Saracens 27-12 Harlequins

Saracens completed an Aviva Premiership double over Harlequins to move five points clear at the top of the table.

Owen Farrell and Nick Evans exchanged a flurry of penalties before Saracens' Schalk Brits battled over the line for the only try of the first half.

Will Fraser finished off a superb Sarries break to extend his side's advantage in the second period.

And Quins were unable to produce a late score, despite Chris Ashton's yellow card for a high tackle.

More to follow.

LINE-UPS

Saracens: Goode; Ashton, Tomkins, Barritt, Strettle; Farrell, Wigglesworth; Vunipola, Brits, Stevens; Borthwick (c), Hargreaves; Brown, Fraser, Joubert.

Replacements: Smit, Auterac, du Plessis, Kruis, Wray, de Kock, Hodgson, Wyles.

Harlequins: Brown; Monye, Hopper, Turner-Hall, Smith; Evans, Care; Marler, Gray, Johnston; Matthews, Robson; Guest, Robshaw (c), Easter.

Replacements: Buchanan, Lambert, Collier, Fa'asavalu, Wallace, Dickson, Botica, Lowe.

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