All posts tagged "Harlequins"
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English Championship
/ 9 years agoDisjointed phony war goes way of Carnegie
By COLIN NEWBOULT Y Carnegie …33pts Tries: Beck 13, Thraves 28, Beesley 44, Forsyth 52, Mayhew 60 Conversions: Seals 14, 29,...
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Room 101
/ 9 years agoRoom 101: James Horwill – Harlequins lock
1. Plane pain Being a longer-limbed person – I am 6ft 6ins – I find it very annoying when the person...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoCONFIRMED: Quins centre off to France
As revealed by Neil Fissler in The Rugby Paper on Sunday, Matt Hopper will leave Harlequins at the end of the...
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Premiership
/ 9 years agoSaracens start their long sprint for home
Saracens…40pts Tries: Ashton 16, Brits 23, Rhodes 73, Goode 77 Conversions: Farrell 17, 24, 73, 78 Penalties: Farrell 34, 42, 61,...
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Columnists
/ 9 years agoAckermann will give Gloucester some steel
ON the face of it Gloucester’s appointment of Johan Ackermann, below, as their new head coach for 2017-18, seems a shrewd...
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Premiership
/ 9 years agoBaxter: Mistakes gave us problems
EXETER head coach Rob Baxter, relieved that his side have twice hit back from 14 points down to take ten points...
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Premiership
/ 9 years agoPlay-off bid still alive insists Dickens
BACKS coach Allan Dickens insists Northampton can still reach the Premiership semi-finals but they must win all their games to do...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoJames tops Tait’s list of outsiders to take on the Pumas
By NEALE HARVEY MATHEW Tait reckons England boss Eddie Jones must cast his midfield net wider by looking to Sale duo...
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National League 3
/ 9 years agoRegular season winners ready for big finale
WOMEN’S ROUND-UP By NICK VERDIER BRISTOL dominated the Premiership’s regular season and head coach Roy Davies has now challenged his troops...
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Guest columnists
/ 9 years agoLions watch: tightheads and hookers
New Zealand have the highest strike rate off set piece possession in the world game. That is why it is imperative...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoNewcastle’s eighth summer signing announced
Scrum-half Sam Stuart has become Newcastle Falcons‘ eighth new signing for next season. The 25-year-old is known to Falcons director of...
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Dream Team
/ 9 years agoDream Team: Jim Evans – former Harlequins lock
1. Ceri Jones – He has to be the hairiest player to play the game. I was never quite sure if...
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Miscellaneous
/ 9 years agoFrustrated Fisher tells Gloucester to get real
By NEALE HARVEY LAURIE Fisher says Gloucester have a long way to go before they can be considered a powerhouse of...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoRowan relishing chance to realise potential
JACOB Rowan says he owes departed head coach Laurie Fisher a debt of gratitude after ousting Matt Kvesic from Gloucester’s No.7...
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Features
/ 9 years agoFurlong clear in race to be the pack pillar
New Zealand have the highest strike rate off set piece possession in the world game. That is why it is imperative...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoBristol bring in young guns as Reihana joins coaching roster
By STEVE RIGBY BRISTOL have bucked their trend of signing Test stars for a week with the capture of two highly-rated...
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Guest columnists
/ 9 years agoLions watch: scrum-halves
Given the influence that Conor Murray had on the 2013 Lions series victory in Australia, and on Ireland‘s progress since then,...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoNow you see them…Six Nations flyers!
PAUL FLAVINmade a late entrance into the Test arena for Ireland against France one day 20 years ago, so late that...
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English Championship
/ 9 years agoBoyce determined to leave Carnegie a farewell present
By JON NEWCOMBE PREVIEW… Yorkshire Carnegie v Richmond Today. Kick-off 3pm, Headingley HARLEQUINS-bound prop Lewis Boyce insists there is no panic...
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Features
/ 9 years agoMurray is minted in pole position
LIONS WATCH Certainty for Lions: Ireland’s Conor Murray. Inset: Kieran Marmion Given the influence that Conor Murray had on the 2013...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 9 years agoSharks in talks with Scots ace Jackson
Off north? Jackson SALE SHARKS are having talks with Scotland fly-half Ruaridh Jackson about a switch to the North-West from Harlequins....
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Features
/ 9 years agoYOUNG GUNS
JAMIE BARDEN CRANLEIGH SCHOOL FLANKER A broken leg cost him his place in the Harlequins academy but Jamie Barden proved he...
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National League 3
/ 9 years agoTrio in line for England U18s bow against the Welsh
NEWS EXTRA By NICK VERDIER MAX Coyle, Kieran Wilkinson and Kieran Verden will all make their England U18s debute after being...
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Premiership
/ 9 years agoRobshaw’s back and firing for his Lions selection
By BRENDAN GALLAGHER Harlequins 53pts Tries: Buchanan 14, Brown 21, Marchant 40, Yarde 42, Luamanu 48, Care 55, Swiel 77 Conversions:...
