Moment of magic from Santi Carreras helps Bath overpower Harlequins

Harlequins 17-33 BathArgentinian full-back scores stunning try on counterLast season’s top two kicked off the season in opposition to last season’s bottom two. Bath duly completed the expected, joining Northampton with a bonus-point win to open their account. The team the Saints succeeded as champions last season travelled to the Stoop to remind Harlequins how much more they have to work on if they are to return to the sort of form that made them champions not so long ago.The home team took to the field with a host of absentees, it is true. No Marcus Smith; no Alex Dombrandt; no George Furbank, a new signing with a shiny champion’s gong around his neck. They were bright as they always are, but the substance of their visitors was too much in the end, leavened by a flash of genius by the Argentinian Santi Carreras that will long stay with all who witnessed it. To boast that sort of muscle, to boast that sort of genius, Bath will take some beating again this season. Continue reading...