Harlequins 28 Gloucester 25: match report Firstly Karl Dickson - what a useful replacement for Danny Care - sped off from a tapped penalty and linked with the lively Williams to send powerhouse centre Matt Hopper galloping for the corner. Hopper has just signed a new two-year contract, and you can see why Quins were so keen to keep him. Evans could not convert but Quins were not finished and on the very stroke of half-time wing Sam Smith, reading a Gloucester counter-attack with ease, snaffled an obvious pass from Martyn Thomas and sprinted home from 45 yards, Evans adding the conversion. After the break, the metronomic Burns immediately clawed back another three points but a yellow card for Shane Monahan after a clumsy tackle on Brown, as the latter climbed to take a high ball, did not help Gloucester's cause at a crucial stage. Evans, having missed an easier kick moments before, then found the target from 40 yards but like a bad smell Gloucester refused to go away as Burns, who didn't look like missing all night, landed a sixth penalty to keep his side in touch. Quins sensed the danger and attacked dangerously through Mark Lambert and Luke Wallace but the fourth try and bonus point proved elusive. Evans eventually secured the win with a short-range penalty which was just as well as Gloucester hit back with a late try by Billy Twelvetrees Scoring: 3-0 Evans (pen); 3-3 Burns (pen); 8-3 Brown (try), 10-3 Evans (con); 10-6 Burns (pen); 10-9 Burns (pen); 10-12 Burns (pen); 15-12 Hopper (try); 20-12 Smith (try), 22-12 Evans (con) HT 22-15 Burns (pen); 25-15 Evans (pen); 25-18 Burns (pen); 28-18 Evans (pen); 28-23 Twelvetrees; 28-25 Burns (con). Harlequins: M Brown; T Williams, M Hopper, T Casson (B Botica, 40), S Smith; N Evans, K Dickson; M Lambert, J Gray, J Johnston, O Kohn, G Robson, M Fa'asavalu, L Wallace, N Easter (capt). Gloucester: M Thomas; S Monahan, M Tindall (capt), B Twelvetrees, J Simpson-Daniel (R Cook, 40); F Burns, J Cowan (D Robson, 71); D Murphy (N Wood, 52), H Edmonds (T D'Aspice, 71), R Harden (T Chistolini, 77), T Savage (P Buxton, 71), W James, M Cox, A Qera, B Morgan. Referee: W Barnes (RFU)