- Harlequins 14-12 Exeter
- Fly-half sets up late try and kicks decisive conversion
The comeback kings come back. Of course they do. Harlequins, given all the assistance they could have asked for by Alec Hepburn’s red card on the stroke of half-time for a clear-out of Joe Marler, did their level best to butcher their advantage. In typical style, they prevailed at the death with a try by André Esterhuizen and the conversion by Marcus Smith – from the touchline, obviously.
This was a rerun of the final last season across the road but Exeter had looked as if they were going to rewrite the script with a gutsy effort in adversity.
