This was the 17th annual Big Game but rarely can Harlequins have failed to live up to the billing of their Christmas extravaganza as sorely as they did here. Bristol, on the other hand, continue to dazzle in the way their hosts have recently struggled to.
These two are probably the Premiership teams most renowned for dazzling. Indeed, they both enjoyed 60-point wins last weekend against lacklustre visitors from the deep south-west of France. But only one side brought it to the big, wide stage of Twickenham.
