Harlequins 33-15 Saracens: Penalty try and two yellow cards

Harlequins beat Saracens 33-15 in Round 4 of Premiership Rugby in London on Sunday 25 October, with a kick-off of 3pm. Marcus Smith, Seb Driscoll, Cadan Murley and William Porter scored tries for Harlequins, who were also awarded a penalty try. Smith kicked three conversions. Rotimi Segun, Theo Dan and Nick Tompkins scored Saracens’ tries, and Harlequins led 26-10 at half-time.

How the match unfolded

Smith opened the scoring with a try in the 4th minute and added the conversion to make it 7-0. Driscoll scored in the 15th minute, and Smith converted in the 16th to take Harlequins to 14-0.

Saracens answered in the 19th minute through Segun, which made it 14-5. Harlequins were then awarded a penalty try in the 24th minute, moving the score to 21-5. Murley crossed in the 37th minute to make it 26-5, and Dan scored for Saracens in the 40th minute, so the teams went in at 26-10.

Porter scored Harlequins’ fifth try of the match in the 55th minute, making it 31-10. Smith converted in the 56th minute for 33-10. Tompkins scored for Saracens in the 62nd minute to make it 33-15, which was the final score.

Key stats

Harlequins kicked three conversions, all by Smith, while Saracens kicked none. Harlequins had 54 per cent of possession and Saracens 46 per cent. Saracens won seven turnovers and Harlequins won six.

Saracens were shown two yellow cards and Harlequins none. There were no red cards for either side.

Cards

Saracens had two players shown yellow cards in the first half. Ben Earl was sent to the sin-bin in the 25th minute, one minute after Harlequins were awarded their penalty try. Fergus Burke was shown a yellow card in the 36th minute.

Murley scored Harlequins’ try in the 37th minute, the minute after Burke’s card, and Dan scored for Saracens in the 40th minute before the break. Harlequins were not shown a card at any point in the match.