Quins vs Red Bulls in The Race To The Bottom - Sat 3pm

[Puja]

Harlequins: 15 Tyrone Green, 14 Rodrigo Isgró, 13 Luke Northmore, 12 Jamie Benson, 11 Cadan Murley (c), 10 Marcus Smith, 9 Will Porter, 8 Zach Carr, 7 Will Evans, 6 Jack Kenningham, 5 Stephan Lewies, 4 Guido Petti Pagadizábal, 3 Harry Williams, 2 Jack Walker, 1 Fin Baxter
Replacements: 16 George Turner, 17 Boris Wenger, 18 Pedro Delgado, 19 Joe Launchbury, 20 Jonny Green, 21 Max Green, 22 Jamie Benson, 23 Cassius Cleaves

Newcastle Red Bulls: 15 Stefan Coetzee, 14 Elliott Obatoyinbo, 13 Oli Spencer, 12 Max Clark, 11 Alex Hearle, 10 Brett Connon, 9 Simón Benítez Cruz, 8 Amanaki Mafi, 7 Tom Gordon, 6 Fergus Lee-Warner, 5 Freddie Clarke, 4 Jamie Hodgson, 3 Richard Palframan, 2 George McGuigan (c), 1 Adam Brocklebank
Replacements: 16 Ollie Fletcher, 17 Murray McCallum, 18 Luan de Bruin, 19 Oscar Usher, 20 Freddie Lockwood, 21 James Elliott, 22 Ollie Leatherbarrow, 23 Nathan Greenwood

Venue: Twickenham Stoop
Date: Saturday 25 October
Kick-off: 15:00
Referee: Craig Maxwell-Keys
Assistant referees: Dan Jones & Jamie Leahy
TMO: Dean Richards
Broadcast: TNT Sports Extra and discovery+

[Puja]

Feels like Quins should have far too much for Newcastle here, but this is definitely one of the Red Bulls' best opportunities to break their duck. Interesting to see Murley in as captain - has he done it much before?

Puja

[Epaminondas Pules]

Jamie Benson doing well to start and be on the bench simultaneously

[Oakboy]

Feels like Quins should have far too much for Newcastle here, but this is definitely one of the Red Bulls' best opportunities to break their duck. Interesting to see Murley in as captain - has he done it much before?

Puja

Wasn't Murley captain last week?

[Puja]

Jamie Benson doing well to start and be on the bench simultaneously

Talented lad!

Feels like Quins should have far too much for Newcastle here, but this is definitely one of the Red Bulls' best opportunities to break their duck. Interesting to see Murley in as captain - has he done it much before?

Puja

Wasn't Murley captain last week?

Obviously I'm not at my most observant! Is he captain for the season or just while we're waiting for the return of the Brandt?

Puja

[FKAS]

Red Bulls trying to hide the 6:2 split with some odd numbering?

Quins website has Jarrod Evans in at 12 and Benson on the bench.

[Mikey Brown]

Feels like Quins should have far too much for Newcastle here, but this is definitely one of the Red Bulls' best opportunities to break their duck. Interesting to see Murley in as captain - has he done it much before?

Puja

Wasn't Murley captain last week?

He’s been captain all season. A winger as captain is frankly sickening (as much as I love and rate him as a player) and surely to blame for the horrible shape of the team at the moment. A fullback as captain is bad enough, but wing?! GTFO.

[fivepointer]

Wing isnt the ideal position to be captain. Captaincy isnt for everyone but i wonder if Kenningham might have been worth trying.

Quins will surely be better than last week........surely?

[FKAS]

Wing isnt the ideal position to be captain. Captaincy isnt for everyone but i wonder if Kenningham might have been worth trying.

Quins will surely be better than last week........surely?

Jarrod Evans is lining up at 12 and you're worried about the captain being on the wing for Quins? Joking aside, you'd have thought Lewies would have taken it on, he used to be club captain.

[Captainhaircut]

Evans at 12 is just a ridiculous pick. And some people think we don’t need to reduce the number of non English qualified. Dreadful player who has no place playing for one of our clubs.

Look forward to a boatload of shit welsh players coming over when they kill one of their clubs.

[Stom]

Check out the highlights of this match, anyone, for Isgro's try. Worth the watch. Pure skill and determination.

[Stom]

That giant 15 for Newcastle, Coetzee is just awful. Literally just a big lump with no skill.

[fivepointer]

The BBC's take....

"Marcus Smith warmed up for the autumn internationals with a standout performance in a dominant 52-14 Harlequins victory over bottom side Newcastle Red Bulls.

With Steve Borthwick's England set to take on improving Australia at Twickenham next weekend, Smith delivered a timely reminder of his talents.

The 26-year-old was superb with ball in hand with two try-assists as Quins ran in eight in all and his kicking was on point too, converting six of them from all angles"

[Stom]

The BBC's take....

"Marcus Smith warmed up for the autumn internationals with a standout performance in a dominant 52-14 Harlequins victory over bottom side Newcastle Red Bulls.

With Steve Borthwick's England set to take on improving Australia at Twickenham next weekend, Smith delivered a timely reminder of his talents.

The 26-year-old was superb with ball in hand with two try-assists as Quins ran in eight in all and his kicking was on point too, converting six of them from all angles"

He was very good.

But Newcastle were frankly embarrassing. Beaten upfront, not able to lay a finger on the Quins backs... Green's second try was a perfect encapsulation of the game: no way he should have been allowed to score that.

For Quins, the usuals were good, but I want to put a word in for Walker, who was just quietly effective, and Porter, who I think is a very good SH. Otherwise, Evans was a nuisance, Carr got through a lot of work, Smith was excellent, Jarrod Evans was crap...

Actually, that's a good take on the game. For a team to ship 52 points when the opposition has Jarrod Evans at 12 tells you all you need to know about how well they played.

[Danno]

Check out the highlights of this match, anyone, for Isgro's try. Worth the watch. Pure skill and determination.

That was obscene.