Newcastle 32-22 Northampton: England fly-half Jonny Wilkinson returns to action after six months on the sidelines

Despite some ferocious tackling by Saints, such as Carlos Spencer's effort on Spencer Davey, the Falcons take a 29-22 lead

And with time running out Wilkinson, who kicked 22 points, steps up to land a long-range drop-goal and deny Saints a losing bonus point

Wasps 10-11 Worcester: There is no quarter given at Adams Park as Worcester's James Collins dumps Richard Birkett of Wasps

Wasps lead 10-8 deep into injury time but concede a penalty and Loki Crichton keeps his nerve to give Worcester victory

Bath 17-21 Gloucester: Bath get off to a good start in the West Country derby, when Michael Lipman goes over after 12 minutes

But the home side struggle as Springbok fly-half Butch James is wayward with the boot, spurning a total of 14 points

Tries from England number eight Luke Narrway and fly-half Willie Walker put Gloucester 21-5 up with 13 minutes to go

Bath refuse to give up and winger Joe Maddock gives his side hope with a well-worked try on 72 minutes

And Bath full-back Nick Abendanon sets up a thrilling finale with a score in the closing moments

But Gloucester hang on to secure their first ever league victory over their rivals at the Rec

Leicester 24-22 London Irish: Ireland full-back Geordan Murphy puts the Tigers ahead at Welford Road with an early try

Steffon Armitage replies for the Exiles while centre Seilala Mapusua puts the visitors in front at the start of the second half

Tigers flanker Ben Herring (right) inspires Leicester though, creating a try for Tom Croft before scoring one himself

Delon Armitage then crosses with two minutes to go but Peter Hewat misses the conversion which would have given Irish the draw

Harlequins 31-13 Bristol: Quins, fresh from their win over Saracens last week, score first against Bristol through Jordan Turner-Hall

Bristol put in a display coach Richard Hill lambasts as "hugely disappointing" and the visitors find themselves 12-6 down at half-time

Danny Care increases Quins' lead after the break before Tom Guest puts the result beyond doubt halfway through the second half

Waisea Luveniyali, the replacement for injured fly-half Nick Evans, only lands three kicks from nine but Harlequins cruise to victory