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00:00it is a tense vibe here at the moment it is a huge derby day it is harlequins against saracens
00:07it's a long time since harlequins have beaten saracens in fact it was well before covid
00:13we've had three prime ministers since then and it's only three o'clock there could be more by
00:16the time the final whistle comes along it's a massive massive game saris win they go top to
00:22guide you through it all here's ben uggo and ali eken thank you craig yeah noisy compelling intense
00:28derbies across devon gloucestershire and leicestershire yesterday now it's london's turn
00:34it's a rivalry laced with resentment and history over the salary cap scandal and of course what
00:39queens have always seen as flagrant hypocrisy emotions run high between these two it'll play
00:45out of course in the clash of these sets of chosen players now danny wilson has made three changes to
00:52his starting 15 two of those in the back three caden murray returning from injury his first
00:57outing of the season lee halfpenny also back at fullback after his excitements at 15 at saints
01:04marcus smith wearing 10 again partnering will porter oscar beard is at center having been on
01:09the wing up front dino lamb starting at blindside james chisholm filling the gap left by alex don
01:16brant's injury stephan levy's captaining the side and tt lamasatelli packing down against
01:21former employers the quinn's bench by the way stacked with international quality big news for
01:28saracens the return of mario itoji mercifully just a short-term layoff with his knee he's
01:32back to lead the side on derby day the front row unchanged but the back row has been given a shake
01:38up one martin gonzalez starting at blindside having come off the bench against the chiefs
01:42andy onyama christie at seven ben earl switching to number eight this week tom willis for the
01:48moment is benched behind the scrum a return to frontline action for the 36 year old alex good
01:53at fullback that leaves elliot daly on the wing this time alex lazovsky as we know he's been
01:58catching the eye and has his sights set on an england recall and tobias elliott three tries
02:04from three premiership games so far ben well quite rightly we've all been basking in an increased spike
02:12of creativity in the premiership but on the other side of the ledger let's not forget to celebrate
02:17those guys running around as the grim reapers of creativity so i'm going to back the two number
02:21fours itoji and early herbs to go around and smash all those breakdowns cause all sorts of havoc to
02:27the opposition well they do that very very well don't they loads of quality in the back row what
02:32should be hopefully a very open game but i cannot wait to see kader murray welcome to this season
02:38up against tobias elliott who i think has looked very very tidy so far
02:48ready to go then last stop for round four a packed stoop
02:52a whole lot of niggle and harlequins against saracens
02:58sarah is getting us underway fergus burke with the first kick of the game and it's taken in by
03:05bernie herbst
03:12started three of the four to this point an early tester for alex good safely underneath it
03:23asking the challenge from kaden murray and here's ben ell who's wearing number eight today
03:30as he has been of course in the white of england for a little while now
03:35all in front burke now on crossfield and daily hurtling after this one but it might just sit for
03:44marcus smith he's got daily on top of it
03:52good contest loves the physicality of these contests he'll be to the fore on the carrying
04:00front don brant today for harlequins as you know a hand injury keeping him out of action
04:08for a little while good reaction from chisholm there you just saw the late counter rock coming
04:15in from onyema christie stopping he was alert to it so good time to do that counter up when
04:21everyone switched off the balls won and suddenly you relax and you push back over the top of the
04:26ball and on top of your scrum half there is onyema christie who's barreled backwards an excellent
04:33tackle from james chisholm he's the man entrusted at number eight all in front nick wait for quince
04:43smith eyes up
04:47shifted away to good
04:50as ever finding just tiny slivers of space where there doesn't seem to be any
04:54into the wide channels thanks to tompkins this is daily now
05:07i told you
05:09any trouble kept him out last week but happily nothing too sinister
05:14jamie george barrel really good shot coming in from finn baxter the ball's there to be placed
05:21oh
05:25looking to attempt the strip but it's still there for saris and burke to lazowski
05:31try to free up elliot in this five meter channel across comes half penny
05:36driven to the ground quickly by elliot he's pushed back in by 12 12 pushing back in it's
05:42really good rugby isn't it sowson's very controlled physical and pretty decent those 15 channels
