And we are under way in all games now with Leicester kicking the second half off against Northampton.

We are back up and running at Sandy Park as Henry Slade kicks the second-half off for Exeter.

With the wind in their favour, can Exeter turn things around?

Now for something a little different as we take a half-time breather from the Premiership action.

Seven points adrift of safety and facing the prospect of relegation after just one season back in the Premiership has got Bristol chairman Chris Booy talking big ahead of next season.

It took the club seven years to get out of England's second tier via the play-offs, but there is a significant change coming with automatic promotion for the top club next season.

 "No disrespect to the Championship but, with the team we are going to take into the Championship, automatic promotion - we would walk it.," Booy told BBC Radio Bristol.

Hear hear...

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Harlequins have taken a stranglehold of proceedings at The Stoop with Joe Marchant coming up with an intercept try with the last play of the half against Newcastle! A defence-splitting effort, that.

And, with that, a breathless first half of rugby ends.

Christian Day's foot was indeed in touch. He'll be gutted he couldn't finish that move off there as Saints have several men over on the right, almost queuing up to score!

It can only go down as a good, try-saving tackle from Tigers' JP Pietersen.

And straight down the other end, a swift Saints attack might have led to a Christian Day try in the corner!

Was his right foot in touch? Maybe...

That 39th-minute try from Luke Cowan-Dickie has Exeter right back into the contest against Sale.

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Leicester get men forward dangerously as they win the ball at a line-out but Northampton win a crucial turnover. Cheers ring all around Franklin's Gardens for that.

A forward pass means there is no penalty try for Saints, but they do go back for a penalty instead, as they were playing advantage following an earlier high tackle.

Stephen Myler's kick is good and Saints add three points.

But they'll be disappointed not to have earned more from a seven-minute spell of significant pressure, as they had been bombarding the Tigers defence.

Exeter have themselves a huge confidence booster just before half-time with Luke Cowan-Dickie getting over for the hosts from a catch and drive. Henry Slade chips in with the extras and looks like they are heading into the break 19-12 down. Important score, that!

Across at The Stoop, Newcastle's Juan Pablo Socino finishes the half in the sin-bin for a high tackle on Nick Evans. 

Evans gets to his feet, no harm done and sinks the boot in as he lands a penalty to make it a 10-point lead for Harlequins.

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Saints are piling on some real pressure on the Tigers backline, 10m from the line.

It's intense, relentless stuff. Saints think they might have a penalty try, in fact, as Ben Foden is infringed off the ball. They're going to the review...

There is little over five minutes of the first half remaining and Sale have opened a 14-point lead, as AJ MacGinty lands Sharks' fifth penalty. 

At The Stoop, Sonatane Takulua is also on the mark as he lands a penalty to reduce the arrears to seven against Newcastle.

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A lot of penalties are being given away in this game, all over the park, and the referee's patience is being tested.

Meanwhile, a precise kick downfield from Freddie Burns almost catches Saints out but the bounces favors the hosts and the ball will go back to where Burns kicked from, near halfway, for a Saints scrum.

Wow, Freddie Burns, that is some kick! He goes for an ambitious drop goal from range and he makes it! There was nothing else on for Tigers at all.

We are back to a three-point game.

Well, things are starting to sizzle in our other two matches this afternoon.

Mike Brown gets over to add to Harlequins' lead, with Nick Evans landing the conversion to make it 17-7 after 24 minutes.

Meanwhile Exeter are over for their first score, responding in a hurry after Denny Solomona's fine solo effort. Kai Horstmann dives over for the try and in a difficult wind, Henry Slade is off target with the conversion.

Number eight Louis Picamoles powers over from close range. He's just too strong for the Tigers defence.

What a game we could be witnessing here. It is non-stop!

Stephen Myer's conversion, uncharacteristically, slices just wide.