Adrian Jarvis added his name to the growing list of talented fly-halves as he landed 13 points in the Saxons' 38-15 win over Italy A.
Harlequin adds his name to England's list of talented No.10s
Adrian Jarvis added his name to the growing list of talented fly-halves as the Harlequin landed 13 points in England Saxons' 38-15 win over Italy A.
The Saxons ran in five tries through Tom Guest, Delon Armitage, Tom Biggs, Nick Kennedy and Alex Crockett - however it is the performance of Jarvis that caught the eye.
With Shane Geraghty promoted to the full squad as cover for Toby Flood and Ryan Lamb out with an injury he suffered in the win over Ireland A, Jarvis was handed the chance to impress.
And the 24-year-old took his chance with a perfect kicking display, landing five conversions and a penalty, while he also set up Armitage's try.
It was a good evening for the Quins with Guest scoring and replacement scrum-half putting in a classy display as he created two tries during his 30-minute cameo.
Pleased
Coach Steve Bates was delighted with the performance, especially given the fact he was forced to make a number of changes.
He said: "I was very pleased with the way the whole team performed, especially bearing in mind that the side showed a number of changes to the line-up that beat Ireland in our opening game and had only a brief period to get to know each other.
"Every one of them can be very proud of their performance. We dominated the first half, but Italy were still very much in contention at the break.
"But in the second half the players did exactly what was asked of them and that response enabled us to gain control with four tries."
Jacobus Erasmus and Alessandro Chillon scored tries for the Azzurri second string, while Paolo Buso kicked a penalty and Luciano Rodriguez a conversion.
