Harlequins director of rugby Conor O'Shea has played down his side's faultless start to the season.

The reigning Premiership champions recorded a 37-14 win over Sale this afternoon to make it three wins from three.

Quins have also picked up a bonus point in each game, meaning that they lead Northampton at the top of the table, but O'Shea was quick to point out that it is still very early in the season.

"I am pretty happy to take 15 points from the 15 points available. Every game is a tough proposition at this level but it is very early days," he said.

"It was a far from perfect performance, we didn't protect the ball enough and started to force it too much. There was one offload too many and we lost the penalty count 12-10 which is unusual for us.

"However, we like playing with tempo, the players like playing with risks and wouldn't enjoy it if they didn't do so."

Harlequins' next match comes against Leicester at Welford Road.