Harlequins 29 Gloucester 26, match report: Quins rally to keep alive Premiership play-off push
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Harlequins 29 Gloucester 26, match report: Quins rally to keep alive Premiership play-off push
Harlequins’ late rally kept alive their hopes of securing seventh in the Aviva Premiership and a possible play-off for the European Champions Cup next season.
Tries from Marland Yarde and Ollie Lindsay-Hague in a five-minute period, while Gloucester had Ross Moriarty and Charlie Sharples in the sin bin, settled a match that Harlequins really had no right to win.
“Was it difficult at times? Of course it was, but we worked our way through it,” conceded Conor O’Shea, the Harlequins director of rugby.
“Did their heads go down, did they give up and say, ‘we were not going to be able to win…
Tries from Marland Yarde and Ollie Lindsay-Hague in a five-minute period, while Gloucester had Ross Moriarty and Charlie Sharples in the sin bin, settled a match that Harlequins really had no right to win.
“Was it difficult at times? Of course it was, but we worked our way through it,” conceded Conor O’Shea, the Harlequins director of rugby.
“Did their heads go down, did they give up and say, ‘we were not going to be able to win…
