Premiership: Bathtub 13-19 Harlequins – Quins hold-off hosts for fourth win in a row

Harlequins held off Bathtub to assert a 19-13 victory and lengthen their Premiership profitable streak to 4 matches on the Recreation Floor.

Will Butt’s attempt introduced Bathtub again to inside two factors, however Nick David stretched Quins’ benefit once more.

Bathtub had two efforts held up on the road and had been then denied a last-minute rating in a dramatic finale as Quins noticed out the sport with 13 males.

Each George Head and Jack Kenningham had been despatched to the sin-bin within the last minutes, however Quins held on to strengthen their maintain on third place within the desk.

Quins dominated the opening 40 minutes, leaving Bathtub – who had additionally gained their three earlier league matches – shocked, as their dealing with errors and penalties racked up.

Full-back David gained the guests their first territorial benefit, racing to the Bathtub 22 after a kick-chase inside three minutes. From 5 metres out, Dombrandt discovered a spot as he got here across the ruck to cost between two tacklers beneath the posts.

Beard, on his first league begin, was rewarded for making the preliminary line break that arrange Quins’ second attempt. After 16 phases, he was picked out by Danny Care with a protracted ball and side-stepped over.

Whereas Orlando Bailey had stored Bathtub in contact with a penalty, he missed an extra two kicks at aim and the hosts’ assault was largely restricted to at least one glorious Joe Cokanasiga break down the wing which fell brief.

But Quins had been made to pay for not making their dominance depend on the scoreboard when, with the second half barely beneath manner, Butt ran over to deliver Bathtub inside two factors.

David pushed Harlequins again a couple of rating clear, coolly working over after swift passing from Care and Andre Esterhuizen, however Bathtub’s glorious defence and an enormous deal with from Cokanasiga denied them a fourth try to the bonus level when the strain dialled up.

A Piers Francis penalty then lower Quins’ result in six factors, leaving Bathtub, who’ve scored extra factors than any staff within the last quarter-hour of video games thus far this season, hoping of occurring to safe a comeback win.

They once more completed the stronger aspect, though Tom Dunn and Ollie Lawrence had been each held up on the road.

Then in a frantic last two minutes, and with Head and Kenningham each within the bin, Bathtub had been unable to drive over from the following penalties and steal a last-minute victory.

Bathtub head of rugby Johann van Graan instructed BBC Radio Bristol:

“It was a irritating, that previous couple of minutes we had been over the attempt line twice and the ball may have been grounded. A recreation of small margins.

“I believe we had alternatives to win the sport and in a recreation of such small margins. That they had their scrum attempt that they completed and we had been over the aim line twice and could not see the grounding of the ball, that is the sport.

“We appeared like a staff that have not performed collectively for a couple of weeks. Straight after half-time we got here out and scored that attempt.

“They are a good aspect, they put us beneath set-piece strain – that wasn’t adequate from our aspect throughout the 80 minutes. We caught in there, we had a chance to win with the final play of the sport. This one we actually wished to win.”

Bathtub: Gallagher; Cokanasiga, Lawrence, Redpath, Butt; Bailey, Spencer; Morozov, Dunn, Rae, Attwood, Lee-Warner, Hill, Reid, Bayliss.

Replacements: Annett, Cordwell, Jonker, Spencer, Ellis, Inexperienced, Francis, De Carpentier.

Harlequins: David; Murley, Beard, Esterhuizen, Bassett; Allan, Care; Marler, Walker, Louw, Lamb, Herbst, Kenningham, Evans, Dombrandt

Replacements: Head, Baxter, Kerrod, Hammond, White, Gjaltema, Edwards, Anyanwu.

Sin bin: Head (79 minutes), Kenningham (80+1 minutes)

Referee: Andrew Brace