Prem: Newcastle 19-36 Northampton – Saints go top, Red Bulls remain winless

Newcastle Red Bulls: Chamberlain; Spencer, Hearle, Clarke, Williams; Connon, Benitez Cruz; Brocklebank, McGuigan, Palframan, Hodgson, Clarke, Lee-Warner, Gordon, Mafi.

Replacements: Fletcher, McCallum, De Bruin, Usher, Lockwood, Elliott, Beeckmans, Coetzee.

Northampton Saints: Freeman; Todaro, Hutchinson, Dingwall, Litchfield; F Smith, Mitchell; Fischetti, R Smith, Davison, Coles, Van der Mescht, Kemeny, Graham, Chick.

Replacements: Wright, Iyogun, Green, Lockett, Prowse, Pollock, McParland, Belleau.

Referee: Ian Tempest.