Northampton Saints claimed the top position in the Aviva Premiership table after they completed a 30-22 bonus point victory over Harlequins at Franklin's Gardens on Saturday.
George Ford contributed with 10 points while Jonny May and Nick Malouf scored tries as Leicester Tigers defeated Exeter Chiefs 20-13 in their Aviva Premiership clash at Welford Road on Saturday.
George Ford's series of second-half penalties sealed a 28-31 victory for the Leicester Tigers against the Harlequins at the Twickenham Stoop on Saturday.
Leicester Tigers scrum-half Ben Youngs lavished praise on his club and England team-mate George Ford as the Welford Road outfit opened their account in the ongoing Aviva Premiership season.
Ben Youngs scored a double in the first 15 minutes as Leicester Tigers finally managed to open their account in the ongoing season of Aviva Premiership with a 24-10 victory over Gloucester at Welford Road on Saturday.
Northampton Saints centre Luther Burrell revealed that the accusation of becoming 'soft' from rugby director Jim Mallinder provoked them to put a strong performance against Leicester Tigers.
As Northampton Saints registered their maiden win in the ongoing Aviva Premiership season after beating Leicester Tigers 24-11, we take a look on few of the key points and player ratings from the encounter.
Northampton Saints managed to bounce back from their defeat to Saracens with a 24-11 victory over Leicester Tigers in their Aviva Premiership encounter at Franklin's Gardens on Saturday.
Leicester Tigers centre Manu Tuilagi's chances of making an England comeback has taken a major blow as he is likely to miss the autumn internationals following a knee injury.
Bath survived a late surge from Leicester Tigers in the final 10 minutes despite losing three players to sin-bin as they completed a 23-27 win in their opening encounter of the 2017/18 season of Aviva Premiership at Welford Road.
England international Manu Tuilagi made his first return in eight months for his club Leicester Tigers' during the pre-season friendly clash against Ospreys on Friday.
Leicester Tigers head coach Matt O'Connor believes Manu Tuilagi can bounce back from his latest setback that saw the Samoan-born professional rugby union player sent back from England training camp last week.
Aviva Premiership clubs Leicester Tigers and Gloucester Rugby have confirmed a swap deal involving Jonny May and Ed Slater ahead of the upcoming season.