Harlequins (9) 19
Tries: Brown Cons: Evans Pens: Evans 4
Exeter (0) 13
Tries: Rennie Cons: Mieres Pens: Mieres 2
League leaders Quins were pushed all the way by Exeter afore accepting their ninth beeline win in all competitions.
Despite traveling 9-0 down at the breach to the cossack of Nick Evans, Exeter were far from outclassed and were alert baffled abutting to the Quins line.
Chiefs took a 13-9 advance afterwards a move which started in their own 22 was angled off by Bryan Rennie.
But the try sparked Quins into activity and abundant burden concluded with Mike Brown traveling over afterwards a aggregation to win it.
Quins struggled to cope with the able Exeter backpack in the aboriginal bisected and had to alarm aloft all their arresting commonsense to accumulate the Chiefs at bay.
The hosts were bargain to 14 men if lock George Robson apparent his 100th actualization for the club with a chicken agenda for an off-the-ball incident.
Chiefs bootless to accomplish the a lot of of their afterwards advantage but eventually took the advance through Rennie who went over afterwards Matt Jess had been captivated up two metres out.
A regalvanised Quins at endure went on the abhorrent and a surging advance concluded with Karl Dickson's off-load sending full-back Brown abolition through the defence for a accomplished try.
Exeter remained audacious and affected a alternation of scrums abutting to the Quins band but the hosts captivated out afterwards what had been their stiffest claiming of the season.
Harlequins rugby administrator Conor O'Shea:
"We had to dig in out there, and to appear aback as we did and account 10 quick credibility afterwards falling abaft speaks volumes for the attitude of the players.
"It was not the prettiest of amateur because there was a abridgement of tempo, but again we realise that teams will appear actuality to stop us playing."
Exeter Chiefs arch drillmaster Rob Baxter told BBC Radio Devon:
"I anticipate a lot of of the stats will say that we should accept won.
"I've got some frustrations with some areas out there, but ultimately you've got to attending above that.
"Making it about the officialling doesn't advance you as a side. What does is searching a the things you can control."
Harlequins: Brown, Stegman, Lowe, Turner-Hall, S. Smith, Evans, Dickson, Marler, Brooker, Johnston, Kohn, Robson, Robshaw, Wallace, Easter.
Replacements: Gray for Brooker (49), Fa'asavalu for Wallace (49). Not Used: Buchanan, Sinckler, Vallejos, Bolt, Clegg, Hooper.
Sin Bin: Robson (29).
Exeter: Arscott, Rennie, Naqelevuki, Shoemark, Jess, Mieres, Thomas, Sturgess, Whitehead, Andress, Hayes, Hanks, Johnson, Scaysbrook, Baxter.
Replacements: Tatupu for Shoemark (44), Barrett for Thomas (16), Moon for Sturgess (75), Clark for Whitehead (59), Tui for Andress (46), Bentley for Hanks (75), White for Johnson (63). Not Used: Steenson.
Att: 12,395
Ref: Sean Davey (RFU).
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