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Harlequins 12 Warrington 19
Warrington Wolves came from behind to beat Harlequins 19-12 at the Twickenham Stoop. The home team looked on course to retain their unbeaten record as they raced into a 12-0 lead with converted tries inside the first 20 minutes from Matthew Gafa and Scott Hill.
But Warrington hit back to join Bradford at the top of the table with three wins from four.
It didn't look good for the Wolves when after just six minutes Australians Hill and McLinden combined to send winger Gafa racing clear under the sticks, Paul Sykes tagging on the extras.
Eight minutes later Quins went over again as neat work from scrum-half Danny Orr put stand-off Hill in froim 10 yards out.
Shellshocked Warrington could have crumbled but they bounced straight back and clawed their way back into the contest within a minute.
Skipper Lee Briers provided a stuuning pass to Martin Gleeson and the Great Britain centre powered over, although Briers failed to land the goal.
Four minutes before the beak the Wolves scored again as Martin Gleeson's pass gave winger Henry Fa'afili the chance to display his fancy footwork at the expense of Chris Melling for a try in the corner.
The Kiwi winger also got the equalising try eight minutes into the second half after a clever interchange between Mark and Martin Gleeson.
The Wolves were now turning on the style and the fourth try arrived in the 64th minute as Brent Grose threw a reverse pass that wrong-footed the defence and Stuart Reardon took the ball at full pace to score in the corner.
After two missed conversions, Briers handed the kicking duties to Chris Bridge and the substitute, who returned to action after missing the last two games with a torn hamstring, duly obliged by adding the goal for an 18-12 lead.
Briers then made amends for his earlier misses by slotting a drop goal seven minutes from time to stretch the lead and settle and nerves amongst the travelling fans.
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by Gary Skentelbery
Warrington Wolves came from behind to beat Harlequins 19-12 at the Twickenham Stoop. The home team looked on course to retain their unbeaten record as they raced into a 12-0 lead with converted tries inside the first 20 minutes from Matthew Gafa and Scott Hill.
But Warrington hit back to join Bradford at the top of the table with three wins from four.
It didn't look good for the Wolves when after just six minutes Australians Hill and McLinden combined to send winger Gafa racing clear under the sticks, Paul Sykes tagging on the extras.
Eight minutes later Quins went over again as neat work from scrum-half Danny Orr put stand-off Hill in froim 10 yards out.
Shellshocked Warrington could have crumbled but they bounced straight back and clawed their way back into the contest within a minute.
Skipper Lee Briers provided a stuuning pass to Martin Gleeson and the Great Britain centre powered over, although Briers failed to land the goal.
Four minutes before the beak the Wolves scored again as Martin Gleeson's pass gave winger Henry Fa'afili the chance to display his fancy footwork at the expense of Chris Melling for a try in the corner.
The Kiwi winger also got the equalising try eight minutes into the second half after a clever interchange between Mark and Martin Gleeson.
The Wolves were now turning on the style and the fourth try arrived in the 64th minute as Brent Grose threw a reverse pass that wrong-footed the defence and Stuart Reardon took the ball at full pace to score in the corner.
After two missed conversions, Briers handed the kicking duties to Chris Bridge and the substitute, who returned to action after missing the last two games with a torn hamstring, duly obliged by adding the goal for an 18-12 lead.
Briers then made amends for his earlier misses by slotting a drop goal seven minutes from time to stretch the lead and settle and nerves amongst the travelling fans.
