Salesi Ma'afu gets a talking to for foul play off the ball. Penalty on halfway to Worcester

A break in play as Barnes goes upstairs to check for foul play.

Dean Ryan's stamp is evident in this Worcester side. They're very quick off the line to pressurise the Saints ball

The Warriors earn themselves the first shot at goal with a penalty at scrumtime

Both sides look to gain a territorial advantage with a number of early up and unders. Saints loose the ball forward to set up our first scrum of the game.

Paul Warwick gets us underway!

Everything is set as the crowd welcomes the teams out on the pitch

Good afternoon and thank you for joining us for us for Ultimate Rugby's coverage of Northampton V Worcester in the Aviva Premiership. Both sides come into this one from opposite ends of the table. Worcester, without a win in 13 games, showed promise against Leicester last week but ultimately couldn't hold out for a win. Northampton meanwhile are 13 games unbeaten in all competitions and a win today would reinstate them as table toppers.
Both sides have made changes from last week. The Saints welcome back Dickson from England camp to start at scrum half. Elsewhere Stephenson has been called into the squad after impressing in the U20 6Nations with 2 tries. The Warriors also include some big names in their starting XV with Senatore and Schofield coming into the starting side.
KO coming up in 14minutes. Unfortunately todays game isn't televised so be sure to stay tuned for live updates.

Need to make light work of them really and push for the bonus. It won't be an easy game though man! They'll come at us hard like they did against tigers!

C'mon saints it's a must win if we lose to Worcester we don't deserve to be top of the league or even challenging for it!