Search results for "harlequin"
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Six Nations
/ 4 years agoEddie Jones full of praise for Jack Nowell
Eddie Jones has said that Exeter‘s Jack Nowell “looks more like a rugby player and less like a bodybuilder” as the...
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Six Nations
/ 4 years agoEngland name six uncapped players in 36-man Six Nations training squad
Eddie Jones has named a 36-player England squad to begin preparations for the Guinness Six Nations. The squad will meet in...
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Features
/ 4 years agoStephen Payne OBE praises Paddy Jackson
Stephen Payne OBE pays a personal tribute to Paddy Jackson to mark his 30th rotation of the sun. Stephen Payne is...
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Champions Cup
/ 4 years agoMagical Marcus brings Quins back from brink
By ROGER PANTING Cardiff ................33pts Tries: Lane 12, 55; Ratti 18, Lewis 53, Domachowski 56 Conversions: Evans 12, 18, 53, 56...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoCourtney’s got the drop in captaincy shoot-out
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK COURTNEY Lawes would be my choice of captain for the 2022 Six Nations...
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Chris Hewett
/ 4 years agoKeyboard warrior Hepburn hits wrong target
CHRIS HEWETT ALEC Hepburn’s energetic campaign to make today’s loosehead prop community more interesting than the majority of their forerunners continues...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoMarcus reminds me of great King John
SHANE WILLIAMS WHAT a shame there were no fans at the Arms Park to watch that great European clash between Cardiff...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 4 years agoBarnstorming ‘Bill’ put even the Liddells in the shade
RUGBY MATTERS BRENDAN GALLAGHER I am indebted to Andrew Beattie, the archivist at Eltham College, for more ‘gen’ on AL ‘Bill’...
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Columnists
/ 4 years agoGet the front row right, Eddie, and it all follows
NICK CAIN LOOKS AHEAD TO NEXT WEEK’S ENGLAND SQUAD ANNOUNCEMENT WITH SOME ADVICE FOR EDDIE JONES SIX Nations Grand Slams are...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 4 years agoMore to come warns Chiefs coach Appleby
By GEORGIE PRICE PREVIEW... Exeter v Harlequins Today. Kick-off 2.30pm, live on BBC Sport EXETER are determined to build on their...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoQuiet lad Ollie is ready for Eddie call up says Kidney
New understanding: Ollie Hassell-Collins DECLAN Kidney is hoping that London Irish are represented in England’s Six Nations squad announced this week...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoEngland are true World Cup contenders warns Boyd
By PAUL REES Change? Boyd wonders if Marcus Smith will be asked to alter his approach. Owen Farrell WHEN Chris Boyd...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoTizard quits Stoop to join Sarries
SARACENS have signed Harlequins second row Hugh Tizard for next season. The 21-year-old Quins academy graduate has made 27 appearances for...
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Columnists
/ 4 years agoQuins defeat cost me my form admits Simmonds
By PAUL REES A YEAR after captaining Exeter to the Premiership and Champions Cups double, Joe Simmonds found himself on the...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 4 years agoEddie won’t drop Farrell, but he’s behind Marcus
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE… EVERY WEEK ENGLAND found a way to win without Owen Farrell at the end of an...
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoAlex is baffled by scrum decisions
SALE director of rugby Alex Sanderson offered a possible explanation after his side continued their long losing away run with their...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 4 years agoQuins look south for flanker Tshituka
ON THE BLIND SIDE BY NEIL FISSLER PREMIERSHIP champions Harlequins look set to raid the South African transfer market again to...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 4 years agoSaracens look set to feast off the Sharks
By BEN JAYCOCK PREVIEW... Saracens v DMP Sharks Sunday, Kick-off 2pm SARACENS head coach Alex Austerberry believes his team are entering...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoHookers and kickers are getting away with murder
SHANE WILLIAMS HANDS UP if you are tired of seeing scrum halves putting the ball into the second row. That is...
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Chris Hewett
/ 4 years agoThe game is nothing without jeopardy
CHRIS HEWETT GUEST COLUMNIST Apips-and-core Australian with vast experience of top-end rugby on both sides of the Equator sends his season’s...
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Features
/ 4 years agoSomething must give, says Judge, but not us!
CHRISTIAN Judge returns to Bath today surprised to see them marooned at the bottom of the Premiership. The 26-year old prop...
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Features
/ 4 years agoSupermen aplenty sculpted at Stowe
Brendan Gallagher continues his series looking at rugby’s great schools GIVEN that the ethos of Stowe and its founding father JF...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoCole is inspiration for me says Collier
By ADAM HATHAWAY More confident: Will Collier scores for Harlequins against Bristol PICTURES: Getty Images WILL Collier is using rugby’s own...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoTigers roar on with late bonus point
NEWS EXTRA PREMIERSHIP leaders Leicester Tigers maintained their unstoppable start to the season with a 31-0 bonus-point win over Newcastle Falcons...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoDupont, Jones and Smith vie for award
NEWS EXTRA By BEN JAYCOCK THE shortlist for the Rugby Union Writers’ Club Personality of the Year has been released, with...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoSarries’ giant new forward has only one fear – the cold!
