■By GARY FITZGERALD

OSCAR Beard has fought his way through the dark times of twice being under the surgeon’s knife and is now hell bent on winning his second England cap this autumn.
The centre is determined to put his long, painful injury misery behind him and enjoy a run in the Harlequins team which will result in a busy Test-playing November.
He admits to being racked with nerves on his seasonal bow in the loss to Bath last weekend. But it was a crucial step to getting back to the playing heights that made him a real threat to Premiership defences and earned him an ...