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Leicester edge Harlequins with late try

26 October 2015 0 comments

A late try from Laurence Pearce gave Leicester a narrow 22-19 win over Harlequins at Welford Road yesterday. Tommy Bell kicked four first-half penalties for […]

Young Gun: Johnny Williams – London Irish centre

23 October 2015 0 comments

It has been a busy summer for Johnny Williams but the centre is eager to kick start his senior career with London Irish. The youngster […]

My Life in Rugby: Chris Bell – former Plymouth, Harlequins, Sale & Wasps centre

20 October 2015 0 comments

As head of off-field player development at Wasps, I’m relishing the chance to help the next generation of professional players coming through. Injury can strike […]

Worcester stun Northampton in season opener

17 October 2015 0 comments

A last gasp-drop goal from Tom Heathcote helped Worcester celebrate their return to the Premiership with 13-12 win over Northampton last night. The Warriors led […]

Nick Cain column: Stuart Lancaster must go now so the healing can begin

16 October 2015 0 comments

This week there was an unavoidable sense of Stuart Lancaster as a hard-working but beleaguered schoolmaster trying in vain to keep control of an unruly […]

Premiership round 1 teams

16 October 2015 0 comments

Bath v Exeter Bath: Tom Homer; Semesa Rokoduguni, Matt Banahan, Kyle Eastmond, Anthony Watson; George Ford, Chris Cook; Nick Auterac, Ross Batty, Henry Thomas; Stuart […]

Morgan in midfield for Wales against South Africa

15 October 2015 0 comments

Tyler Morgan will start at outside centre in Wales‘ World Cup quarter-final against South Africa at Twickenham on Saturday. The twice-capped 20 year-old got the […]

Justin Tipuric to start for Wales against Wallabies

8 October 2015 0 comments

Justin Tipuric has been named in the Wales starting XV as Warren Gatland is looking to answer fire with fire in the Pool of Death […]

James Horwill: Wales play into Wallaby hands

8 October 2015 0 comments

Wales‘ preference for open, attacking rugby could play into Australian hands on Saturday when the sides meet in Cardiff, according to former Wallaby lock James […]

Wales forced to change three against Fiji

30 September 2015 0 comments

Injuries have forced Wales to make three changes to their starting XV ahead of their game against Fiji on Thursday. With Scott Williams and Hallam […]

Billy Vunipola ruled out of World Cup

29 September 2015 0 comments

Billy Vunipola has been ruled out of the rest of the World Cup with a knee ligament strain. The Saracens No.8 suffered the injury in […]

PREVIEW: England v Fiji

18 September 2015 0 comments

Ben Youngs will win his 50th Test cap when England face Fiji in the first match of Rugby World Cup at Twickenham on Friday. The […]

Luke Wallace expects hard work to pay dividends for Harlequins

18 September 2015 0 comments

Harlequins are ready to put their worst season in recent years behind them with Luke Wallace vowing they will be fitter than ever when the […]

England name team to take on Fiji in RWC opener

14 September 2015 0 comments

Ben Youngs will win a 50th Test cap when England face Fiji in the first match of Rugby World Cup at Twickenham on Friday. The […]

Young Gun: Nathan Thomas – Harlequins back row

11 September 2015 0 comments

The Premiership Sevens finals was not a night to remember for Harlequins, but for Nathan Thomas it is one he will never forget. The 17-year-old […]

Ashley Johnson is hooking up to a whole new ball game

28 August 2015 1 comment

Barnstorming South African will not settle for the No.16 shirt.

Nick Cain’s column: James Horwill axe shows how the mighty can fall, fast

27 August 2015 1 comment

James Horwill’s arrival at The Stoop to join his new Harlequins team-mates will probably come sooner than he expected following his axing from the Australian […]

Nick Cain takes stock of how the England pack rates against the world’s best

26 August 2015 0 comments

Forwards, and how many of them he needs, will be at the top of Stuart Lancaster’s agenda as he contemplates cutting his England World Cup […]

Hair Bear Adam Jones hungry for Harlequins starting jersey

25 August 2015 1 comment

Former Wales star has “nothing to prove” at Harlequins.

Nalaga fails to make Fiji’s World Cup squad

21 August 2015 1 comment

Head-coach John McKee has omitted experienced backs Napolioni Nalaga and Seremaia Bai in Fiji’s 31-man World Cup squad which features five Premiership players. The squad […]

Horwill and White omitted from Australia’s World Cup squad

21 August 2015 1 comment

James Horwill will arrive at Harlequins earlier than expected as the former Australia captain wasn’t included in Michael Cheika‘s World Cup squad. There is also […]

Premiership Rugby 7s Series squads

19 August 2015 0 comments

Pool A (Thursday 7:15pm at Kingsholm Stadium, Gloucester) Bath: Alex Humfries, Apolosi Sokia, Scott Watkins, Zach Mercer, Josh Bayliss, Rob Coote, Jack Maplesden, Owen Walters, […]

Care confirmed as new Harlequins captain

19 August 2015 2 comments

Danny Care has been announced as Harlequins new captain for the upcoming Premiership season taking the reins from Joe Marler. The scrum-half has won 50 caps […]