By GARY FITZGERALD THEO McFarland is still cutting his teeth with the Wolf Pack but has already demonstrated he can back...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoHome care the secret of Saints’ health
By PAUL REES NORTHAMPTON’S players and coaches are conducting lateral flow tests at home every morning before going to training to...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoDREAM TEAM
NICK WALSHE, THE FORMER ENGLAND, HARLEQUINS, SARACENS, BATH, SALE AND BEDFORD HALF-BACK, CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE HAS PLAYED WITH OR...
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoMarcus and his giant mate settle a thriller
By BRENDAN GALLAGHER Harlequins ........14pts Tries: Northmore 3, Esterhuizen 78 Conversions: Smith 4, 79 Exeter ................12pts Tries: Slade 32, Innard 65...
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoSaracens v Gloucester: Sarries must be wary of ‘dangerous’ Gloucester
Despite being seven points ahead and two places above their opponents, Saracens Director of Rugby Mark McCall says they are facing...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoNewcastle v Northampton: Saints must address ‘top two inches’ to beat Falcons
Northampton Saints captain Lewis Ludlam claims that it’s the ‘top two inches’ that are the missing ingredients they must fix going...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoRob Baxter feels Six Nations should be played in one country
Playing the Guinness Six Nations Championship in one country has “got to be better than cancelling it”, says Rob Baxter. In...
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International Rugby
/ 4 years agoEngland U20s announce 2022 squad
Ahead of the U20 Six Nations, England have selected their 32-man Elite Player Squad (EPS) for 2022. Head coach Alan Dickens...
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoIsiekwe aims to upset his Saints fans
By GARY FITZGERALD PREVIEW... Northampton Saints v Saracens Today. Kick-off 3pm, Franklin’s Gardens NICK Isiekwe relishes his return to Franklin’s Gardens...
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoVesty: We can’t afford to give away more cheap tries
By PAUL REES Exciting: Alex Mitchell IT is eight years since Northampton defeated Saracens in a Premiership match at Franklin’s Gardens...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 4 years agoSaracens line up Tizard
ON THE BLIND SIDE BY NEIL FISSLER U20 cap: Hugh Tizard SARACENS are ready to inflame their rivalry with Premiership champions...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 4 years agoIbitoye set to become one of the Bears
ON THE BLIND SIDE BY NEIL FISSLER Firepower: Gaby Ibitoye in action for Tel Aviv Heat BRISTOL Bears are the front...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoDombrandt leads Quins to Big win at Twickers
By BEN JAYCOCK Harlequins ........41pts Tries: Dombrandt 6, 40, 79; Murley 17, 30; Lynagh 54 Conversions: Edwards 7, 18, 31; Esterhuizen...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoBreach makes scoring return
Quins Women ....29 Wasps Women ....5 JESS Breach scored on her return from a broken back as Harlequins stormed into second...
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Features
/ 4 years agoTigers back row Wiese banned for two games
LEICESTER Tigers back row Jasper Wiese has been banned for two matches after getting three yellow cards this season. The South...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 4 years agoPoets, writers war heroes, all the King’s men
Brendan Gallagher continues his series looking at rugby’s great schools KING’S Canterbury, save for brief periods in their sporting history, can’t...
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Features
/ 4 years agoWOMEN’S GAME IN FOCUS
Sarah Rendell takes a weekly look at some important women players ROSIE GALLIGAN THIS WEEK... HARLEQUINS SECOND ROW Rosie Galligan had...
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James Harrington
/ 4 years agoNew Covid rules test powers of persuasion
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN After much of the second round of European competition was called off before Christmas because of Covid-...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoCole: Tigers are willing to take on new ideas now
DAN COLE made his England debut when Steve Borthwick was the captain and admits he did not detect the coaching potential...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoA poker face, but Boyd can cut loose!
By PAUL REES AS Northampton blew an early 21-7 lead against Harlequins at Twickenham last week, returning home without even a...
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Features
/ 4 years agoYes, there were some good bits in 2021…
COLIN BOAG Last year was likeno other, with Covid wreaking havoc, and sadly the signs are that 2022 might be no...
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoHastings eyes big finish after patient start
By PAUL REES PREVIEW... Gloucester v Harlequins Today. Kick-off 3pm, Kingsholm Settled: Adam Hastings ADAM Hastings has noticed a difference since...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoLynagh’s out to catch eye of Eddie
By GARY FITZGERALD Better times: Steve Thompson wins the World Cup with England in 2003 PICTURE: Getty Images LOUIS Lynagh hopes...
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Premiership
/ 4 years ago‘Deccy’ is a visionary, no wonder other clubs like him – Rogerson
By PAUL REES Target: Declan Kidney DECLAN Kidney has been linked with a return to Munster but says he has unfinished...
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoTwickenham will be different for us this time vows Dowson
By PAUL REES Harlequins v Northampton Saints Monday, December 27. Kick-off 5pm, Twickenham THE last time Northampton faced Harlequins at Twickenham...















