Saracens continued their unblemished start to the season with victory over Leicester in the new Premiership Rugby Cup.
Saracens 29-21 Leicester
Saracens went into the clash with eight wins from eight this season and held off a fightback from Leicester to make it nine out of nine, winning 29-21.
Joe Ford scored the first points for the Tigers with a penalty in the second minute but Schalk Burger crossed the try line in the seventh minute and another try from Sione Vailanu as well as a penalty from Max Malins made it 13-9 at half-time.
Saracens pulled away as Vailanu scored another try, converted by Malins, who also added two more penalties, but a 62nd-minute David Feao converted try closed the gap.
Tigers' hopes were further enhanced by a try from Harry Wells with 10 minutes remaining, but Saracens held on.
Northampton 51-24 Bristol
Northampton claimed a big victory over Bristol, scoring seven tries in a 51-24 victory.
Saints crossed twice in the first 10 minutes through James Grayson and Francois van Wyk and led 30-5 at half-time, with Bristol's only score in the first 40 minutes coming from a Tom Farara-Lindsay try.
The second half was much more even, with both teams scoring three tries, but the damage for Bristol had already been done. Grayson ended up with 19 points.
💬 “We talked about putting them under pressure in their 22, at the breakdown and when their nine was kicking and it paid off.”@GeorgeFurbank was our live guest on @Facebook after the bonus win against Bristol pic.twitter.com/x2Ao7hfaGP
— Northampton Saints 😇 (@SaintsRugby) October 27, 2018
Gloucester 31-7 Wasps
Gloucester claimed a second win of the season against Wasps, triumphing 31-7 at Kingsholm.
Gloucester led 24-0 at half-time, with Cameron Terry scoring the opening try on his debut, and it stayed that way until late on, when Joe Mullis crossed again for the hosts before a converted try from Alfie Barbeary finally got Wasps on the board.
Bath 19-27 Harlequins
Demetri Catrakilis contributed 14 points as Harlequins defeated Bath 27-19. The hosts outscored their visitors three tries to two but four penalties from Catrakilis and one from James Lang proved the difference.
