Harlequins head coach Danny Wilson says the 'damage was done' in the first half as his side were beaten 38-26 by Toulouse in their debut Champions Cup semi-final.
Harlequins head coach Danny Wilson says the "damage was done" in the first half as his side were beaten 38-26 by Toulouse in their debut Investec Champions Cup semi-final.
Jack Walker's yellow card stunted their progress minutes before Toulouse finally broke Quins' resistance to score their first points of the second half as Juan Cruz Mallia claimed their sixth try of the match. "When you go through a lot of phases like we do to break teams down, you are in trouble when your breakdown is not really good."Maybe the yellow card was a moment when the momentum went away from us. I can understand the decision by the letter of the law but it was a key moment and they scored immediately to get a cushion."
"It’s the first time the club has ever been in a European semi-final so it was always going to be about learnings.
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