Oxford Harlequins produced a dynamic display to bag their first home win of the National 3 South West season, when beating Old Patesians 35-22 on Saturday.

Few would have expected such a result given the sides’ respective form, but Quins arguably deserved to win by a greater margin than their five-try display gave them.

They led for most of the match, and having gifted Old Pats, who began the day second, a 22-21 advantage, thanks to hooker James Clark’s suicidal quick line-out, Quins replied with two more tries.

Wing Huw Jones scored a brace, while centre Martin Nutt and No 8 Jason Welburn were the stand-out players in display full of attacking intent.

Fly half James Markey kicked an injury-hit Pats side ahead with a second-minute penalty, but the visitors were soon under the cosh.

Quins No 10 Jeff Stewart missed a penalty, but Pats had loose-head prop Connor Thompson sin-binned for not retreating ten metres at a subsequent penalty.

The hosts turned on the scrummaging power and outmuscled one of the best packs in the league.

Referee Lee Towers awarded Quins a penalty try on 20 minutes after a series of infringements and yellow-carded tight-head Bryce White for standing up in the scrum.

Stewart slotted the easy conversion, but 13-man Pats showed great enterprise to create a try for full back Matt Dean, converted by Markey.

With two Pats props in the bin, the match temporarily went to uncontested scrums.

Quins regained their advantage on 33 minutes when Nutt cleverly created space in midfield and Jones ran a great line off his right wing to sprint in, Stewart converting.

Quins could not have had a better start to the second half when, inside a minute, Anthony Cope’s charge-down gave fellow centre Nutt an easy run in for Stewart to convert.

Pats were largely limited to counter-attacking, but one of these saw pacy wing Henry Bird stretch over on the right after Markey’s initial break.

Clark’s disastrous line-out gave visiting flanker Craig Ballinger an unopposed run in on 61 minutes, Markey converting for 22-21.

Quins forced a fourth try after Nutt accelerated through the midfield on 69 minutes.

Pats could not scramble enough to deny Jones a simple finish, which Stewart converted for 28-22.

The icing on the cake came when influential the Welburn brushed off Markey’s weak tackle to score a deserved try, Stewart converting.

Oxford Harlequins: Crapper, Andre, Nutt, Cope, H Jones, Stewart, Maspero (Forth 60), Chadbone (capt), Clark, Boulton (Eckert 68), Boyle, Purchase, Newman, Young (Lyness 60), Welburn.

Referee: L Towers (Midlands).

Quins man-of-the-match: elburn.