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Premiership
/ 9 years agoDeano: Yes, put Chris on the plane
RIVAL coaches John Kingston and Dean Richards were united in respectfully suggesting Warren Gatland seriously considers Chris Robshaw for the Lions...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoAcademy duo sign new Harlequins contract
Harlequins academy players Sam Aspland-Robinson and Calum Waters have committed to the club. Both players will remain in the Harlequins Academy...
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Six Nations
/ 9 years agoSurely the French capital can house two top teams?
THE troubled attempts to merge traditional archrivals Stade Francais and Racing 92 is fast developing into a farce that tarnishes the...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoMallinder misses out to Wasps flier Howe
WASPS’ wing Tom Howe has won the Anglo-Welsh Cup breakthrough player award. Howe won a public vote from a ten-strong shortlist...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 9 years agoMy Life in Rugby: Anthony Allen – former England and Leicester centre
With hindsight, getting capped by England at 20, just over a year after leaving school, was way too soon. But you...
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Features
/ 9 years agoON THE BLINDSIDE
BY NEIL FISSLER Follow me on Twitter: @neilfissler HARLEQUINS are leading the race to land All Blacks centre Malakai Fekitoa who...
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Features
/ 9 years agoAckerman leads list of Kingsholm candidates
GLOUCESTER have spoken to former South Africa lock Johan Ackermann, the current Lions coach, about moving to Kingsholm next season. Ackermann,...
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British & Irish Cup
/ 9 years agoMunster to be tested by Ulster experience
PREVIEW…Munster A v Ulster A Today. Kick-off 3pm, Musgrave Park, Cork MUNSTER A will put their unbeaten Cup campaign to the...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoWard to return to the front line and forget those days as a jackal
By NICK VERDIER DAVE Ward knows his days in the Harlequins back row are coming to end but he is determined...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoAmbitious McGuigan is eyeing tour to Argentina
By NEALE HARVEY HUNGRY hooker George McGuigan has vowed to stake a claim for England’s summer tour by helping Leicester salvage...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoRobshaw backed to stake claim for Lions tour
By CHRIS JONES CHRIS Robshaw will signal his recovery from shoulder surgery by playing for Harlequins against Newcastle on March 25....
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Young Gun
/ 9 years agoYoung Gun: Max Coyle – Harlequins full-back
Concussion may have cut his U18s Premier-ship final appearance short but Max Coyle is determined to create long-lasting memories from his...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 9 years agoTop clubs vie to lure Brown from Harlequins
Harlequins face the prospect of losing star full-back Mike Brown in the summer. And Brown’s fellow England international, scrum-half Danny Care,...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoVunipola back in England camp
Billy Vunipola has returned from injury to re-join the England squad. The No.8, who played 70 minutes for his club side...
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Miscellaneous
/ 9 years agoTop clubs vie to lure Brown from Harlequins
By MATTHEW EMERY HARLEQUINS face the prospect of losing star full-back Mike Brown in the summer. And Brown’s fellow England international,...
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Miscellaneous
/ 9 years agoFisher hints at exit after Gloucester capitulate.
By NEALE HARVEY GLOUCESTER’S fast disintegrating campaign was thrown into chaos late last night when head coach Laurie Fisher apparently gave...
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Premiership
/ 9 years agoLang puts boot in to complete Gloucester collapse
By NEALE HARVEY HARLEQUINS supremo John Kingston saluted his side’s character after James Lang’s last gasp penalty completed a remarkable late...
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Premiership
/ 9 years agoAnger over 8 minutes of chaos
GLOUCESTER director of rugby David Humphreys slammed his side after their late capitulation. “It’s almost impossible to sum up that last...
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Premiership
/ 9 years agoMathewson is on alert over old foe Hougaard
By NICK VERDIER THEY are used to locking horns in Super Rugby but today scrum-halves Alby Mathewson and Francois Hougaard will...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoMorris banned for three weeks
Harlequins full-back Aaron Morris has received a three-week ban for a tackle in the air on Leicester‘s Adam Thompstone. The former...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoDiamond banned for six weeks
SALE director of rugby Steve Diamond pleaded guilty to abusing a match official and has been given a six-week touchline ban....
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Premiership
/ 9 years agoIt’ll be furious from the start as derby fervour
By NICK VERDIER NICK FENTON-WELLS has no doubt Bristol can avoid relegation but time is running out and he knows a...
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Premiership
/ 9 years agotheir teeth to tear apart Quins’ proud home record
Tigers show By NICK VERDIER LEICESTER, despite all their troubles this season, are again in contention for the playoffs after forcing...
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Premiership
/ 9 years agoKingston: It’s just top six left for us
HARLEQUINS boss John Kingston is adamant his side are out of the race for the Premiership playoffs. With only six games...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoSteve Diamond hit with six-week ban
Steve Diamond has been banned for six weeks for verbally abusing the match officials after Sale‘s Anglo-Welsh Cup game against Harlequins...















