Harlequins head coach Jason Gilmore:
“Danny Care is the quintessential Harlequin but I think Marcus [Smith] is number two because of the work that he puts in and the care that he’s got for the club.
“He’s only 27 years old and has played 200 games for us. We’re so lucky to have him and we’re so proud of him.
“Everyone knows Harlequins – when we’re at our best, we can play a really free-flowing style of rugby, but we’ve got to have grit on the other side of the ball as well.
“If Marcus isn’t going to die on plays, then we’re in the contest. That was a really big statement against Max Malins that he set for our boys.”
On the return of Fin Baxter and a potential England recall:
“I’d certainly back him after the way he came back. He showed his quality right from the get go.
“We’ll bang another game into him against a big Exeter pack next weekend. Hopefully we can push him to 50 minutes, 60 minutes then.
“Whether he comes off the bench or starts, that’s up to [England head coach] Steve Borthwick.
“We just don’t want to be too greedy with Fin because we haven’t had him for a while. He came back and played a really strong game.
“We’ve just got to make sure we don’t overload him too much too early because he’s such a good player.”
Harlequins: Furbank; Isgro, Northmore, Bradley, Murley (c); Smith, Porter; Baxter, Riley, Streeter, Dun, Treadwell, Kenningham, Driscoll, Schmid.
Replacements: Staples, Hobson, Delgado, Williams, Browne, Evans, Friday, David.
Saracens: Malins; Bracken, Cinti, Tompkins, Segun; Burke, Williams; Carre, Dan, Street, Itoje (c), Martin, Michelow, Onyeama-Christie, Earl.
Replacements: George, O’Driscoll, Clarey, Tizard, Isiekwe, Gonzalez, James, Hall.
Sin-bin: Earl (24 mins), Burke (36 mins)
Referee: Hamish Smales