Harlequins came from 13 points down at half time to secure their first win in this season's LV= Cup, beating Newport Gwent Dragons at The Stoop this evening.

Jonathan Evans and James Thomas both crossed the try line inside the opening 20 minutes, leaving the visitors in control at the break.

However, a spell in the sin bin for Elliott Dee at the start of the second half allowed the hosts to fight back, with a James Chisholm brace putting them ahead late on.

Cardiff Blues also had a big comeback in the second half to edge past Newcastle Falcons for their first win of the campaign.

Newcastle dominated the opening 40 minutes, scoring three tries in quick succession, but failed to add to their score after the break.

Rhys Williams and Rory Watts-Jones both crossed the line for the visitors though, before Simon Humberstone edged them ahead late on with a penalty.

Northampton Saints finished their game against Scarlets strongly to make it back-to-back wins in the competition.

Steffan Evans cancelled out an early try from Howard Packman to leave the sides level in the first half, but efforts from Lee Dickson and Calum Clark after the break clinched the win for the visitors.

Ben Spencer kicked Saracens to a win over Ospreys in the Welsh side's first outing in the cup competition, with neither side scoring a try.

The scrum-half kicked seven penalties, four in the first half, while Sam Davies added just nine points with the boot for the home side.

Results in full: Scarlets 7-24 Northampton Saints, Ospreys 9-21 Saracens, Harlequins 31-21 Newport Gwent Dragons, Newcastle Falcons 21-22 Cardiff Blues