05:50but you know you've got that sense of reliability when you've got a test center
05:53and at the back of the pitch there in the heart penny just sweeping up
05:58just a real calm presence isn't he just wanted to look at how it's good
06:04yeah as an old man really how can he survive all here he's going to jump and then he realizes he
06:10doesn't need to so he just takes a step back allows it to drop in then we see him that ability
06:15to change direction well they're in the 22 for the first time this afternoon saracens and
06:21gonzalez has fed earl and here's onyama christie and they're within five meters
06:28for sale and a blast on the whistle because we've got an injury that needs attention seemingly
06:36so applause all around the stoop people rising to their feet
06:43as a mark of respect for randy onyama christie struck down here
06:50after such a brilliant start to his season
06:56all fans united in their support for him and we wish him a speedy recovery you know being carried
07:02off there he is well aware that he has got a long rehab process ahead of him it's a free
07:08kick from the scrub this time awarded to saris and earl bouncing around that five meter line
07:14herbst throwing himself into tom willis who's the man who's come on for the stricken onyama christie
07:20not a bad replacement been exceptional this season isn't he
07:24here is willis his carrying has been huge his footwork and his speed we know are exceptional
07:38he's beaten more defenders than anybody by some margin in this campaign to date
07:44burke to earl
07:47there'll be no greater tribute to their teammate if saris could score from this
07:56passage of possession thompkins searching for the holes it's a very good defensive
08:00set from harlequin's saracens with lots of possession but this all started on their
08:04five meter line good choice to tackle good physicality and then decent discipline to
08:10not give anything cheap and sail again and burke drives it through tricky bounce half
08:17penny oh for a minute elliot had that it went forwards and nearly flings it out it's a free
08:23shot advantage being played david is thinking it might be on here from just about as deep in the
08:28end goal as you could possibly be back for the knock on that's great to see that because they
08:32know they've got it's not loose they know the referee's coming back as long as they don't go
08:36past the point of the knock on i think kenny i'm feeling a bit aggrieved that he didn't win a
08:42penalty at the breakdown before that he gave this side a little through early i think they triggered
08:48you can we wait really good little dab through here made it so awkward for half penny in the
08:54backfield it's a horrible bounce though isn't it for the cause don't guess them please there's
08:59mark well it's really good identification this is the lads playing from everywhere
09:03using that advantage hold that spacing
09:11see how this lineup unfolds itoji rises and saris gather round
09:20quinn's holding and throwing good numbers at this ushering them towards the touchline
09:27round they go not much room for manoeuvre here for saris as they might not need it
09:34reese carrey not too far away and it's harlequin's ball
09:40great big from stephan levi's captain's role got in there referee happy that
09:46saracens brought that down to ground let's have a look at that yellow there new goat
09:52yeah so when we look at the choreography of it what james chisholm did was illegal
09:56100 percent but we see from here goes down the ball then we get this knock on oh no no
10:03totally my bad he calls it that spawn decision i take it back however look at herbs there look
10:10where he is at the front that's really good play they have to break off and as they break off
10:16it's another good block
10:21in there as well but stephan levi's had found himself on the ball but
10:25all that carnage caused originally by brilliant defense at the front of the line out from
10:30ernie herbs stay behind the ball nine jostling between fun sale and porter
10:38now the penalty is gone against from sale overstepping the mark it is his job to be
10:44a general pain in the backside you see the celebration from quinn's they know they're
10:51on the ropes here so getting away there without conceding a point is absolutely huge to them
11:01marcus smith they won't rush to this line out they'll wind down the clock good for work from
11:07porter there is the block being assisted by canningham yeah you can't hold on to the back
11:13sale doesn't like it holding on to it yeah he's picked it up anyway yeah there's being an irritant
11:20and then there's doing that right in front of the referee
11:27that's over 15. Gonzalez to earl and sale and leskoski met well by beard
11:38and a nice pickup from gonzalo wasn't quite the nicest of pickups from one martin gonzalez
11:44and harlequin's rewarded for their defensive efforts they'll be delighted with that
