Aviva Premiership weekend review: Is this shaping up to be the finest season ever?

Northampton 31 Bath 24
Last season's Premiership appeared to outstrip most but some of the rugby I
have seen this season so far has been beguilingly brilliant.

And this was
yet another example as the clash of styles - Northampton's power and kicking
game faced Bath's pace and craft methods - produced a cracker of a match.




Yes, there has been dross down at the bottom - London Welsh and Newcastle look
like they will be fighting the first of two relegation battles a week on
Saturday - but at the top there has been some scintillating stuff, not least
because Leicester and…