Following a 48-31 win for Northampton Saints over Bristol Bears in the Premiership on Saturday, here's our five takeaways from Franklin's Gardens.

Tries: Bailey, Ibitoye 2, Williams, Marmion Cons: MacGinty 2, Williams Northampton Saints ... But that lead did not last long. Saints struck back through Alex Mitchell; the England scrum-half ...

Northampton's Tommy Freeman goes over ... But that lead did not last long. Saints struck back through Alex Mitchell; the England scrum-half dummying magnificently to break the Bristol line ...

Northampton Saints: 15 James Ramm, 14 Tommy Freeman, 13 Fraser Dingwall (c), 12 Rory Hutchinson, 11 Tom Litchfield, 10 Fin Smith, 9 Alex Mitchell, 1 Emmanuel Iyogun, 2 Curtis Langdon, 3 Trevor ...

Bristol Bears suffered a third straight defeat in the Gallagher Premiership on Saturday after going down 48-31 away at Northampton Saints to ... and scores from Alex Mitchell, Curtis Langdon ...

Tom James scored Northampton's fifth ... But they were Saints' last points as Newcastle got back into the game with tries from wingers Alex Hearle and Ben Stevenson to take a bonus point, before ...

Northampton Saints kept their season – and quite ... s attacking play is still a joy to behold with England half-backs Alex Mitchell and Fin Smith pulling the strings for winger Freeman, who ...

Northampton produced a blistering ... out for a forward pass in the build-up. The Saints were then sparked into life by England scrum-half Alex Mitchell as he delivered a stunning solo try ...

Following a 51-16 win for Northampton ... to Saints. Saints were never at their best in this match, perhaps lacking some accuracy up front, but with their backs, and particularly Alex Mitchell ...

In two weeks’ time, Northampton Saints will test the theory that an English club cannot compete at the top end of Europe, ...