Summary

  • FT: Harlequins 20-19 Saracens

  • Tim Visser crosses in the corner to complete comeback and inflict fifth straight defeat on Sarries

  • Owen Farrell passed 1,000 Premiership career points

  • Only one try scored by Mark McCall's side at The Stoop

  1. Postpublished at 61 mins

    Harlequins 8-13 Saracens

    Big shove on from the Saracens pack at the scrum forces the penalty against Quins.

    Home side well and truly pinned back there and Farrell will take the shot at goal from dead in front of the posts.

  2. Postpublished at 60 mins

    Harlequins 8-13 Saracens

    Jackson Wray and Joe MarlerImage source, Rex Features

    Been plenty of big hits across the park to get you salivating this Sunday afternoon.

    Saracens still with their noses ahead, but Quins battling all over to try and cause an upset.

    Into the last quarter....

  3. Postpublished at 58 mins

    Harlequins 8-13 Saracens

    Elia Elia forces Quins deep into Saracens territory with the rolling maul, but then the visitors have the answer to snuff them out.

    Jamie Roberts can't release on the floor quick enough and Sarries will get another chance to clear.

  4. Postpublished at 57 mins

    Harlequins 8-13 Saracens

    Errors still occurring from both sides as turnovers keep coming.

    A bit of kick tennis too between Mike Brown and Alex Goode before Goode is done for a seat-belt tackle on Brown on his 10-metre line.

    Still in the balance this one.

  5. Postpublished at 53 mins

    Harlequins 8-13 Saracens

    Quins lose the chance to launch a reply from halfway as Elia Elia coughs up the ball in contact.

    Changes for both sides as we enter the final half an hour. Big Will Skelton joins the Sarries pack for Nick Isiekwe.

    James Horwill has to make way for Dino Lamb.

  6. Penalty (Farrell)published at 51 mins

    Harlequins 8-13 Saracens

    Saracens back to five points ahead as Owen Farrell kicks the penalty from 25 metres back.

    A penalty apiece in this half so far...

  7. Postpublished at 50 mins

    Harlequins 8-10 Saracens

    Saracens get a bit of momentum finally in an attacking move and Quins find themselves under pressure in their 22.

    The hosts penalised for offside and Sarries finally get some moves to click.

    James Horwill is the latest player to go down and need treatment in this bruising encounter.

  8. Postpublished at 48 mins

    Harlequins 8-10 Saracens

    Painful looking moment for Maro Itoje who has a lot of blood around his mouth from a collision.

    Off goes the British & Irish Lion and on comes Schalk Burger as a blood injury replacement for the time being.

  9. Postpublished at 47 mins

    Harlequins 8-10 Saracens

    Scrappy play continues for Saracens as they struggle to get clear of their own half.

    Quins back in possession but Alex Goode snuffs out an attempted attack inside his own 22.

    James Horwill and Maro ItojeImage source, Rex Features
  10. Postpublished at 45 mins

    Harlequins 8-10 Saracens

    Saracens sloppy through their hands on two occasions as first a pass goes stray and then Alex Goode has the ball ripped from his clutches at the break down.

    Quins buoyed here at the start of this second half.

  11. Penalty (Lang)published at 43 mins

    Harlequins 8-10 Saracens

    James Lang on target with his right boot and up go the assistants' flags to bring Quins back to within two points.

    James LangImage source, Rex Features
  12. Postpublished at 43 mins

    Harlequins 5-10 Saracens

    Saracens concede a scrum penalty inside their own half at the start of this second half and Quins will go for the posts to try and reduce the deficit.

  13. Kick-offpublished at 41 mins

    Harlequins 5-10 Saracens

    Alofa AlofaImage source, Rex Features

    Here we go again then for the second half.

    Lots of hustle and bustle from both sides in the opening 40 minutes, can they match the intensity once more?

  14. Postpublished at 16:03 Greenwich Mean Time 3 December 2017

    Teams heading back out on to the park. Strap yourselves in for the second half...

  15. Vital statisticspublished at 16:02 Greenwich Mean Time 3 December 2017

    HT: Harlequins 5-10 Saracens

    Sometimes the scoreboard doesn't tell the full story....

  16. Postpublished at 15:58 Greenwich Mean Time 3 December 2017

    HT: Harlequins 5-10 Saracens

    BirdsImage source, PA

    Plenty of interested spectators in this one in that first half, including at one stage a swarm of seagulls.

    They swooped in so close at one stage, you could barely see through them on the camera lens.

  17. Postpublished at 15:54 Greenwich Mean Time 3 December 2017

    HT: Harlequins 5-10 Saracens

    Some huge defence in that first half from Saracens. Their trademark of course.

    Plenty to encourage Quins though in attack. Should be a decent second half if the evidence of the first 40 minutes is anything to go by.

  18. More to come form Sarries?published at 15:52 Greenwich Mean Time 3 December 2017

    HT: Harlequins 5-10 Saracens

    Quote Message

    It feels like Harlequins should be ahead on the balance of play and the territory they have had. Their forwards have managed the game well. It was a strange first half but an enjoyable one. You feel like Saracens have a lot in them at the moment.

    Hugh Godwin, Rugby union journalist on BBC Radio London

  19. Half-timepublished at 15:49 Greenwich Mean Time 3 December 2017

    Harlequins 5-10 Saracens

    Brad BarrittImage source, Rex Features

    End of the first 40 minutes and it's been a decent contest.

    Saracens got the early try from Brad Barritt before Owen Farrell kicked a conversion and a penalty.

    Quins still in it though. Charlie Walker did cross the whitewash, but the hosts had several chances to add to it and may have gone in ahead against lesser defences.

  20. Postpublished at 39 mins

    Harlequins 5-10 Saracens

    Owen Farrell puts his laces through an absolute belter of a clearance that goes from his own 10-metre line to the Quins five-metre line.

    Great vision to spot Mike Brown just a touch out of position.