Harlequins 16 Bradford Bulls 30: match report
Patrick Ah Van’s two tries helped Bradford heap more misery on beleaguered Harlequins, who fell to their sixth straight defeat.
Double trouble: Patrick ah Van (centre) in action with Harlequins' Karl Pryce and Chris Melling (left) Photo: ACTION IMAGES
7:32PM BST 04 Jun 2011
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Ah Van also kicked five goals to give him a personal tally of 18 points as the Bulls won away from home for the first time since February.
Karl Pryce went over twice against his old club for Quins, but his efforts were not enough to halt what is an increasingly desperate run for the London club.
Harlequins enjoyed most of the early possession and came close in the second minute when Michael Platt only just managed to deal with Luke Gale’s kick towards the right-hand corner.
They deservedly went ahead after seven minutes when Chad Randall fed Pryce, who bulldozed his way through from a few yards. Gale missed a difficult conversion.
The visitors then hit back with a good spell of their own and only a thumping tackle from Pryce stopped Jamie Langley in his tracks when well placed on the right. But they hit the front when a superb break by Ben Jeffries allowed Ah Van to sprint clear to score a try he converted himself.
Two minutes before half-time, the Bulls extended the lead when Shad Royston started to run deep in his own half before spotting a gap down the left and shrugging off the tackle of Chris Riley to score under the posts. Ah Van kicked the goal to give Bradford a 12-4 lead at half-time.
It took less than two minutes for the Bulls to strike again in the second half when Jeffries found Ah Van, who had the simple task of touching down in the right-hand corner, although he could not add the extras.
Quins almost struck back when it took three Bradford players to stop Pryce after a strong run. Ah Van then added two points when he kicked a penalty after the hosts were too slow in releasing Marc Herbert in the tackle.
Quins responded from the restart as Danny Ward took up possession before offloading to Karl Temata, who sprinted through the gap to score and Gale’s conversion reduced the gap to eight points.
But then came a moment that sums up their current plight as Gale fumbled Pryce’s awful pass and his offload was intercepted by Elliott Whitehead, who cantered home unopposed.
Pryce partially redeemed himself when he took Randall’s pass before swivelling away from his tackler to touch down and Gale converted from out wide.
But the Bulls were to have the last word a minute from the end when Heath L’Estrange passed inside to Andy Lynch, who plunged over under the posts to allow Ah Van to complete his haul.
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