#Northampton

Starting with Sale away and then hosting Northampton, the reigning champions, at home, few would have predicted an injury-hit Bristol to be unbeaten after two rounds of the Prem.

Northampton scored the most points in a single match Premiership fixture to dismiss Bristol, whose playoff hopes are all but over

Leicester beat Northampton 41-17 in a bad-tempered East Midlands derby, Freddie Steward capping a six-try victory for the hosts

These two love serving up thrillers, and in the springtime sunshine we had another (albeit flawed) instalment to add to the canon.

Recent European quarter-final was a classic and champions’ Prem trip to the Midlands will likely produce similar

Northampton head coach Sam Vesty talks Saints and England Northampton head coach Sam Vesty has questioned whether England have lost their identity under Steve Borthwick.