Winning Start
Green Try
By MG
September 12 2022
It's been a long hot summer but Quins haven't lost their ability to win games in the closing minutes. This time they scored two tries in the last five to overcome a competitive Newcastle Falcons winning 40-31 at Kingston Park.
Falcons aren't much fancied, after the departure of Dean Richards, but they scored three tries in the first half through George McGuigan, Adam Radwan and Nathan Earle and went in 17-14 in the lead. Fortunately, George Head and Lennox Anyanwu kept Quins in contention.
Tyrone Green and Wilco Louw then gave Qujins the lead only for McGuigan to score again with Logo Mulipola then giving his side the lead. Nip and tuck.
Cue the customary late onslaught and those tries from Alex Dombrandt and Joe Marchant.
A happy Tabai Matson told the media: "This team is just so positive. They want to go to a scrum or to go for a lineout to score a try instead of taking the easier option.
"It's one of those things that in the game, Newcastle were getting on top of us, but we did well to hit back and adapt to the opposition and the referee.
"The most pleasing thingis that we've taken five points in the first round."
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