Edinburgh overcame a late resurgence from Harlequins as they managed to edge out the Aviva Premiership side by 36-35 in the European Challenge Cup game at Murrayfield Stadium on Saturday.
Worcester Warriors have received the much needed boost ahead of their European Challenge Cup clash against Brive on Saturday with Chris Pennell and Ben Te'o making a comeback.
Harlequins are a tough team to evaluate this year, with their contrasting home and away form, but one area where they have definitely made a significant stride forward is at the scrum.
A dominant first-half performance helped Harlequins storm to a 43-21 bonus-point victory over Stade Francais in their European Challenge Cup opener at the Twickenham Stoop.
Alofa Alofa scored the only try in the game as Harlequins registered their third win in the ongoing Aviva Premiership beating Northampton Saints by 20-9 at Twickenham Stoop on Saturday.
Saracens suffered their first defeat of the 2016-17 English Premiership season as Harlequins managed to slip past with a 17-10 win at the Twickenham Stoop on Saturday.
Luke Cowan-Dickie scored hat-trick of tries while Lachie Turner contributed with a double as Exeter Chiefs registered their first win of the Aviva Premiership season defeating Harlequins 36-25.
Harlequins forward Mat Luamanu has been handed a three-week ban by Rugby Football Union (RFU) for performing a dangerous tackle during the Aviva Premiership encounter against Sale Sharks at AJ Bell Stadium last week.
Fly-half Dan Mugford added 14 points as Sale Sharks secured their first victory of the Aviva Premiership season after defeating Harlequins 19-10 at AJ Bell Stadium on Friday.
With the 2016/17 season of Aviva Premiership underway, we take a look a look at some of the key statistics from the round two encounter between Worcester Warriors and Gloucester followed by the Sale Sharks and Harlequins clash on 9th September.
Fly-half Nick Evans' timely performance with the boot helped Harlequins to secure a narrow 21-19 victory against Bristol Rugby during the Aviva Premiership clash at the Twickenham Stadium on Saturday.
As we approach the 2016/17 Aviva Premiership season and take stock of each team’s fortunes, it is quickly becoming apparent that it looks to be a very good year to be a senior member of the Harlequins academy.
Not too many people expected then 18-year-old fly-half Adam Hastings to make an impact in senior rugby last season but that’s just what he did following a highly impressive string of performances in the 2015 edition of the Singha Premiership 7s.