LONDON, ENGLAND - FEBRUARY 15: Joe Launchbury of Harlequins during the Premiership Rugby Cup match between Harlequins and Saracens at The Stoop on February 15, 2025 in London, England. (Photo by Eddie Keogh/Getty Images)
Harlequins.......24
Connacht......... 19
Harlequins battled hard to claim a gritty win over a powerful Connacht outfit at The Stoop on Friday night.
Quins did not help themselves with an early yellow card to Hayden Hyde for a deliberate knock-on punished by Connacht.
With Hyde in the bin, the Irish side scored two tries – once through captain Paul Boyle from short range, and the second after Oisin Dowling finished a well constructed team try.
Connacht were reduced to 14-men on two occasions in the first half as their two scorers – Dowling and Boyle – were both sent to the bin...
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