Robshaw leads Quins into play-offs
England captain Chris Robshaw got on the scoresheet as Harlequins wrapped up their place in the Premiership semifinals with a 33-17 win over Wasps on Saturday.
Quins’ convincing bonus-point win over their local rivals left Wasps fighting for their Premiership survival, just four points above bottom-club Newcastle who scored a shock win over Gloucester.
Robshaw, Ugo Monye, George Robson and Jordan Turner-Hall all scored tries for Quins with Rory Clegg adding 13 points with the boot at the Stoop.
Elsewhere on Saturday, Leicester flyhalf Toby Flood reminded England coach Stuart Lancaster of his playmaking talent with a superb 25-point haul in the Tigers’ 35-21 win at Northampton.
Flood crossed for two of Leicester’s four tries while adding three conversions and three penalties as the Tigers cut loose against their midlands rivals.
The shock of the day belonged to bottom club Newcastle, however, who pulled off an unlikely 29-20 win over Gloucester at Kingsholm.
It was the Falcons first away win for more than 13 months and gave Newcastle renewed hope of avoiding relegation.
Ally Hogg and Mark Wilson were the try-scorers while captain Jimmy Gopperth kicked 19 points.
Exeter meanwhile produced a barnstorming finish at Worcester in a 31-26 win. The Chiefs trailed 26-19 with two minutes remaining before late tries from Phil Dollman and Sireli Naqelevuki grabbed the points.
Gloucester 20-29 Newcastle Falcons
The scorers:
For Gloucester:
Tries: Qera
Pens: Burns 5
For Newcastle:
Tries: Hogg, Wilson
Cons: Gopperth 2
Pens: Gopperth 5
Gloucester: 15 Jonny May, 14 Charlie Sharples, 13 Mike Tindall, 12 Eliota Fuimaono-Sapolu, 11 James Simpson-Daniel, 10 Freddie Burns, 9 Nick Runciman, 8 Luke Narraway (captain), 7 Akapusi Qera, 6 Peter Buxton, 5 Alex Brown, 4 Jim Hamilton, 3 Rupert Harden, 2 Scott Lawson, 1 Dan Murphy.
Replacements: 16 Darren Dawidiuk, 17 Yann Thomas, 18 Shaun Knight, 19 Will James, 20 Alasdair Strokosch, 21 Dave Lewis, 22 Tim Taylor, 23 Tim Molenaar.
Newcastle: 15 Greg Goosen, 14 Corne Uys, 13 Jamie Helleur, 12 James Fitzpatrick, 11 Ryan Shortland, 10 Jimmy Gopperth (captain), 9 Peter Stringer, 8 Adam Balding 7 Will Welch, 6 Ally Hogg, 5 Tim Swinson, 4 James Hudson, 3 Euan Murray, 2 Rob Vickers, 1 Jonny Golding.
Replacements: 16 Matt Thompson, 17 Grant Shiells, 18 James Hall, 19 James Goode, 20 Taiasina Tu’ifua, 21 Mark Wilson, 22 Will Chudley, 23 Tom Catterick.
Referee: Tim Wigglesworth
Northampton Saints 21-35 Leicester Tigers
The scorers:
For Northampton:
Tries: Dickson, Ashton
Con: Myler
Pens: Lamb 3
For Leicester:
Tries: Flood 2, A Tuilagi, Agulla
Cons: Flood 3
Pens: Flood 3
Northampton: 15 Ben Foden, 14 Chris Ashton, 13 George Pisi, 12 James Downey, 11 Paul Diggin, 10 Ryan Lamb, 9 Lee Dickson (captain), 8 Roger Wilson, 7 Phil Dowson, 6 James Craig, 5 Christian Day, 4 Samu Manoa, 3 Brian Mujati, 2 Andy Long, 1 Soane Tonga’uiha.
Replacements: 16 Ross McMillan, 17 Alex Waller, 18 Paul Doran-Jones, 19 Mark Sorenson,20 Ben Nutley, 21 Martin Roberts, 22 Stephen Myler, 23 Tom May.
Leicester Tigers: 15 Scott Hamilton, 14 Horacio Agulla, 13 Manusamoa Tuilagi, 12 Anthony Allen, 11 Alesana Tuilagi, 10 Toby Flood, 9 Ben Youngs, 8 Thomas Waldrom, 7 Julian Salvi, 6 Tom Croft, 5 Geoff Parling, 4 George Skivington, 3 Dan Cole, 2 George Chuter (captain), 1 Marcos Ayerza.
Replacements: 16 Tom Youngs, 17 Martin Castrogiovanni, 18 Logovi’i Mulipola, 19 Steve Mafi, 20 Craig Newby, 21 Sam Harrison, 22 Billy Twelvetrees, 23 Matt Smith.
