- Last 16: Leinster 62-0 Harlequins
- Home side storm into quarter-finals with thumping win
There was a period in this game where Harlequins needed to get the combination to the scoreboard and punch in the digits, quickly. Any class of score would have sufficed: try, penalty, drop goal – just something to put some ink on the page and look forward to receiving the restart and maybe writing another positive paragraph. That period covered the first 10 minutes of the game. It was a long trek that followed, much enjoyed by the crowd of 55,267 who look forward now to another home quarter-final tie – across town in the Aviva Stadium – on Friday night.
When at its end they were held up over the Leinster line, from which Sam Prendergast nonchalantly dropped out into the Quins half, there was a lost opportunity sign hanging around the necks of the away side. In the midst of it all they had a handy penalty shot for three points but passed it up.
Last 16: Leinster 62-0 HarlequinsHome side storm into quarter-finals with thumping winThere was a period in this game where Harlequins needed to get the combination to the scoreboard and punch in the digits, quickly. Any class of score would have sufficed: try, penalty, drop goal – just something to put some ink on the page and look forward to receiving the restart and maybe writing another positive paragraph. That period covered the first 10 minutes of the game. It was a long trek that followed, much enjoyed by the crowd of 55,267 who look forward now to another home quarter-final tie – across town in the Aviva Stadium – on Friday night.When at its end they were held up over the Leinster line, from which Sam Prendergast nonchalantly dropped out into the Quins half, there was a lost opportunity sign hanging around the necks of the away side. In the midst of it all they had a handy penalty shot for three points but passed it up. Continue reading…
