under way at an overcast AJ Bell Stadium, where fly-half Danny Cipriani boots our first Premiership match of the afternoon into action.

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The inclusion of Jonny Hill is the only change to the Exeter Chiefs side that narrowly lost to Saracens last week.

Hill starts in the second row in place of Ollie Atkins and will make just his second league start for the Chiefs.

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Replacements: Cowan-Dickie, Hepburn, Williams, Atkins, Horstmann, Lewis, Hooley, Bodilly.