The first change of the day is made after Newcastle prop Rob Vickers is forced to leave the field with an injury. Gary Strain is his replacement.

Offside apparently

Rory Clegg gets the home side on the board almost immediately from the restart and now the home side have a scrum ten yards from their own line.

What was the penalty for?

What was it for please

COYS!!❤️

Northamton take the lead through a James Wilson try. Northampton stole a Falcons lineout and used the overlap well to put Wilson over in the corner. Myler misses the conversion.

A nice kick from Kahn Fotali'i brings Northampton deep into Newcastle territory.

From the scrum Newcastle work the ball into the Saints 22 but the visitors force a turnover and clear the ball.

Both team's are trying to exert their kicking game on proceedings but no one is really in the ascendancy. Newcastle have a scrum near halfway.