Tempers are starting to rise here at Franklin's Gardens

Tigers move the ball from right to left but Vereniki Goneva runs out of space

Saints under pressure as the have the scrum on their 22m

Tigers on the attack in the Saints 22m as Vereniki Goneva grubbers the ball through but it goes out

Will Hooley gets the first points of the day with a penalty after Tigers are pinned for not rolling away

We are underway here at Franklin's Gardens

The teams are lead out on to the pitch and we almost set for kick off

Northampton have made a number of changes since their last outing Fotuali'i comes in a scrum half and Pisi comes into replace Wilson. Leicester Tigers have only made one change which sees Matthew Tait come in for Scott Hamilton who is on the bench.

Good afternoon and welcome to Ultimate Rugby's coverage of this top of the table clash in the Aviva Premiership between Northampton and Leicester. Northampton come into this came after defeat to Sale last week which lost them the top spot in the table. Leicester are unbeaten in their last five games but will find it difficult to turn over a very strong Saints team. Hopefully we are in for a cracker game today.

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