A fine second-half display from Harlequins condemned Premiership new boys
Rotherham to their second successive defeat and earned Quins their first win in
the Zurich Premiership.
After a first half which matched the gloomy weather, Quins stepped up a gear
and after some resolute first-half defending, the Yorkshiremen had no answer to
the home side.
The first period was dominated by defences but Quins did not need to wait long
- Paul Burke, Will Greenwood and Steve White-Cooper combined in the seventh
minute, White-Cooper receiving the final pass from former Leicester centre
Greenwood to touch down in the corner.
Rotherham hit back with two penalties, converted by Mike Umaga, to bring
themselves to within one point at half-time.
Just a minute into the second half, Quins stretched out their lead with a
second try. Daren O'Leary received the ball from replacement Mart Mapletoft to
steal in at the corner.
Greenwood scored the best try of the game in the 50th minute after being set
up brilliantly by skipper Keith Wood who pierced the Rotherham defence to send
Greenwood unchallenged under the posts.
Nine minutes from time, Nick Greenstock scored try number four for the home
side when he received Nick Burrows' long pass out to the right, Greenstock
injecting his pace down the flank to touch down at the corner.
The visitors bagged a late consolation when replacement Jim Thorp converted
some late Rotherham pressure, touching down from a ruck in front of the posts to
reduce the arrears.
Teams
Harlequins: O'Neill, O'Leary, Greenwood, Greenstock, Daniel,
Burke, Richards, Leonard, Wood, Starr, Codling, Jones,
White-Cooper, Jenkins, Sanderson, Dawling.
Replacements: Mapletoft for O'Neill (37),
Burrows for O'Leary (61), Dawson for Starr (65),
Dawling for White-Cooper (65), Nias for Dawling (78).
Not Used: Powell, M. Williams.
Tries: White-Cooper, O'Leary, Greenwood,
Greenstock.
Cons: Burke 3.
Rotherham: Umaga, Binns, Scully,
Bunting, Johnson, Turner,
Parr, Murphy, Earnshaw, Spence, Simpson, Shepherd, Northey,
Dawson, Fea'unati.
Replacements: Thorp for Bunting (72), Garnett for Johnson (60),
Latham for Turner (56), Cook for Parr (47),
White for Spence (67).
Not Used: Harrison, Wood.
Tries: Thorp.
Cons: Umaga.
Pens: Umaga 2
Att: 2,314
Ref: John Barnard (RFU).
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