Harlequins savour rare derby victory over lacklustre Saracens

10/13/2024 11:20 AM

• Harlequins 17-10 Saracens
• Baxter and Anyanwu cross for home side

Harlequins clinched their first win against their London rivals Saracens since January 2020 thanks to a gutsy show of defensive defiance and tries from Fin Baxter and Lennox Anyanwu. They inflicted a first defeat of the season on Saracens – who were decided off colour – in the process and rounded off the Premiership's derby weekend in thunderous style.

Saracens were left to count the cost of a trying afternoon in which they also lost Andy Onyeama-Christie to an awful ankle injury. They had plenty of the ball and more than enough possession but could not make it count in the face of fearsome pressure from Harlequins.