THE FORMER ENGLAND, HARLEQUINS AND NORTHAMPTON HOOKER

JOHN OLVER

This week we celebrated the 30th anniversary of Harlequins’ 28-22 victory over Bristol in the final of the 1988 John Player Cup.
It coincided with a fundraising event for Paul Curtis, who played in the front row with me that day. Tragically Paul was paralysed in 2016 after a mountain biking accident and over £300k has been raised so far.
Most of the Cup-winning squad attended which shows how close Paul’s plight is to our hearts and the togetherness we enjoyed as a team.
A good time was had by all – it...