11:48having brought in jason gilmore as part of their coaching set up
11:56nine use it
12:03i'm funny watching on he's misjudged that as well and the ball is for a moment still in play just
12:09wanted to look at i talked before about harlequins almost running backwards to get around tarrison's
12:14line speed watch them here no go forward in that backfield they're running sideways sideways
12:19and they just take that last defender out any sort of forward movement from
12:24any of those players that had the ball there and the last man gets hit
12:35that's over
12:36oh there's a there's a man stationed at number 10 for queens who's unlikely to go into his shell
12:44i would suspect marcus smith is um he's not a cautious man by nature on the rugby field
12:51he'll keep pulling tricks out of the bag daily plucks that and gets it away to richie only
13:00very good tackle pitch is really cutting up
13:04quite a lot there's been a couple of areas where there's been a scrum and there's big
13:08dents in the turf
13:12is it quite hit hard by finn baxter
13:16and harlequins
13:20coming up trumps on the penalty front
13:23bernal screamed at me about tackle complete there he's lying on the floor screaming at
13:27me on the ground we just can't accept it okay thank you you understand
13:32so earl the culprit as far as christophe ridley is concerned
13:38it's always felt like a bit of a balancing act with with saris they love a whoop and a holler
13:43but there's a time and a place probably good refereeing it's not made a huge deal out of it
13:50given up giving the penalty away told the captain what he wants
13:53and he wants him to show up that is a great nudge from marcus smith
14:01earl's talkative nature has cost him 40 meters or so
14:12time to capitalize now for quince the red zone conversion not that special
14:22oh
14:28it's brought down but by their own side and kellingham feeds it back
14:35chisholm goes into reese caray porter uses the vis good support from walker and look at the leg
14:44drive from the quinn skipper lama satelli former saracen to within a couple of meters the short pop
14:52and the drive now from chisholm quinn's really feeling it onwards through baxter
15:06harlequin's baby faced assassin coming up with the goods
15:13or made by that initial carry from labisa just wondered whether his knee had gone to ground and
15:18he went again but he gets him so close to the line and then there's some really intelligent
15:25late decision making on the parties this is lavis knee down there and then he gets up and goes again
15:33but then lama satelli gets them even closer
15:39and then that delay pass looks like it's going to canning and popped up
15:44and then they sweep back the other side with saracens over folding on the halfway line
15:50player leaning on it there's a little scuffle afterwards but nothing was done but
15:53just an excellent finish isn't it he got stopped but then he used that scrum strength
15:58scrum technique to get himself over the line
16:03first blood to the quince and it doesn't make sense
16:07saracens about all the possession three visits to the 22 this is harlequin's first
16:14but it's clinical they backed themselves against northampton with their driver more
16:19last week turning down the points and you can see why okay time off time off please
16:26two pressure
16:33good timing taken well that time and here's jack walker for quinn smith
16:41dipping the shoulder trying to get outside nick tomkins kenningham great footwork past his equate
16:49good to see jack canningham back after being out for so much of of last season will evans
16:57incidentally on the bench this afternoon who's been the uh the king of the turnovers this season
17:06that's fine he was running back towards the ball
17:10lateral and then straightening his earl and there's the power and the acceleration
17:15dragged down by an yanwoo quick ball for fun sale though and harlequins need to reassemble
17:20in a hurry dino lamb makes an important tackle having got back into the line a little bit late
17:27to the short side they go saris and over the ball goes the base
17:34affected the turnover and then was busy looking at the ref
17:37waiting for the decision and as he did so fumbled it
17:41it better again from saracens wasn't it a little bit more like they were in the first 15 minutes or
17:49so loads of time it's good no one in front of him in that landing zone hugo and i've been arguing
17:58about but then lovely bit of footwork but the delay of the pass it's so often just a slight
18:04delay on a pass that forces defenders to overrun things and opens up a dog leg or a gap ben earl
18:10swerves his line around and then that is really nice play but again every time they get any sort
18:22of momentum harlequins there's just a little bit of good play from the back row of heart
18:30sorry saracens is good play from the back row of harlequins
