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for almost five years but with Farrell now playing for Racing 92 in France, that long run bit the dust 17-10 at The Stoop for a first defeat this season.
“As a group, we’ve put defence first in training sessions more often,” Harlequins boss Danny Wilson said afterwards, hailing the influence of new assistant coach Jason Gilmore. He must be a happy Gilmore after that.Maybe Farrell’s replacement Fergus Burke is still settling in, but surprisingly often, the Kiwi fly-half was ignored as first receiver from rucks.
Gloucester’s former captain Ed Slater pinpointed the way his old team chose to attack as a problem, picking out hooker Jack Singleton and No 8 Zach Mercer for making questionable plays. The 23-year-old Steward has never appeared to make a public fuss since losing his England’s starting place to Furbank .
Reffell was sent to the sin bin for an illegal tackle, but TV analysts David Flatman and Austin Healey immediately questioned if there was any real fault on the Welshman’s part, contending that his concern was not to go into contact too high., as both pointed out to the referee Anthony Woodthorpe there had been an attempt to wrap the arms.
We broke the news that only Doncaster Knights out of the 12 clubs in the Championship were certain to undertake the promotion audit this season, and now Doncaster’s hopes of finishing top – which is a prerequisite for being in the end-of-season play-off with the Premiership’s bottom club – have been given a big blow by their shock 12-0 loss at home to London Scottish.
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