Santi Carreras celebrates his stunning try for Bath in the Prem opener

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The new dawn for Harlequins but on this evidence, there is still much work to do for Jason Gilmore’s side. A 16-point defeat at the Stoop was not the ideal start after the great reset from last season, but they were without four of their England contingent, Marcus Smith, George Furbank, Fin Baxter and Alex Dombrandt because of injury.

Bath were far from their best in the Prem opener but still managed to serve up an early contender for try of the season, with a first-half wonder score by Santi Carreras lighting up what had been a rather rusty and clumsy opening.

Harlequins were in full flow, and seemed certain to score their third try and claim the lead when Carreras delivered a moment of breathtaking skill, managing to fly-hack a loose pass by Tyrone Green just outside the Bath 22 and then placing his kick so perfectly in the air that he was able to regather it without breaking stride to run almost…