🌹 George Hendy has made more carry metres per 80 minutes than anyone in the Prem (130), and he's joint top for clean breaks (11) in just 153 minutes. He's opposite Adam Radwan today. Both looking for a real shot with England this autumn... Powered by @Oval_Insights

🥊 The punches that launched a thousand derbies! 🐯 vs 😇 You won't want to miss it!

🦒 Crazy Alex Coles stat ahead of his 150th Saints appearance today... He has eight clean breaks this season, the most by any forward and joint fourth in the whole league. Superb output for a lock. Powered by @Oval_Insights

🌹 Leicester v Saints has England stars all over the pitch! Chessum and Heyes for Tigers, and Coles, Pollock, Freeman, Mitchell and Fin Smith for Saints. Borthwick will be watching closely, with Australia a fortnight away.

And that, is that. Newcastle do it! Newcastle 17 - 3 Sale

Thoughts are with @ChrisAshton1 tonight. Fingernails will be long gone. Christian Wade is coming for you!

🥧 Last season Christian Wade beat defenders for Newcastle at one of the 10 best rates in the Prem, yet scored only twice in nine games. This season he has five in three, including a hat-trick at Sandy Park. One more tonight equals Chris Ashton's all-time record of 101.

🐂 Could Newcastle get their first win tonight? Sale have nine points from a points difference of -2, thanks to two close wins, but their heapload of pens conceded is a risk for them. Newcastle beat them 45-42 at Kingston Park in May, so don't assume tonight is a formality...

🚪 Finn Russell has had a very good attacking start to the year, but a horrible defensive one. He has missed 12 tackles so far, the joint-most in the league. He's the most dangerous 10 in the league on his day, but should expect Gloucester to run at him all night. Powered by @Oval_Insights

💨 If the forecast holds, Bristol v Exeter will be one of the windiest Prem games since 2020. Only two have been windier. The 22 Prem games this wet and windy averaged 11 fewer points and almost two fewer tries than calm, dry games. 55% were decided by seven points or fewer.

🌧️ Derby weekend is going to be wet. There is heavy rain due all game at Welford Road and Ashton Gate on Saturday, with gusts over 40mph. Since 2020, Prem games in proper rain have averaged 11 fewer points and two fewer tries than dry ones. Could be a weekend for purists!

⏰ Bath are a first-half team this year. They've won the first half of all three league games, by an average of 11.7 points, and lost every second half, by an average of 12. They led Montpellier at the break last Saturday too, and lost 32-14. Gloucester just need to be in touch at 40 minutes...

☘️ London Irish are on the way back! A new ownership group has bought the club's name, brand and IP, with Jamie Balls MBE as chief exec. Nothing is confirmed on where or when they would play yet, but good news regardless.

☘️ And just like that, Jamie Benson makes it into the Ireland squad!

The head of a Club coming out against a journalist and naming him in the first paragraph is certainly a decision... Such weird behaviour.

🌟 Two absolute stars of the game starting a podcast. Really good stuff. No doubt will upset a lot of people that hate fun...

A word for Will Trenholm, by the way. From barely getting a look-in for Quins, to a Gloucester star, he's been on an incredible roll.