Harlequins edge out USA 24-19 in Philadelphia
Thursday 10 September 2015 17:08, UK
Harlequins edged out the USA 24-19 in what was a World Cup warm-up match for the hosts in Philadelphia.
Skipper Luke Wallace scored two tries and Karl Dickson also crossed as Quins fought back from 11-0 down.
AJ MacGinty kicked two early penalties for the Eagles, and Thretton Palamo pounced after an overlap to make it 11-0.
Scrum-half Dickson pulled a try back on 28, spotting a gap and darting between two defenders to score, and Nick Evans nailed the conversion.
Dickson then set up Quins' second try on 33 with a superb kick, and from the line-out the pack drove over, with Wallace at the bottom of the pile.
Evans converted again to give Quins a 14-11 half-time lead.
Neither side could score until the final quarter, the hosts drawing level with a penalty. But on 66 Quins scored their third try, which was a near-carbon copy of the second. Ben Botica kicked for touch, and from the line-out Wallace was driven over.
Botica added the extras a penalty to seal the victory, before the USA ran in a brilliant late consolation try through Zack Test, with the hosts running it all the way from their own 22.
