Harlequins 16 Worcester Warriors 14: match report The match was halted for ten minutes while Garvey received medical attention before being carried off on a stretcher. There were initial concerns that Garvey might have suffered a neck injury but he escaped with a badly cut lip and did not require hospital treatment. The conditions, after an afternoon of heavy rain, proved a leveller between the sides with the best and worst attacking records in the Premiership and Harlequins again had to rely on the goalkicking of Nick Evans to nudge them to a unexpectedly jittery win. The leaders were eight points down in as many minutes with news of Newcastle's home win over London Irish, which reached The Stoop while the teams were warming up, perhaps contributing to Worcester's early urgency. Danny Gray, Worcester's third-choice fly-half, struck with an early penalty which was quickly followed by a breakaway try from Miles Benjamin. The Leicester-bound England Saxons international was put clear by Alex Grove after an initial break from Shaun Perry. Tom Williams managed to check Benjamin's progress but failed to deny him the try when reinforcements arrived and the Worcester wing scrambled over from close range. Those scores stung Harlequins into life. Mike Brown was just beaten to the touchdown when he followed up Tom Casson's beautifully-weighted chip, another decision that went to the television match official. Instead Harlequins had to rely on Evans for their opening points and they capitalised while Worcester were regrouping after Garvey's injury. Worcester struggled to halt a driving maul legally and when they collapsed it within a yard of their line referee David Rose had no hesitation in marching under the posts to leave Evans with a simple conversion and sin-binning Worcester hooker Ed Shervington. Worcester proved their resilience by denying Harlequins more points while they were a man down but Gray, making his first Premiership start since he returned to England after a stint with Montauban, was off target with a kickable penalty. Evans and Gray traded penalties early in the earlky minutes of an increasingly tense and error-strewn second half. Worcester squandered an attacking opportunity when they fumbled on the Harlequins 22 after a patient build-up and Tom Williams flung himself head long to call a mark under pressure from Benjamin. Evans struck a long range penalty but was short with a subsequent effort that might have killed off Worcester's challenge. Instead Gray set up a nervous finale when he reduced the deficit to two points with a nerveless penalty. Even the usual nerveless Evans appeared to suffer in a frenetic last quarter as the former All Black struck a post with a 78th minute penalty attempt but Quins managed to scramble their way to victory. Scoring sequence: 0-3 Gray pen; 0-8 Benjamin try; 3-8 Evans pen; 8-8 Penalty Try; 10-8 Evans con; 13-8 Evans pen; 13-11 Gray pen; 16-11 Evans pen; 16-14 Gray pen; Harlequins. M Brown; T Williams, G Lowe, T Casson (R Chisholm 75), U Monye; N Evans, D Care (K Dickson 55); J Marler, C Brooker, J Johnston, O Kohn, G Robson (captain), L Wallace, W Skinner, N Easter. Worcester. C Pennell; M Garvey (E Claassens 25), A Grove (R Fatiaki 72), D Rasmussen, M Benjamin; D Gray, S Perry (captain) (J Arr 58); M Mullan (G Porter 69), E Shervington (A Lutui 56), T Taumoepeau (O Tomaszyczyk 69), J Percival, C Gillies (B Gulliver 72), S Betty (A Lutui 30-40), J Abbott (M Kvesic 58), B Cowan. Referee: Mr D Rose (Plymouth) Attendance: 12, 416 England watch Mike Brown: Busy in attack and safe in defence. 6/10 Joe Marler: No gimmicky Mohican haircut for the uncapped Harlequins loosehead. Solid and industrious.