Harlequins

If the Quins finish without silverware then this season will be remembered for two games. The first will be the historic win in the south of France against Toulouse. The second will be Friday night's 8-9 loss away against Connacht.

It was the cruellest of bounces that ultimately determined the winner of a scrappy affair last Friday night, with Harlequins beating Gloucester 21-14 to keep their Heineken Cup dreams alive.

Harlequins succumbed to a hugely physical Northampton side last Friday at Franklin Gardens as they slumped to their biggest defeat of the season so far.

Week 13 of the Aviva Premiership sees in-form Northampton host league leaders Harlequins, as the Saints look to close the gap to the league leaders.

Last year's champions and victors in Tuesday's Big Game Saracens, a ruthless machine set up to win at all costs, and Harlequins, the young pretenders to the crown.

Aviva Premiership: Week 11 Review

Having been convincingly beaten the week before, few gave Harlequins a chance as they travelled to Toulouse on Sunday night for round four of the Heineken Cup.

A busy Christmas schedule sees Bath travel to Franklins Gardens in search of some early festive cheer, whilst the top two square off at the Stoop with Quins heroes of the battle of Toulouse hosting champions Saracens.

Harlequins' unbeaten run of 14 games came to an end with a thud on Friday, well beaten by an experienced and fiercely physical Toulouse side.

Russell Hargreaves talks to Chris Robshaw on winning the Aviva Premiership player of the month and big game against Toulouse...

What a difference a few minutes can make. On that night a late converted try won Harlequins the title and a place in this year's Heineken Cup.

Harlequins look to maintain their unbeaten record when they take the trip to the Recreation Ground to face Bath (Sat 2.15pm)

Harlequins made it two wins out of two in the Aviva Premiership with an impressive 26-13 win over Northampton Saints at the Twickenham Stoop on Friday night.

Eventually, the excellence of the Harlequins back row and the metronomic kicking of Nick Evans won the day, but the result was in doubt until the very end

Interview with Will Skinner

Harlequins stole Stade Francais's place in the Heineken Cup next season after a last minute try and conversion which saw Quins win the game

FIX Bumps And Bruises combines the properties of Arnica to deal with the swelling

Harlequins produced a famous victory on Saturday afternoon as they beat Munster at Thomond Park to advance to the final of the Amlin Challenge Cup

Leeds Carnegie's hopes of premiership survival took another huge blow today, after they suffered a crushing home defeat to top 6 contenders Harlequins

Harlequins booked their place in the next round of the Amlin Challenge cup against Wasps underneath a dreary grey skyline at the Twickenham Stoop