Summary

  • FT: Harlequins 50-21 Northampton

  • Quins run in seven tries against Saints

  • FT: Saracens 46-31 Worcester

  • Sarries move back to second with win

  • FT: Gloucester 20-16 Sale

  • FT: London Irish 15-20 Newcastle Falcons

Live Reporting

Rob Stevens and Emma Thurston

  1. Harlequins 24-0 Northampton

    Quins make a mess of a 22 drop-out and put themselves under a bit of needless pressure, but Alofa Alofa manages to run the ball out of trouble.

    After some slick passing and good hands, they make it to midway inside the Saints half before Charlie Walker just fumbles a pass.

    Meanwhile, George North gets a bit of a knock from his first carry. He looks fine to continue.

  2. Replacement

    Harlequins 24-0 Northampton

    Northampton winger Ahsee Tuala has picked up an injury.

    Wales and British & Irish Lions man George North is on in his place, making his first appearances for 11 weeks after a spell out with a knee injury.

    Can he inspire Saints to find a way back into the match?

  3. try

    Try (Denton, con Pennell)

    Saracens 34-24 Worcester

    Worcester have nicked one back thanks to the hard carrying of Alafoti Faosiliva and David Denton's finishing skills.

    That's the Warriors' third try of the game and Chris Pennell duly adds the conversion.

  4. Harlequins 24-0 Northampton

    Saints full-back Harry Mallinder fumbles a kick about five metres inside his own half.

    It's been a miserable start to the match for the visitors, and Quins will have a chance to build another attack from this scrum.

  5. try

    Try (Wray, con Farrell)

    Saracens 34-17 Worcester

    Saracens have been camped in the red zone for a number of minutes and their patience pays off.

    Mako Vunipola comes within a whisker of scoring before Jackson Wray finishes the job.

    That secures the bonus point for the hosts and Owen Farrell's conversion puts the cherry on top.

  6. try

    Try (Visser, con Smith)

    Harlequins 24-0 Northampton

    Quins are rampant and it is too easy for them at the moment, continually finding the gaps in the Saints back line.

    Dave Ward strips the ball on halfway and finds Danny Care.

    The England international passes to fellow half-back Marcus Smith, who feeds Tim Visser on the left wing.

    It's a simple run-in from tor the Scot.

    Smith adds the two points from the left hand side. Do Northampton have any response?

    Tim Visser of Harlequins passes ahead of Ben Foden of NorthamptonGetty Images

  7. Gloucester 14-16 Sale Sharks

    Meanwhile it remains a tight affair on the scoreboard at Kingsholm however Gloucester are camped in the red zone and going in search of the points that could see them take hold of this game.

  8. try

    Try (Walker, con Smith)

    Harlequins 17-0 Northampton

    Quins get their second try of the match, and it is a brilliant move.

    A moment of inspiration from Marcus Smith, as he kicks ahead from halfway and gathers the ball himself.

    The ball goes through the hands and eventually Charlie Walker gathers and touches down for his seventh try of the season.

    Quins are dominant at the moment.

  9. Penalty (Smith)

    Harlequins 10-0 Northampton

    Marcus Smith extends Harlequins' lead with a simple penalty.

    Quins are in control and Saints haven't turned up to the party yet.

  10. try

    Try (Wray, con Farrell)

    Saracens 27-17 Worcester

    Saracens' Jackson Wray looks for space against WorcesterRex Features

    Jackson Wray's engine is well-known in the Premiership and his this time his carrying work results in a try from close range.

    Owen Farrell adds the extras and the hosts open up a ten-point lead as we approach the final quarter.

  11. Try review

    Harlequins 7-0 Northampton

    Tim Visser just touched down in the corner for Harlequins - but Jamie Gibson was covering.

    We'll go to the TMo, but the Scot's foot was in touch.

    All that came after Visser intercepted a pass on halfway, and Danny Care came close to getting through the defence.

    Quins were patient, and almost got their reward.

  12. Saracens 20-17 Worcester

    Meanwhile at Allianz Park Owen Farrell slots another easy kick at goal after Worcester are penalised at the breakdown.

    The hosts are on the attack once again and dominating the territory and possession at the moment, 55 minutes on the clock.

  13. London Irish 12-20 Newcastle Falcons

    London Irish have been turning the screws in the early few minutes of the second half.

    While the pressure does not lead to their first try of the afternoon, they manage to land the first points since the break. Again they come from the boot of Greig Tonks.

  14. try

    Try (Ward, con Smith)

    Harlequins 7-0 Northampton

    And, all of a sudden, it is first blood to Quins.

    From the breakdown, Kyle Sinckler pops a pass to Dave Ward, and the home captain bursts through the middle of the defence and sidesteps full-back Harry Mallinder to touch down.

    The conversion is a simple one for Marcus Smith.

  15. Harlequins 0-0 Northampton

    Northampton full-back Harry Mallinder does well to claim an up-and-under from Marcus Smith and then hold off pressure from the advancing Quins players.

    Both sides are looking for that breakthrough at the moment - most of the action is in the middle third.

  16. try

    Try (MacGinty)

    Gloucester 14-16 Sale Sharks

    It's raining tries at Kingsholm as AJ MacGinty runs a textbook support line on Faf De Klerk's shoulder.

    MacGinty duly converts his own score and the visitors are back in front after 52 minutes.

  17. London Irish 9-20 Newcastle Falcons

    And London Irish are back to 15 men as Mike Coman completes his 10 minutes in the sin-bin.

    Apart from Vereniki Goneva's try at the end of the first-half, London Irish managed to limit the damage while a man down.

  18. Harlequins 0-0 Northampton

    Quins come close to the first try of the afternoon, and perhaps they should have scored.

    Mike Brown breaks through the Saints lines, but then, passing back to Tim Visser just inside the 22, the ball goes loose.

    Saints come straight back down the other end, with a great break from Ahsee Tuala, and it takes a last-ditch tackle from Brown to deny Northampton a score instead.

    This game has suddenly come to life.

  19. try

    Try (Vellacott, con Twelvetrees)

    Gloucester 14-9 Sale

    Not for the first time this afternoon's it's an opportunist try from a scrum-half.

    Ben Vellacott pounces on a ball that's ripped out of one of his forwards' hands and his spins over to score.

    Billy Twelvetrees adds the conversion and with 49 minutes on the clock the hosts are back in front.

  20. London Irish 9-20 Newcastle Falcons

    Vereniki Goneva goes over for Newcastle's third tryGetty Images

    Well, apart from a few replays of Newcastle's three first-half tires on the big screen at the Madejski Stadium, there hasn't been much in the way of action since the interval.

    London Irish are still a man down for a few more minutes as Mike Coman completes his stint in the sin-bin.