18:32tomkins probing through that 10 12 channel he's done really well
18:40muscles his way to the 22 here's tizard banged over by smith
18:46lozovsky to good
18:52earl again
18:56the ball is there it's right there he's doing his very best
19:00willis again and chisholm comes in with a really powerful tackle not with him there
19:10tomkins tizard
19:14it's a really good performance for quinn's against saris that first alerted them
19:18to his talents working at wide salaries earl again
19:24heading towards double figures on the face front here patient stuff
19:30reese caray saw him galloping in the long grass a week ago at the stone x
19:37tomkins once again getting a lot further through the contact zone and you might think
19:42lozovsky to jamie george running out of space and well marshalled by nick david marcus smith
19:49celebrating that harder felt he got taken far too far past the breakdown by elliot daily
19:55they're just off off camera but you've got to be impressed with harlequin's defensive
20:02effort so far because saracens haven't been bad in attack can i ask you to step out please
20:05they've been really confrontational
20:13is it quite line out ball more in five and it's with jamie george
20:19try against the chiefs last week and around about 10 meters out from the try line here
20:30stay there stay there thinking about it a little bit reluctant to hand that away to
20:36not too many options how well did he do to get that away
20:39dab forwards by burke and across comes half penny
20:43oh importantly goes to ground beyond the try line so quinn's have the option to clear from here
20:54i'll tell you what samson's got a fair few long-limbed lads haven't they
20:59they like to marry toji nick is equal this a massive kick now for will porter first of all
21:05has to go to touch a massive brilliant touch outstanding taken quickly by good his daily
21:13skips inside and yanwoo's got a chase on here daily still moving great tackle from backstop
21:19willis now bringing the dynamism and the energy and over the ball goes and yanwoo has to give up
21:27the contest i think that might have is that a knock on advantage or that's a full scale penalty
21:34he's playing the ball 12 well if you kick the ball off the field sometimes you have to sacrifice
21:44a little bit of meterage to make sure the opposition can't take a quick throw in but
21:49really good from good to get it to daily and how about this tackle from finn baxter isolated on his
21:55own against a very elusive runner great work rate from a prop now he's going to have to do his
22:03bread and butter and hold out from another five meter he's some play of this isn't he
22:08finn baxter he seems to have all the tools equips himself so well on the summer tour of new zealand's
22:13at loose head scrummaging's top notch lovely soft hands brilliant defensively he's got it all
22:20so the tail they go to his inquiry they go and this looks more promising for salaries
22:34heads up walker and smith tomkins arrives number six is bound in
22:40you know i'm trying to get through to that ball but in doing so he's trying to crack the gaps
22:44between the bind he's caused enough of a problem lozovsky
22:50half and he's calling for support defensively but it's still there for salaries
22:56george to earl and earl just might take things on himself
23:02tomkins what's more barreling tackle five meters out and harlequins rewarded
23:11for all their endeavor at the breakdown jack canningham sticking his head where it hurts
23:17there's an error of inevitability to that penalty wasn't it you could feel it coming
23:23and the game has shifted into that sort of game harlequins almost like those amazing scotland
23:30performances where you're throwing everything at them but constantly they are coming up with
23:37big plays at breakdowns and you can't get any momentum in the game
23:41saracens with all their possession and how they've played
23:50canningham space opens up nicely porter tears towards the line support arriving
23:58and yanwoo could do with some help here smith is there or thereabouts but he's still moving
24:05chisholm sizing up these opportunities herbs goes to grounds and one by one they
24:11carry towards the line desperation in the faces of all those wearing white
24:20deep into the red jack walker for quinn's earl having a dabble in comes finn baxter
24:29on the ball here he is again baxter looking for that extra drive find that extra half meter
24:35once more they go close to the line and they're being dragged over the line by
24:39the saracens defenders and they are held up that's a poor last carry because he was short of the line
24:46and then he continued with his leg drive after allowed himself to be held up
24:51what a brilliant finish to a really compelling 40 minutes finn baxter's score is separating them
24:59at the moment and there is a look of a little bit of concern on the faces of the saracens players