Dream Team: Joe Gray – Harlequins and former Northampton hooker

17 August 2015 1 comment

1. Tom Smith – He was awesome at the set piece but he was also able to step in at fly-half and throw miss passes […]

Young Gun: Gabriel Ibitoye – England U18s & Harlequins wing

14 August 2015 0 comments

Gabriel Ibitoye is blessed with lightning pace and electric feet and he hopes that will help him evade defenders in one of the toughest places […]

Lions trio dumped by Wales

13 August 2015 0 comments

James Hook, Mike Phillips and Richard Hibbard will not play in the World Cup after being cut by Warren Gatland today. The British & Irish […]

Peter Jackson’s column: Winning is same in any language for Michael Cheika

7 August 2015 0 comments

Michael Cheika speaks French, Italian and Arabic. He is also known to be fluent in coarse Anglo-Saxon and looks forward to leaving England or Wales […]

Six Nations snub made David Strettle decide to go

15 July 2015 1 comment

David Strettle admits his decision to refuse a place in England‘s World Cup training squad might have been different had boss Stuart Lancaster included him […]

George Lowe backs Jamie Roberts to hit heights at Harlequins

8 July 2015 1 comment

Harlequins centre George Lowe is desperate to hook-up with new signing Jamie Roberts, whose impending arrival he describes as a “massive coup for the club.” […]

Premiership fixtures REVEALED

3 July 2015 1 comment

Saracens will open the defence of their Premiership title at home to Sale on Saturday October 17 as the 2015-16 fixtures were announced today. The […]

Harlequins’ Jordan Burns joins Bedford Blues

23 June 2015 0 comments

Harlequins today confirmed that Academy scrum-half Jordan Burns will join Greene King IPA Championship side Bedford Blues. The former sprinter, 21, who joined the Harlequins […]

Jeremy Guscott’s column: Get the scrum sorted or risk damaging our great product

10 June 2015 0 comments

This season as a whole has been very positive, and the attitude of teams in the Premiership will, hopefully, help to inspire the younger generation […]

Clown prince Joe Marler plays it seriously now

10 June 2015 0 comments

TRP sits down with the one and only Joe Marler.

Dave Ward: Our new guys will put Harlequins back on top

6 June 2015 0 comments

Harlequins hooker has backed star signings Roberts, Jones and Horwill to kick-start a revival at the Stoop.

Brendan Gallagher’s Premiership play-offs preview

21 May 2015 0 comments

Northampton (1) Story of the season The reigning champions may have wobbled badly in Europe with those big defeats against Racing and, of course, Clermont […]

Peter Jackson’s column: If ‘Gatland’s Law’ is not upheld there’s no point in being loyal to Wales

21 May 2015 1 comment

Warren Gatland‘s eponymous law has been further exposed by his refusal to rule Jamie Roberts out when the good doctor lines up for Harlequins post-World […]

Harlequins prop Matt Shields now ready for his crack in big league

21 May 2015 0 comments

Rookie Harlequins tighthead Matt Shields has endured a baptism of fire since joining from Darlington Mowden Park in February and emerged with flying colours. But […]

20 Questions: Matt Hopper – Harlequins centre

20 May 2015 1 comment

How do you rate Harlequins‘ season? It’s been quite disappointing at times and it’s the first time we haven’t made the playoffs since I’ve been […]

Tom Casson to join Yorkshire Carnegie

19 May 2015 0 comments

Yorkshire Carnegie have completed their seventh signing of the close season with the signing of Harlequins centre Tom Casson on a two-year contract. Casson, 25, […]

Harlequins finally confirm signing of Jamie Roberts

18 May 2015 0 comments

As first revealed by Neil Fissler in The Rugby Paper back on March 1, Harlequins have today confirmed the arrival of Jamie Roberts ahead of […]

England shouldn’t pension off old guard says Ugo Monye

15 May 2015 0 comments

Ugo Monye believes England‘s World Cup wing selections are potentially set in stone but has urged boss Stuart Lancaster not to dismiss the old guard. […]

Brendan Gallagher’s feature: How the RAF revived spirit of Bader and Cooler King

14 May 2015 1 comment

Through adversity to the stars, as the RAF motto proclaims. Taking on the might of the Army and Navy has always been a tall order […]

Nick Cain talks to Saracens wing Chris Ashton about England and the Premiership title race

14 May 2015 0 comments

Chris Ashton has spent all season looking-in at the England squad from the outside, and the Saracens wing yearns to be back at the epicentre […]

Harlequins’ Tom Williams to retire

13 May 2015 1 comment

Harlequins confirmed that winger Tom Williams will retire from full-time rugby at the end of the current season. The 31-year-old, who has made over 200 […]

Harlequins v Bath teams

7 May 2015 0 comments

Harlequins: Ollie Lindsay-Hague; Marland Yarde, George Lowe, Harry Sloan, Ugo Monye; Nick Evans, Danny Care; Mark Lambert, Dave Ward, Matt Shields; Nick Easter, George Robson; […]

London Irish sign Fijian International

6 May 2015 1 comment

As revealed by Neale Harvey in The Rugby Paper on April 26, London Irish have secured the signing of Asaeli Tikoirotuma. The Fijian international, 28, […]

Darryl Marfo to join London Welsh

6 May 2015 0 comments

Darryl Marfo will leave Harlequins at the end of the season to join London Welsh. Since joining Harlequins aged 14 and developing through the EPDG […]