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Bath Rugby 39 Harlequins 28 (Premiership Cup)

Normally it’s Quins who mount a second half revival but this time Bath, who were in the first half 21 points down, who dominated the second half to win comfortably.

This was principally due to bringing on a fresh  from row (Ben Obana, Tom Dunn and Phil de Toit) who totally overpowered Quins who had no answer to their heft.

The men in blue set up home in the Quins half and wave after wave attacked the line. How Quins missed Fin Baxter, Chandler Cunningham South and Alex Dombrandt, not to say the orchestration of Marcus Smith.

Bath could not call upon Ollie Lawrence nor Finn Russell.

The only redeeming feature for Quins was the dynamism of Rodrigo Isgro on the wing. The Los Pumas winger has power and pace and no little skill.

However, if you cannot get the ball to him or the effervescent Tyrone Greene you cannot expect to win.

Still, it made for good television.

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