Who needs Marcus Smith, England fly-half? Who, for that matter, needs Jarrod Evans, Wales fly-half? Jamie Benson is a 22-year-old who made his Premiership debut in November. He came on at half-time for Evans and kicked three long-range penalties in the last 10 minutes to set up Harlequins for their first Premiership away win over Saracens for 13 years. And with it they leapfrog their hosts into the top four for now.
“I had full faith,” said Benson, only just graduated from Cambridge University, where he won three Blues, “that if [Alex Dombrandt, his captain] asked me, the kicks would be going between the sticks.” He also converted both Harlequins’ tries, the second at the death. Score when he came on: 12-0. Score at the end 12-23.
