Northampton Saints director of rugby Phil Dowson informed BBC Radio 5 Stay:
“I feel it was a sport of two halves. At half-time everybody was fairly measured, fairly calm – very annoyed I might say from a taking part in viewpoint.
“And we knew the issues we would have liked to rectify, they have been pretty apparent, and I used to be very happy with the way in which the gamers got here out and did that.
“The penalty depend [in the first half] is just a symptom of being beneath strain, so while you’re defending for lengthy intervals of time you are going to give a whole lot of penalties away.
“We have been beneath strain as a result of we could not maintain maintain of the ball, the breakdown was a large number, we have been giving penalties away at set-piece.
“Second half – significantly better movement, significantly better breakdown, significantly better intent to go ahead.
“[It was] a quick sport, and we love that with Quins and Saints.”
On the harm to Alex Coles: “He had a rib harm that was significantly uncomfortable.
“Hopefully, that will not be too lengthy however the medics can have a superb take a look at him and see how he will get on.”
Harlequins head coach Danny Wilson stated:
“First half we have been annoyed at what we have been handing again to them.
“We would rating a strive after which make a mistake on the kick-off or the exit and provides them subject place, they’re too good a aspect to provide that type of alternative.
“We felt we should always have been a bit clearer at half-time after which second half, that 20-minute interval we simply bought blown away. Yellow card, simply defence, defence, defence and it dragged and drained the vitality out of us.
“Happy with the hassle, proud that we scored the attempt to come out of it with two factors.
“However it’s a sport I feel we’ll look again on and assume we might nicely have gotten extra out of it than what we did.”
On taking part in Smith at full-back: “He is class is not he? Wherever you play him he is a improbable rugby participant.
“It was wants should tonight and he did an excellent job.”
