Saracens player ratings vs Harlequins | 2026/27 Gallagher PREM

Saracens player ratings: This was one of those afternoons where very little seemed to go right for Saracens. Harlequins repeatedly punished errors, won the key collisions and exposed moments of ill-discipline.

Rhys Carré was destructive at scrum time and Nick Tompkins kept fighting throughout, but too many leading players endured unusually difficult days in West London, and this 33-15 defeat was the heaviest defeat they have suffered at the hands of Quins in six years.

15. Max Malins – 4
One of those horror afternoons every back dreads. Missed tackles, missed kicks and, worst of all, dropped the ball over the line after failing to spot Marcus Smith tracking him. Smith’s intervention was brilliant, but Malins will not want to watch that back. Not all bad, but mostly bad.

14. Jack Bracken – 5.5
Caught out by Porter’s clever offside penalty and struggled to impose himself. Defensively busy enough but never really got into the game.

13. Lucio Cinti – 5
Faded badly into the background. To be brutally honest, there were periods where this rater had to check the notes to make sure he was still on the pitch.

12. Nick Tompkins – 7
One of the few Saracens backs who kept battling throughout. Bounced back from receiving a difficult pass from Malins and powered over for a vital second-half score to keep hopes alive.

11. Rotimi Segun – 6.5
Finished an excellent try after some lovely build-up work involving Malins and Carré. Also contributed energetically in attack and defence. One handling error later that gifted Quins a try dents the mark.

10. Fergus Burke – 5
A rough afternoon. Yellow-carded following the collision with Isgro and comprehensively outshone by Marcus Smith in the battle of the fly-halves.

9. Tomos Williams – 5
Pinged off the ball after barely a minute, overcooked a kick dead and generally suffered through one of those afternoons where little came off. His late first-half intercept and break was excellent but could not rescue the overall rating.

1. Rhys Carré – 9
Outstanding. Absolutely demolished Ollie Streeter at scrum time on multiple occasions and popped up with a lovely offload in the build-up to Segun’s try. The one Saracens forward Quins never truly solved.

2. Theo Dan – 5.5
A strange afternoon. Scored an important try before half-time and worked hard in open play, but the lineout resembled a clown-car effort at times. Multiple crooked throws cost Saracens dearly.

3. Marcus Street – 7
Very solid. Held his side of the scrum up effectively and quietly went about his work without much fuss. The scrum was one of Sarries’ only saving graces in this horror show.

4. Maro Itoje – 6.5
A mixed bag. Produced a superb defensive read early on, landed some big shots and caused problems at the lineout. Equally, he lost possession in midfield, was guilty of too many turnovers and occasionally looked slightly off his usual standards.

5. George Martin – 5.5
A mountain of a man but Saracens never got enough from him. Lost collisions you would normally expect him to win and struggled to exert his usual physical influence.

6. Nathan Michelow – 6
Tackled his guts out and put in a diligent defensive shift. Didn’t have much chance to shine with ball in hand.

7. Andy Onyeama-Christie – 6
Showed some nice work at the breakdown after seven months out following his broken arm against Bristol. Sadly his return ended abruptly after a nasty blow left him cut open and forced off.

8. Ben Earl – 5
A failure to launch by his lofty standards. Got away with one maul infringement before eventually being yellow carded for another. Worked hard, as always, but deserved the card and never found top gear.

Replacements – 6
The bench brought some fight, particularly through Jamie George and others around the set-piece, but they never managed to alter the flow of the contest. Saracens briefly threatened a comeback before Quins slammed the door shut again.