25:05they've been so dominant in this fixture they've won the last eight against quinn's it is high
25:11time the home side bit back they're in the process of doing that half time let's do quinn's seven
25:16saracens nil
25:24hurley herbs 10 tackles look at that all the top tacklers in the game
25:30are in that harlequin's pack they have worked their socks off and they've come up with a result
25:37they'll hope to do a bit less tackling in the second half i'd imagine because that does wear
25:43does tire you out though they do have some decent reinforcements on the bench
25:47chandler cunningham south and will evans still there
25:51seven nil the scoreline a rarity that you see that big fat zero next to saracens at halftime
25:58almost a year since they were nilled at halftime in the premiership saints back in last december
26:06and sailed as well to get this away half penny who's had quite an interesting time of it at the
26:10back for quinn's today takes that well and here's lamar satelli who's um renewing friendships this
26:17afternoon having spent a few years with saris of course very impressive showing from the two locks
26:26for quinn's herbst and lavis today chisholm similarly super industrious
26:33tom willis took a big bang at that initial breakdown he's
26:36back on his feet now holding front smith the line speed not quite as voracious as it was
26:43the early part of that first half one diffused by alex good and there's willis again
26:52spotting a meter or two in which to run and carry driven to the ground by an yan wu
26:59showing up really well today as well
27:03wait wait three in the backfields
27:10half penny is actually having a hard time getting through all the escorts
27:15who are wearing the same shirt as him
27:18oh good for willis there
27:20uh
27:27too many numbers committed to that breakdown from quinn's tomkins
27:33wrestles his way onwards over the top goes canningham not over the top not too far away
27:46once again tom willis on the carry
27:50oh
27:56daily chasing hard and half penny very very good this time
28:14we're in this part of the game at the moment where you have to keep your discipline
28:19tactically lots of kicking lots of decent chasing lots of decent aerial skills but
28:25saracens and harlequins aren't going to relent from this the first one to make a mistake will
28:30get that decent chance to try and get the ball back you'll end up breaking up and opening up
28:35this field that's the reason we're seeing all this kicking in the middle third yeah
28:41just waiting for that error
28:46and willis is onto it seems to be everywhere there must be about three of them out there
28:50this afternoon burke to tomkins and a rare touch for tobias elliott he's not seen much of the ball
28:59so far today and now dropping on it is an yang for quinn's and they've got the turnover
29:05if they're urgent they can move to the whip here
29:09however slightly labored in their ability to be able to resource that
29:13so we'll go back to this kick strategy once again
29:22contest
29:24oh
29:36thank you
29:41same old theme and sail and half pennies that gone forwards from half a no it's
29:48not backwards off saracen says the ref and here's burke
29:55and yan was tackle got it and the ball squirts out on the quinn side
30:02walkers lying in the way which is why christophe ridley said that
30:06turnover happens to the ball not 13 to see what they're going to do here but i just wanted to
30:12have a look at elliott daly and kicking game in that middle third of the field is so important
30:17but it's only your kicking game is only as good as those chasing it
30:21yes the hang time's got to be perfect corner go for it
30:27just watch daily here on the first one watch his line how he gets through the traffic that
30:31hugo was talking about cuts through nearly gets it puts big pressure on then he runs back
30:37because the ball's coming back watching he's on the left hand side of your screen now
30:41he runs a really good blocking line himself runs that protection and then he gets one more shot
30:48high kick same line again this time he gets in there gets a hand makes half penny life help
30:56well it's an unbelievable kick from fergus burke that has set up this position for saracens
31:01he went for broke he went for the corner flag and he's given his pack every chance from here
31:07that's the star player to ground seven time they've been into the 22 ball in hand
31:11here goes losovsky another excellent tackle that time from oscar beer
31:16van zyl putting a bit of width on it daily drawing the men looking to slip that ball
31:22away to elliott who has to go and clear out still there for saris on the bounce saw the knock on
31:30playing with the advantage then saracens burke arriving
31:34on that's good attack from saracens but again that harlequin's defense
31:48under pressure here's the kick but look at the distance he's got on scrum saris perfect nudge
31:56and as they get to the corner half penny and smith do really well here
