Second-half Quins fightback stuns Scarlets

Scarlets

22 - 29

Harlequins

Match Details
Half-Time:		19 - 3
Att:		8,236
Referee:
Venue:		Stradey Park
Date:		Sat 11th Oct 2008

Quick Stats
Tries:		4
Conversion:		2
Penalties:		9
Drop Goals:		0
	1		0

Previous Meeting

Scarlets	22 - 29	Quins
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Scarlets	26 - 7	Quins
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Second-half Quins fightback stuns Scarlets

The Scarlets will be bitterly disappointed they were unable to give the famous Stradey Park the perfect Heineken Cup send-off when Nigel Davies's side went down 22-29 in Pool 4.

It looked so different at the break with the home side roaring to a comfortable 19-3 advantage with first half tries to Morgan Stoddart and Mark Jones along with three penalties courtesy of Stephen Jones's trusty right boot, putting the home side firmly in control.

But the roles were reversed in the second spell when the Scarlets suddenly found possession hard to come by as Chris Malone and halfback partner Danny Care pulled the strings expertly behind the Quins pack.
Malone chipped away at the Scarlets lead with two penalties before Jones increased the lead to 22-9 with another penalty in the 50th minute.

With the Scarlets moving to a start of the art stadium next month, home fans were already celebrating their new move but Dean Richards' side turned up to be party poopers.

First Care darted over for a converted try then speedster Ugo Monye collected a Malone cross field chip to run around the Scarlets defence in the 65th minute.

With Malone adding his second conversion, the visitors had hit the lead for the first time in the match. With 15 minutes remaining the game could still have gone either way but it was the visitors' who finished the stronger with Malone adding another penalty on the stroke of full-time to finish with a personal haul of 19 points.

The home side exploded out of the blocks in the first minute with Stoddart rounding Mike Brown with a stunning run to score out wide.

Five minutes later winger Mark Jones, who impressed throughout, dived over wide out to suggest the home side were going to run in a bonus point before halftime.

However the Quins came out a different team in the second half to send Scarlets fans home shaking their heads in bewilderment after seeing their side come off second best after seemingly being in control at halftime.

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SCORING SUMMARY

TIMELINE

Scarlets

Harlequins

	22 - 29
	Half-Time 19 - 3

Subs	Scoring	Name	No.	Name	Scoring
	1T	Morgan Stoddart	15	Mike Brown
		Darren Daniel	14	Charlie Amesbury
		Regan King	13	Gonzalo Tiesi
		Gavin Evans	12	Jordan Turner-Hall
	1T	Mark Jones	11	Ugo Monye	1T
	4P	Stephen Jones	10	Chris Malone	2C 5P
		Sililo Martens	9	Danny Care	1T
		Iestyn Thomas	1	Ceri Jones
		Matthew Rees	2	Gary Botha
		Kees Meeuws	3	Mike Ross
		Vernon Cooper	4	Ollie Kohn
		Simon Maling	5	Jim Evans
		Simon Easterby	6	Chris Robshaw
		Gavin Thomas	7	Will Skinner
		David Lyons	8	Tom Guest
Replacements				Replacements
		Ken Owens	16	Tani Fuga
		Phil John	17	Mark Lambert
		Scott Macleod	18	George Robson
		Nathan Thomas	19	Nick Easter
		Martin Roberts	20	Andy Gomarsall
		Ceiron Thomas	21	Epi Taione
		Rob Higgitt	22	Waisea Luveniyali
Penalty Tries
0				0