Summary

  • FT: Gloucester 39-30 Sale Sharks

  • FT: Leicester Tigers 30-3 Newcastle Falcons

  • FT: Worcester Warriors 25-19 Bath

Live Reporting

Phil Shepka and Phil Cartwright

  1. try

    Half-time

    Leicester 11-3 Newcastle

    Out of seemingly nowhere Leicester manage to muster up some real pressure on the Newcastle defence, and after Brendon O'Connor is held up just inches from the line, and the referee plays advantage for an offside shortly after, the Tigers set up Ellis Genge for a drive over the line from close in.

    Freddie Burns misses the kick wide to the left of the posts, but new Tigers head coach Matt O'Connor will be happy with that scoreline now.

  2. try

    Try (Genge)

    Leicester 11-3 Newcastle

  3. Half-time

    Gloucester 15-12 Sale

    Gloucester take the lead just before half-time through a Billy Burns kick. That game is twisting and turning like me on the dancefloor at a wedding.*

    *Not strictly true.

  4. HT: Worcester 6-10 Bath

    It's been a fascinating and enthralling half. It's a clash of styles. Worcester have found gaps in Bath's defence out wide, but Bath's defence has been strong. Territorially, it's been all Worcester.

    Dave Egerton, Ex-Bath and England forward on BBC Radio Bristol

    Worcester v BathRex Features

  5. Half-time

    Worcester 6-10 Bath

    Oh my word. On the stroke of half-time, Worcester's Ryan Mills has slotted over a penalty from eight metres inside his own half.

    A monster kick.

    Warriors trail by four points at the break.

  6. Worcester 3-10 Bath

    Bath go over before the break! Jonathan Joseph works the ball out wide and there's no stopping big winger Matt Banahan, who crosses for the first try at Sixways.

    George Ford lands the conversion and the visitors have a 10-3 lead.

  7. Penalty (Burns)

    Leicester 6-3 Newcastle

    Newcastle's Evan Olmstead puts in a huge hit on Ben Youngs, giving the referee no choice but to give Leicester a penalty 20m out, in a central position.

    Freddie Burns duly pings it through the posts.

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    Try (Banahan)

    Worcester 3-8 Bath

    Matt BanahanRex Features
  9. try

    Try

    Gloucester 12-12 Sale

    Textbook line-out try from Gloucester.

    The throw comes in, they get men behind the ball to push them over the line and the man who claims the try is Richard Hibbard.

    We've only had four tries all day so far. They've all come at Kingsholm.

    But the score remains tied as Billy Burns misses the conversion attempt.

  10. Penalty (Mills)

    Worcester 3-3 Bath

    Ryan MillsRex Features

    Ryan Mills connects sweetly from 40 metres out and levels for Worcester against Bath, who have not won away from home in the Premiership since 30 October.

  11. try

    Try (Hibbard)

    Gloucester 12-12 Sale

  12. Leicester 3-3 Newcastle

    Leicester are indebted to Ben Youngs for saving a try.

    Vereniki Goneva breaks through from about 40 metres out thanks to some quick passing from the visitors, beats one man and looks set to be through on the line, but Youngs comes from nowhere to halt the winger.

    Newcastle try to recycle the ball but after 15 phases they lose it.

  13. Worcester 0-3 Bath

    Bath make a mess of a lineout in their own 22 but some excellent work from back row forward Francois Louw turns the ball over in his side's favour.

    An escape for the visitors.

    I love watching Francois Louw. His instinct is to get on the ball at every single breakdown.

    Dave Egerton, Ex-Bath and England forward on BBC Radio Bristol

  14. Leicester 3-3 Newcastle

    Matt O'ConnorGetty Images

    I wonder what Tigers head coach Matt O'Connor has made of his side's display so far.

    Since Newcastle have been level, Leicester had the chance to break through, but Owen Williams dropped the ball despite showing us his best juggling trick. His side had another chance to force the Falcons defence into action, but again made another error.

    Error-strewn would define this game so far.

  15. Worcester 0-3 Bath

    Worcester have responded well to falling behind, with full-back Chris Pennell twice making breaks through for Warriors.

    A win for the hosts will almost certainly secure Premiership survival for another season.

    Chris PennellRex Features

  16. Penalty (Hodgson)

    Leicester 3-3 Newcastle

    Leicester have just allowed Newcastle back into this match after an infringement at the breakdown, with Joel Hodgson - matchwinner last week against Gloucester - slotting through the posts to bring the scores level.

  17. Penalty (Ford)

    Worcester 0-3 Bath

    It's taken 23 minutes, but we finally have some points at Sixways and they've gone the way of Bath - somewhat against the run of play given Worcester's early dominance.

    England fly-half George Ford slots over from 30 metres out to open his account for the day.

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    Try

    Gloucester 7-12 Sale

    Gloucester have just totally switched off after going ahead early on. Or was it just the kick up the backside the Sharks needed?

    The Cherry and Whites will not be happy with how they've conceded this try as Ben Curry latches onto a grubber kick and offloads to Mike Phillips to score.

    Phillips announced he was retiring at the end of the season earlier this week. Are we going to see a little renaissance in the final few games?

    Billy Burns misses a kick for Gloucester from 30 metres out in front of the posts, just to compound their misery.

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    Try (Mike Phillips)

    Gloucester 7-12 Sale

    What is going on at Kingsholm?!

  20. converted try

    Converted try

    Gloucester 7-7 Sale

    AJ MacGinty slots through the conversion, and we're back to square one after a rather exciting few minutes.