32:00because half penny blocks off that pass what daley's trying to do is get outside of smith
32:07and enough time to get that ball behind the back of half penny but he stays in that passing channel
32:19okay let's go
32:20time for that quinn's defense to provide the steal one more time is equating is dealt with
32:30by jack walker richie only now for saracens they have put in a monumental shift quinn's
32:37defensively can they hold out again willis burke good goes wise and the inside ball from daily
32:45leaves the zosky five short
32:52irani maui has come on for reese carry at loose head powering towards the line ball still in
33:01again through the middle goes willis look at the brute strength of the man it's extraordinary what
33:06he's done there tisard now against his former club scores the try
33:15dragging his side back into contention it's tied to the post there should be two more to come
33:22and hugh tisard wreathed in smiles at the stoop yeah it's another good finish actually that the
33:27damage caused by tom willis's carry as you said ali but when it finally comes here's the willis
33:34carry marcus smith his target initially but then he has to go through lamas ateli kenningham but
33:41just watch here tisard doesn't go forward too quickly and that forces the extra step from chis
33:49oh and he realizes he can go over the top of him if he goes and confronts chisholm tries to blast
33:56through him then he probably gets stopped dead but he just allows the harlequins defender to come and
34:03then he jumps over the top of it pozovsky with the conversion seven points apiece 49 minutes gone
34:11yugo it's very good try isn't it the saracens don't i mean they absolutely deserve this don't
34:17they in terms of their territory some of the quality and to the point i was trying to make
34:22earlier you cannot just keep on defending your 22 and expect to get away with it with that amount of
34:28power
34:47is merly
34:50just for a minute thought the space had opened up smith might find it
34:55keeps it alive porter's running a beautiful line he's got options here
35:09that's what they can do when they're in the mood and there's a tiny chink of light
35:15they tend to make the most of it marcus smith the catalyst and yanwoo the tri-scorer
35:21oh well this is typical harlequins disrupted turnover ball the kicks a little bit too long
35:30too much time on it for merly he finds the catalyst eventually by driving through the
35:36middle and smith sweeps round daily flies out of the line but that harlequins defensive line
35:42all drifting across which is absolutely what marcus smith wants he goes hard back against the grain
35:49and then once they're in behind then they can go back outside
35:52to where all those lumbering saracens forwards have been lost
35:57it is as ugo was saying you know what's coming from saracens
36:02but equally you're expecting something like that from harlequins
36:08lennox and yanwoo who has been given first dibs i suppose on
36:12um filling the shoes left by andre esterhazen as we see the removal of another south african
36:19in stephan levis i hope that's not a rib injury looks a little uncomfortable
36:25that will prompt the arrival of joe launchbury
36:31marcus smith assumes the captaincy and drags harlequins 14 points to seven clear
36:38here it's a quality finish in a game that has been so tight and so caging dominated a lot by
36:45kicking and physicality the rare opportunity for a game to break up gorgeous pass and porter
36:52and then yanru with a big fend and a big finish for harlequins
36:59okay
37:06big tackle from will evans on ben earl
37:12and saracens go to work again trying to find that momentum they're uh punching hard at the moment
37:19but quinn's staying strong defensively another fine tackle from smith
37:24and over the ball they go but launchbury's gone beyond the ball
37:28in the eyes of christophe ridley straight onto the ball please eyes straight up to the big screen
37:35he wants to see the replay i think the ref's right isn't he doesn't he get a hand on yeah
37:41he's absolutely spot on that's a fraction of a second you still can't do it you can't put your
37:46hands on the floor true very true so called i'll tell you something though quinn's and defensively
37:54they it is tight you ride by letter the law i tell you the thing is he's right as well because
38:04launchbury to get that low his feet go a long way back so he set himself by putting the weight
38:10through his hands i think that's a really good decision it's not popular here and i'll probably
38:14get lynched on the way out but i think it's a really good decision have you heard the bullet
38:18from the twicken of crowds would be something to get lynched in west london wouldn't it
38:27so lezovsky from range
38:34it's a clean strike but it's wide and the jeers ring out
38:40um 14 points to 7 the score remains so we've got 11 minutes he'll be back in the game for
