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Smith stars as Brendan Venter's Sarries suffer thrashing

By AFP
Sunday 25 Oct 2026
LONDON, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 25: Brendan Venter, the Saracens technical director looks on prior to the Gallagher PREM 2026/2027 match between Harlequins and Saracens at The Stoop on October 25, 2026 in London, England. (Photo by David Rogers/Getty Images)

REPORT: Harlequins powered to their first English Prem win this season with a 33-15 thrashing of Saracens as England prop Fin Baxter made a successful return from injury.

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After a dismal three-game losing streak to start the season, bottom of the table Harlequins finally have hope following a dominant display at the Stoop inspired by Marcus Smith.

Tries by man-of-the-match Smith, Seb Driscoll, Cadan Murley and Will Porter registered the bonus point to claim bragging rights over their London rivals.

Saracens’ England second rows Maro Itoje and George Martin may have started a Prem game together for the first time but it was Harlequins’ pack that showed their steel.

Baxter’s return in a 40-minute appearance was significant ahead of England’s November internationals, which start against Australia in a fortnight.

The loosehead was playing for the first time since sustaining a foot injury 10 months ago.

The scorers:

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For Harlequins:
Tries: Smith, Driscoll, Penalty Try, Murley, Porter
Cons: Smith 3

For Saracens:
Tries: Segan, Dan, Tompkins

Teams:

Harlequins: 15 George Furbank, 14 Rodrigo Isgró, 13 Luke Northmore, 12 Bryn Bradley, 11 Cadan Murley (captain), 10 Marcus Smith, 9 Will Porter, 8 Lucas Schmid, 7 Seb Driscoll, 6 Jack Kenningham, 5 Kieran Treadwell, 4 James Dun, 3 Ollie Streeter, 2 Sam Riley, 1 Fin Baxter.
Replacements: 16 Jimmy Staples, 17 Will Hobson 18 Pedro Delgado, 19 Elliot Williams, 20 Harry Browne, 21 Will Evans, 22 Lucas Friday, 23 Nick David.

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Saracens: 15 Max Malins, 14 Jack Bracken, 13 Lucio Cinti, 12 Nick Tompkins, 11 Rotimi Segun, 10 Fergus Burke, 9 Tomos Williams, 8 Ben Earl, 7 Andy Onyeama-Christie, 6 Nathan Michelow, 5 George Martin, 4 Maro Itoje (captain), 3 Marcus Street, 2 Theo Dan, 1 Rhys Carré.
Replacements: 16 Jamie George, 17 Alex O’Driscoll, 18 Alec Clarey, 19 Hugh Tizard, 20 Nick Isiekwe, 21 Juan Martin Gonzalez, 22 Tom James, 23 Angus Hall.

Referee: Hamish Smales
Assistant referees: Ian Tempest and Greg Macdonald
TMO: Stuart Terheege

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