Care inspires Quins

Care provided the spark which led to Quins' first try for prop Ceri Jones and scored a brilliant second to seal victory.

Fly-half Nick Evans added three penalties and a conversion despite not having his best day with the boot, missing three penalty attempts and the second conversion but livewire Care had the final say, grabbing the ball from the back of a ruck and bursting down the left touchline to score in the corner.

Scrum-half Julien Dupuy kicked Leicester into the play-off places with seven penalties in a 24-10 win over Gloucester.

The Frenchman punished Gloucester for an undisciplined display, which included the sin-binning of scrum-half Rory Lawson and lock Alex Brown, with full-back Geordan Murphy putting the seal on victory by slotting a spectacular late drop goal from inside his own half.

The only try of the match was an interception effort scored by Gloucester's former England winger Iain Balshaw but the leaders, who struggled in the set pieces, were well beaten.

Bath overwhelmed Bristol 45-8 in one of the most one-sided local derbies seen at the Recreation Ground in recent years, hammering another nail in their neighbours' relegation coffin.

Full-back Joe Maddock marked his 100th appearance with two touchdowns, while Alex Crockett also scored two tries and Butch James finished with seven successful kicks from eight attempts.

Northampton recorded their first Guinness Premiership away win for more than two years after seeing off Worcester 22-12 at Sixways.

First-half tries by flanker Scott Gray and wing Paul Diggin put Saints in the driving seat and late try from Joe Ansbro confirmed victory.