Sarries Shade It

Proffesional rugby is a strange beast. Just minutes after an epic encounter in front of 55,000 at the impressive Spurs Stadium the Quins players were on the Tube home chatting to supporters from both clubs - you wouldn't see Harry Kane doing that.

The reason for the swift exit wasn't a case of being sore 36-24 losers, but the fact that the squad had to fly off to South Africa to take on Stormers in the Champions Cup on Saturday.

They can travel with their heads held high after giving the league leaders a tough game. However, Quins finished the day in eighth with hopes of a top four finish fading.

Alex Dombrant did get Quins off to a great start - forcing his way over from a Danny Care quick penalty. However, Sarries came back with Alex Lozowski going between the posts followed by  a Nick Tompkins try.

Quins' cause wasn't helped when Danny Care was binned for a collision with Ivan van Zyl who eventually went off after a head injury assessment.

Sarries thebn went in 22-7 at the break after Andy Christie dived over in the corner.

Quions came out strongly after the break with a supoerb pass from Marcus Smith sending Cadan Murley in at the corner.

At 22-14 the next score would be the important one and it went the way of Sarries - Sean Maitland nipping over.

Murley then cemented his place at the  top of the try scoring table with his 13th of the season.

But, with Luke Northmore binned for catching Owen Farrell on the shoulder as he went for a chargedown, Maro itoje went over from a lineout.

With the Tube and the trip to South Africa beckoning Quins had the last word as Joe Marchant took a chip from Care to score in the corner  -despite being tackled in the air.

"Europe" here we come.