Referee: Dave Pearson
Worcestor Warriors 26-31 Exeter Chiefs
The scorers:
For Worcester:
Tries: Gillies, Benjamin
Cons: Goode 2
Pens: Goode 4
For Exeter:
Tries: Jess, Rennie, Dollman, Naqelevuki
Con: Steenson
Pens: Mieres 3
Worcester Warriors: 15 Chris Pennell, 14 Marcel Garvey, 13 Alex Grove, 12 Dale Rasmussen, 11 Miles Benjamin, 10 Andy Goode, 9 Shaun Perry (captain), 8 Blair Cowan, 7 Matt Kvesic, 6 Neil Best, 5 Craig Gillies, 4 James Percival, 3 Tevita Taumoepeau, 2 Aleki Lutui, 1 Matt Mullan.
Replacements: 16 Ed Shervington, 17 George Porter, 18 Bruce Douglas, 19 Ben Gulliver, 20 Kai Horstmann, 21 Jonny Arr, 22 Danny Gray, 23 Ravai Fatiaki.
Exeter Chiefs: 15 Luke Arscott, 14 Gonzalo Camacho, 13 Bryan Rennie, 12 Phil Dollman, 11 Matt Jess, 10 Ignacio Mieres, 9 Haydn Thomas, 8 Richard Baxter, 7 James Scaysbrook, 6 Tom Johnson, 5 James Hanks, 4 Tom Hayes (captain), 3 Hoani Tui, 2 Chris Whitehead, 1 Ben Moon.
Replacements: 16 Neil Clark, 17 Brett Sturgess, 18 Chris Budgen, 19 Aly Muldowney, 20 Ben White 21 Kevin Barrett, 22 Gareth Steenson, 23 Sireli Naqelevuki.
Referee: Andrew Small
Harlequins 33-17 London Wasps
The scorers:
For Harlequins:
Tries: Monye, Robson, Robshaw, Turner-Hall
Cons: Clegg 2
Pens: Clegg 3
For London Wasps:
Tries: Wade, Filipo
Cons: Robinson 2
Pen: Robinson
Harlequins: 15 Mike Brown, 14 Ugo Monye, 13 George Lowe, 12 Jordan Turner-Hall, 11 Sam Smith, 10 Rory Clegg, 9 Danny Care, 8 Nick Easter, 7 Chris Robshaw (captain), 6 Maurie Fa’asavalu, 5 George Robson, 4 Olly Kohn, 3 James Johnston, 2 Rob Buchanan, 1 Joe Marler.
Replacements: 16 Aston Croall, 17 Mark Lambert, 18 Will Collier, 19 Tomas Vallejos, 20 Tom Guest, 21 Karl Dickson, 22 Benjamin Urdapilleta, 23 Ross Chisholm.
London Wasps: 15 Richard Haughton, 14 Christian Wade, 13 Elliot Daly, 12 Ryan Davis, 11 Tom Varndell, 10 Nick Robinson, 9 Charlie Davies, 8 Sam Jones, 7 Jonathan Poff, 6 Joe Launchbury, 5 Richard Birkett (captain), 4 James Cannon, 3 Ben Broster, 2 Tom Lindsay, 1 Tim Payne.
Replacements: 16 Vladislav Korshunov, 17 Zac Taulafo, 18 Simon McIntyre, 19 Ross Filipo, 20 Billy Vunipola, 21 Lee Robinson, 22 Chris Mayor, 23 Jack Wallace.
Referee: JP Doyle
London Irish 19-28 Saracens
The scorers:
For London Irish:
Tries: Armitage 2
Pens: Homer 3
For Saracens:
Try: Fraser
Con: Hodgson
Pens: Hodgson 5
DGs: Hodgson 2
Yellow cards: Gibson (London Irish – 52nd min); Fraser (Saracens – 71st min)
London Irish: 15 Tom Homer 14 Delon Armitage, 13 Jonathan Joseph, 12 Joe Ansbro, 11 Sailosi Tagicakibau, 10 Adrian Jarvis, 9 Darren Allinson, 8 Ofisa Treviranus, 7 Richard Thorpe, 6 Jamie Gibson , 5 Matt Garvey, 4 Bryn Evans , 3 Faan Rautenbach, 2 David Paice, 1 Alex Corbisiero (captain).
Replacements: 16 James Buckland 17 Max Lahiff 18 Leo Halavatau 19 Jebb Sinclair 20 Alex Gray 21 Topsy Ojo 22 Steve Shingler 23 Ross Samson
Saracens: 15 Alex Goode, 14 David Strettle, 13 Chris Wyles, 12 Brad Barritt, 11 Michael Tagicakibau, 10 Charlie Hodgson, 9 Neil de Kock, 8 Ernst Joubert, 7 Will Fraser, 6 Jackson Wray, 5 George Kruis, 4 Steve Borthwick (captain), 3 Matt Stevens, 2 Schalk Brits, 1 Rhys Gill.
Replacements: 16 Jamie George, 17 Mako Vunipola, 18 Carlos Nieto, 19 Mouritz Botha, 20 Justin Melck, 21 Richard Wigglesworth, 22 Adam Powell, 23 Joel Tomkins.
Referee: Martin Fox
