Crusaders (12) 31
Tries: Chan, Reardon, White, Moore, Kear
Goals: Schifcofske 5
Drop-goals: Witt
Harlequins (6) 12
Tries: Sarginson 2
Goals: Gale 2

Crusaders climbed off the bottom of Super League with victory over fellow strugglers Harlequins.

Tries from Jason Chan and Stuart Reardon soon had the Welsh side ahead, but Quins pegged them back to 12-6 at the break through Daniel Sarginson.

Sarginson grabbed his second try to cancel out Lloyd White's score and keep Quins within a converted try.

But further tries from Richard Moore and Elliot Kear sealed only Crusaders' sixth win of the season.

Crusaders head coach Iestyn Harris:

"We wanted to get off the bottom of the table before the end of the year and it is pleasing to do that.

"Unfortunately, these two wins [the second came a fortnight ago against Wakefield] are going to mean little, but these performances have been building for the last six or seven weeks and we have probably had four out of the six games that we should and could have won.

"The nice win a couple of weeks ago released some pressure off the boys and it showed great credit to them in the way they played in very difficult circumstances."

Harlequins coach Rob Powell:

"I thought we were pretty good in the first half and unlucky to go in behind. The second half we didn't get the response we were looking for.

"I'm not a 'lack of completions' type of man but 53% for us against 93% means you give yourself no chance of winning the game."

Crusaders: Schifcofske, Reardon, Mellars, Martin, Kear, Tansey, Witt, J. James, Withers, Dudson, Chan, Winternstein, Lupton.

Replacements: Bryant, L. Williams, White, Moore.

Harlequins RL: Dorn, Melling, Clubb, O'Callaghan, Calderwood, Sarginson, Gale, Temata, Randall, Ward, Purdham, Mitchell, Bailey.

Replacements: Krasniqi, Golden, Williams, Burnett.

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Referee: Richard Silverwood (Dewsbury)

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