38:51harlequin's to try to see this through eight matches on the trot they've lost to saracens
39:01in the premiership it was pre-covid the last time they registered a win 1722 days it's a very very
39:10long time and joe marla will know more than anybody just how they go about closing this deal
39:21off comes finn baxter try scorer today and a high class performance
39:32rather more concerningly is lennox and yan we're making his way rather gingerly to the touchline
39:39i think i think that's cramped though he was getting treatment from will porter of all people
39:44for his cramp cunningham south has the line out ball jared evans is on leave it in and yan was
39:52place and quinn's have a penalty that's harsh it's one of those penalties you feel like you
40:00should have been rewarded so you end up when you go off your feet going well that should be back
40:04on our side good carry from cunningham south what's the reaction of benno back over that's all
40:10right but now he can't push it back i don't know he did he did have a terrible decision but i was
40:17one that yeah you're right i think that's a brilliant piece of skill that's not been rewarded
40:22straight on the ball by the time he's off his feet he's in his possession this is a tight game
40:27a tight game and a very very big decision at this moment 10 minutes to play and this to take
40:34quinn's beyond the converted try marcus smith lining this up from what ran about 10 12 meters
40:42to the left-hand side of the posts
40:58i've only got nine seconds on the shot clock here marcus smith
41:04he's got to get his skates on here three two
41:11a little bit of drama but not in the mind of marcus smith harlequin's 10 points clear
41:18nine minutes to play they are edging to the finish line not done yet
41:28elliott hits that gap really hard beard backs away but i wonder if he might have a good uh good
41:38crack at getting in there now it comes again if you're not sure he's done the right thing there
41:43the toji dumped over jack canningham making his presence felt
41:50here's the sequoia again wave after wave of saracen's attack here
41:58oh simpson clary
42:08here's well they keep running into this quinn's brick wall they do have a penalty though
42:18i'll tell you what what a defensive effort this is saracens throwing everything at them
42:28huge number of tackles having to be made by harlequins canningham now on 22
42:34and do you bang over the three here burn and get within range or do you keep pressing
42:40you take three i think you do
42:47fair point fair point interesting conversation at least isn't it
42:52try and ride that momentum or bank your points with time to get it done
42:56sometimes that message needs to come on from the sideline as well are you happy to potentially bank
43:03a draw from here with how the game's gone for you and how the beginning of the season's gone for you
43:08could be a little bit of a letoff from this situation so although they'll want to always
43:13win every game sometimes you the really good coaches and the really good leaders
43:19just sneaks through make those tough decisions actually we'll be happy with a draw from this
43:24position 600 points up in the premiership for saracens alexandrovsky
43:38games like this you still need the odd one of these don't you it's been brilliant
43:42back to cincy another monstrous tackle oscar beard with a pile driver
43:48earl still full of running 78 minutes in theodan running the dummy line this time tizard again
44:02for saris
44:05burke running into trouble running into kenningham and herbst and they're holding him up
44:10and they're affecting the choke tackle and they've probably done enough here harlequins
44:14into touch he goes that is a huge moment
44:21quinn's fans everywhere recognize it it might be enough to finish the job here
44:33i wonder whether time off time off they might have preferred preferred the scrum though this
44:37will waste a bit more time clock's just stopped it's a line they've got to get their line out
44:43drill right but what a game he's had
44:55unreal noise
44:59heartfelt passion pouring down from the stands this afternoon it's been so long since they've
45:05tasted victory over saracens it's within touching distance now chibulu wrestles it
45:12away from hugh tizard no no no quietly they truck it up
45:27is it porter to cunningham south no interest really in moving forwards just protection of
45:38the ball marla does exactly that 20 seconds to navigate for quinn's porter pops it up once more
45:46cunningham south lays it up again the instructions from porter you can feel the nerves you can feel
45:56the tension the countdown is on harlequins close it's happened
46:08it's finally happened
46:12more than 1700 days of waiting quinn's have beaten saracens in the premiership
46:19four years of hurts and here on this sunday afternoon in southwest london these men these men
46:27have done it
46:48you