Fans make long-awaited return to see Bath blaze to victory at Harlequins

Harlequins 27-41 BathStoop welcomes crowd of 2,700 for pilot eventA live audience, suddenly, is the most precious gift in sport. It would be pushing it to describe the Stoop as a throbbing cauldron awash with passion, but how good it was to see club rugby finally removed from its deserted echo chamber. The much-missed buzz and banter of a Saturday afternoon are back, hopefully to stay.Even hearing The Mighty Quin being lustily sung by well-upholstered men in striped blazers felt warmly nostalgic, at least for the first couple of renditions. What mattered, as much as Bath’s well-deserved victor…