Harlequins 26 Wasps 23: match report

Conor O’Shea, the Harlequins director of rugby, launched a robust defence of
Chris Robshaw on Saturday night as the England captain’s inspirational
performance helped to edge this pulsating contest that went some way to ease
the pain of his side’s rout by Saracens here nine days ago.




Robshaw, who came under fire last week after the 39-0 defeat against Saracens,
scored one of the two tries during what proved to be a decisive purple
period for Quins at the start of the second half after Wasps had lead 13-9
at the interval.




O’Shea, who has taken the club captaincy off…