Articles by Derek Williams

Friday 14th April 2017: Aviva Premiership Round 20: Harlequins v Exeter Chiefs at the Stoop, kick off 7.45pm: Result – Harlequins 26 Exeter Chiefs 39: Harlequins 0 league points, Exeter Chiefs 5 league points. Harlequins now effectively out of the running for a top four play-off place and even [...]

Saturday 25th March 2017: Aviva Premiership Round 18 – Harlequins v Newcastle Falcons at the Stoop, kick-off 3.00pm: Result: Harlequins 53 Newcastle Falcons 17: Harlequins 5 league points (1 bonus for scoring 4 tries), now 6th in the table on 47 points, 1 behind Bath who play Saracens away today [...]

Sunday 12th March: Anglo-Welsh Cup semi-final: Exeter Chiefs v Harlequins & Sandy Park, Exeter, kick-off 3.00pm: Result – Exeter Chiefs 24 Harlequins 7. Yesterday, after lunch at the conclusion of a four-day stint staying with my nonagenarian father, I was sitting with my parent and his carer [...]

As it happens yesterday evening I popped out for a quiet drink with a couple of pals before dinner and after about half an hour by chance we found ourselves sitting within earshot of some Quins fans I’d never met before who were discussing the club’s current fortunes. Stuff inevitably happens [...]

Friday 24th February: Aviva Premiership Round 17: Harlequins v Leicester Tigers at the Stoop, kick-off 7.45pm: Result – Harlequins 18 Leicester Tigers 27: Leicester Tigers 4 league points, Harlequins 0. Hitherto, as regular readers may have been aware, Quins were unbeaten at the home in the [...]

Friday 10th February 2017: Aviva Premiership; Bristol Rugby v Harlequins at Ashton Gate: Result – Bristol Rugby 8 Harlequins 42: Harlequins 5 league points for a (4 try) bonus point victory. Here’s another advance warning: this is another non-report from your Quins correspondent, which now [...]