Premiership

Smith takes control of scrappy affair at Stoop

by
The Rugby Paper Team
16 August 2020

By NICK CAIN

Crash ball: Scott Baldwin scores from a lineout drive for Harlequins
PICTURES: Getty Images

Held: Manu Tuilagi tries to break for Sale

ONE of the critical factors in this season’s Premiership end-game is going to be who hits the ground running fastest after the fivemonth lockdown.
It was no contest in this damp squib of a season restart, with mid-table Harlequins outplaying a second-placed Sale side that tripped itself up at every turn.
This included failing to launch Manu Tuilagi, the club’s new star signing, on a single well-timed charge.
After the prelimi...

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