Saracens 16-13 London Irish: Saracens welcome the Exiles to Vicarage Road but dampen the league leaders' festive spirits

Declan Danaher flys over for the opener for London Irish but Moses Rauluni hits back with a try for 13-10 to Sarries at the break

James Hudson of London Irish outjumps Saracens' Steve Borthwick but Glen Jackson's boot edges the match for Sarries

Bath 25-14 Northampton: Bath wing Matt Banahan scampers over after two minutes as the West country side lead 13-6 at half-time

Michael Claassens scores the second Bath try on 54 minutes and adds a third before the end to take his side back top of the table

Bristol 10-29 Gloucester: Centre Mike Tindall scores two of Gloucester's four tries at the Memorial Stadium

Newcastle 16-16 Worcester: Phil Dowson opens the Falcons' account as the home side lead 13-9 at the interval

Newcastle's Jamie Noon is upended by Sam Tuitupou but Worcester snatch a draw with a converted Pat Sanderson try

Harlequins 26-26 Leicester: Twickenham hosts a spectacle as a crowd of 50,000 turn out - a Premiership regular season record

Tom Croft adds Leicester's second converted try on 50 minutes for a 23-9 lead, following Johne Murphy's earlier effort

Nick Evans (left) and Toby Flood keep the scoreboard ticking over before Quins manufacture their first try for Mike Brown

With the last move of the game, Quins' England star Ugo Monye dives over - and Evans's touchline conversion levels the score