Harlequins and Gloucester shared 10 tries in an epic 39-39 Premiership draw at Twickenham.
The lead exchanged hands on several occasions before Harlequins fly-half Nick Evans missed a last-minute drop-goal to win the game for the hosts.
A crowd of more than 70,000 enjoyed a feast of points and four tries before half-time as Gloucester led 17-15.
Quins' Ross Chisholm and Gloucester's Harry Trinder both scored twice, while Rob Cook grabbed the pick of the tries.
Jamie Roberts
Wales centre Jamie Roberts made his Premiership debut for Harlequins
Both sides go away with a bonus point but neither were able to get the decisive score on a day which saw England captain Chris Robshaw return to Twickenham for the first time since his team's disappointing World Cup campaign came to a premature end.
In a side-plot to the main event, England winger Jonny May limped off for Gloucester in the second half with an apparent knee injury.
Jeremy Thrush scored the opening try for the visitors after seven minutes before Gloucester open-side flanker Matt Kvesic, who produced a man-of-the-match performance, played a pivotal role in his side's second try, scored by fly-half James Hook. Sunday, December 27, 2015
Harlequins 39-39 Gloucester
Harlequins and Gloucester shared 10 tries in an epic 39-39 Premiership draw at Twickenham.
The lead exchanged hands on several occasions before Harlequins fly-half Nick Evans missed a last-minute drop-goal to win the game for the hosts.
A crowd of more than 70,000 enjoyed a feast of points and four tries before half-time as Gloucester led 17-15.
Quins' Ross Chisholm and Gloucester's Harry Trinder both scored twice, while Rob Cook grabbed the pick of the tries.
Jamie Roberts
Wales centre Jamie Roberts made his Premiership debut for Harlequins
Both sides go away with a bonus point but neither were able to get the decisive score on a day which saw England captain Chris Robshaw return to Twickenham for the first time since his team's disappointing World Cup campaign came to a premature end.
In a side-plot to the main event, England winger Jonny May limped off for Gloucester in the second half with an apparent knee injury.
Jeremy Thrush scored the opening try for the visitors after seven minutes before Gloucester open-side flanker Matt Kvesic, who produced a man-of-the-match performance, played a pivotal role in his side's second try, scored by fly-half James Hook.
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Chris Robshaw,
Gloucester,
Harlequins,
Trinder,
Twickenham
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