The England international - who will be hoping to continue his prolific form in Leicester’s Pool B games, beginning at Union Bordeaux-Bègles on December 11 - kicked four conversions and three penalties.

Nemani Nadolo and Jack van Poortvliet both went over twice in a rampant seven-try Tigers performance, with Francois Van Wyk, Julian Montoya and Kini Murimurivalu also crossing.

Courtnall Skosan dotted down twice for Northampton, whose other tries came through Alex Mitchell and Alex Waller. James Grayson converted three.

Wasps won the other Premiership match between Heineken Champions Cup teams, triumphing 27-17 at Bath Rugby thanks to tries from Vaea Fifita, Gabriel Oghre and Tom Willis. Tom Glanville and Semesa Rokoduguni notched for the beaten hosts.

Elsewhere in the Premiership, Bristol Bears were another Heineken Champions Cup team to chalk up a win, with Callum Sheedy racking up 20 points with his right boot in a 45-33 success at London Irish.

Jake Heenan, Toby Fricker and Jack Bates crossed before half-time, with second-half scores coming from Piers O'Connor and Harry Thacker.

In contrast, Sale Sharks suffered a 27-14 defeat at EPCR Challenge Cup side Worcester Warriors. Gus Warr and Curtis Langdon were the Heineken Champions Cup side’s try-scorers.

The solitary all-Heineken Champions Cup TOP 14 clash saw Bordeaux win 25-9 at home to ASM Clermont Auvergne. Yann Lesgourgues, Ulupano Seuteni and Santiago Cordero crossed for the hosts, while Morgan Parra kicked three penalties for Clermont.

Two penalty tries and a Cobus Reinach effort saw Montpellier Hérault Rugby record a 30-8 home victory against Lyon, while Stade Français Paris went down 18-9 at Section Paloise, where the visitors’ points came from three Nicolás Sánchez penalties.

Stade Rochelais fell to a 22-13 defeat at EPCR Challenge Cup side USAP, with last season’s Heineken Champions Cup finalists’ two second-half tries coming via Facundo Bosch and Dillyn Leyds.

Meanwhile, Castres Olympique recorded a 23-22 home win over CA Brive, with Benjamin Urdapilleta kicking 13 points and Levan Chilachava and Geoffrey Palis dotting down in either half.

Fly-half George Ford amassed 20 points as Leicester Tigers marched to a 55-26 win at Heineken Champions Cup rivals Northampton Saints in the Gallagher Premiership on Saturday.