Marcus Smith had Harlequins boss Tabai Matson reaching for a heart rate monitor after keeping his promise to put on a show to lift rugby’s flagging morale.
The England fly-half came into the game insisting he and his team mates were on a mission to raise the profile of the cash-strapped sport.
They duly delivered a nine-try thriller, though after taking a 20-point lead they came perilously close to giving it all back to never-say-die Saints.
