article_snippet.sent: Quins spent most of an uninspiring mid-table clash feeding off scraps due to the overwhelming superiority of the visiting scrum, only to produce the key drive in the 70th minute that was finished by Marland Yarde  .
article_snippet.sent: As half time drew close, referee Luke Pearce had finally lost patience with Harlequins set-piece frailty and pointed the finger at Joe Marler by sending the club captain to the sin-bin.
article_snippet.sent: Gloucester only entered the interval 13-11 ahead - a poor return given Gloucester ascendency - and then moved 18-11 clear through a Charlie Sharples try with half an hour remaining to suggest Gloucester eighth win of the season was imminent.
article_snippet.sent: The kicking of Nick Evans kept Quins in touch - the Kiwi fly-half finished with 14 points - before an eventful final quarter produced a flurry of yellow cards and three tries.
article_snippet.sent: The opening 10 minutes were dominated by Gloucester's scrum, yet it was Quins who opened the scoring when outside centre Asaeli Tikoirotuma jinked into space before sending Charlie Walker over.
article_snippet.sent: Charlie Walker's try was the result of a clinical counter attack, but the 2012 Premiership champions were immediately back under pressure once play resumed with the 2012 Premiership champions set-piece targeted once more, conceding a penalty that Greig Laidlaw sent between the uprights.
article_snippet.sent: Gareth Evans is hit hard by Quins flanker Jack Clifford .
article_snippet.sent: Greig Laidlaw and Gareth Evans exchanged penalties and just as Quins began to attack with greater frequency, yet another retreating scrum gave Gloucester the platform to race into a 31st minute lead.
article_snippet.sent: Gloucester's set-piece dominance was rewarded when Pearce sent Marler to the sin bin, but Gloucester's set-piece dominance were unable to turn a push late in the first half into points.
article_snippet.sent: It was then Gloucester's turn to find space through Jonny May down the England wing only for Sharples to drop what should have been a try scoring pass.
article_snippet.sent: Two attacking scrums later, however, and Sharples dived over after Meakes had spotted the overlap caused by Quins being sucked into the one-sided forward exchanges.
article_snippet.sent: Evans' boot whittled down the deficit to one point but as the match entered the final quarter number eight Jack Clifford was shown a yellow card for a shoulder challenge on Sharples and Laidlaw rifled over the ensuing penalty.
article_snippet.sent: Gloucester scrum half Dan Robson crosses Quins Quins whitewash for a late score .
article_snippet.sent: Despite being a man down, Quins almost scored with two successive rolling mauls and on both occasions Gloucester saw a player sin-binned - replacement lock Ross Moriarty for bringing down the first drive and Sharples for a deliberate knock on.
highlights_snippet.sent: Gloucester led 13-11 at half-time thanks to a Billy Meakes try .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: A Charlie Walker try and two Nick Evans penalties kept Quins in the hunt .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: But two more Nick Evans three-pointers kept the home side in front .
  