Anglo-Welsh Cup wins for Quins and Exeter
There were Anglo-Welsh Cup wins for Harlequins and Exeter Chiefs on Sunday as they saw off Worcester and Scarlets respectively.
Harlequins 45-37 Worcester
Harlequins made it two victories out of two in this season’s Anglo-Welsh Cup as they won a thriller 45-37 against Worcester at the Stoop.
They led 26-15 at the break thanks to tries from Tim Visser, Mathew Luamanu, Harry Sloan and James Chisholm before Dino Lamb, James Lang and Alofa Alofa crossed in the second-half for the bonus-point triumph. James Lang kicked 10 points for Quins via five conversions.
In reply Worcester’s tries came from Dean Hammond (3), Max Stelling, Ben Howard and Darren Barry as they suffer a second pool loss.
The scorers:
For Harlequins:
Tries: Visser, Luamanu, Sloan, Chisholm, Lamb, Lang, Alofa
Cons: Lang 5
For Worcester:
Tries: Hammond 3, Stelling, Howard, Barry
Cons: Olver 2
Pen: Olver
Harlequins: 15 Tim Visser, 14 Gabriel Ibitoye, 13 Harry Sloan, 12 Jamie Roberts, 11 Alofa Alofa, 10 James Lang, 9 Calum Waters, 8 Mat Luamanu, 7 James Chisholm (c), 6 Archie White, 5 Ben Glynn, 4 George Merrick, 3 Josh McNulty, 2 Elia Elia, 1 Mark Lambert
Replacements: 16 Charlie Piper, 17 Lewis Boyce, 18 Josh Ibuanokpe, 19 Dino Lamb, 20 John Okafor, 21 Niall Saunders, 22 Marcus Smith, 23 Ross Chisholm
Worcester Warriors: 15 Ben Howard, 14 Alex Hearle, 13 Max Stelling, 12 Will Butler (c), 11 Dean Hammond, 10 Sam Olver, 9 Luke Baldwin, 8 Tom Dodd, 7 Andrew Durutalo, 6 Huw Taylor, 5 Darren Barry, 4 Christian Scotland-Williamson, 3 Simon Kerrod, 2 Kurt Haupt, 1 Ryan Bower
Replacements: 16 Joe Taufete’e ,17 Gareth Milasinovich, 18 Nick Schonert, 19 Pierce Phillips, 20 Ted Hill, 21 Peter Stringer, 22 Afeafe Haisila Lokotui, 23 Ollie Lawrence
Referee: Adam Jones (Wales)
Assistant referees: Nigel Carrick (England), Michael Hudson (England)
Scarlets 0-40 Exeter
Exeter Chiefs join Harlequins at the Pool 1 summit as they collected their second victory of the campaign, running riot at Parc y Scarlets.
The 40-0 hiding saw three penalty tries scored in the second-half, with replacement Tom Hendrickson also going over after the interval.
Exeter were equally impressive in the opening stanza as tries from Shaun Malton and James Freeman set them on their way to the win.
The scorers:
For Exeter:
Tries: Malton, Freeman, Penalty try 3, Hendrickson
Cons: Simmonds 2
Scarlets: 15 Morgan Williams, 14 Morgan Griffiths, 13 Ioan Nicholas, 12 Rhodri Jones, 11 Tom Rogers, 10 Jack Maynard, 9 Declan Smith, 8 Jack Condy, 7 Shaun Evans, 6 Jack Jones, 5 Tom Price, 4 Josh Helps, 3 Simon Gardiner, 2 Dafydd Hughes, 1 Rhys Fawcett
Replacements: 16 Torin Myhill, 17 Steffan Thomas, 18 Javan Sebastian, 19 Shaun Jones, 20 Dan Davis, 21 Gareth George, 22 Lewis Williams, 23 Scott Lloyd
Exeter: 15 Phil Dollmanm, 14 Tom O’Flaherty, 13 Ollie Devoto, 12 Sam Hill, 11 James Short, 10 Joe Simmonds, 9 Stuart Townsend, 8 Kai Horstmann (c), 7 Matt Kvesic, 6 James Freeman, 5 Sam Skinner, 4 Toby Salmon, 3 Moray Low, 2 Shaun Malton, 1 Alec Hepburn
Replacements: 16 Luke Cowan-Dickie, 17 Carl Rimmer, 18 Greg Holmes, 19 Ed Holmes, 20 Dave Ewers, 21 Jack Maunder, 22 Sam Morley, 23 Tom Hendrickson
Referee: Karl Dickson (England)
Assistant referees: Wayne Davies (Wales), Chris Oliver (Wales)