Launchbury: It’s down to players on pitch

By Adam Hathaway

Joe Launchbury has urged his Harlequins side to man the barricades or face another season of near misses in the Premiership and Europe.
The Londoners dazzled their way to the Champions Cup semi-final last year but their domestic campaign fizzled out with a sixth-place finish.
They were in with a shout of the play-offs but three defeats in their last four league games where they conceded 180 points exposed their defensive fragility.
Jason Gilmore, formerly of the Reds, Waratahs and Australia A has been charged with plugging the leaks with Jerry Flannery joining Rassie Erasmu...

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