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A recently-retired actuary, the long-suffering Derek has been a Quins fan for the best part of three decades. More Posts

England 29 Argentina 30

It is a fact of elite sporting life that in the final analysis of historical perspective everyone involved – from the back-room staff, kit-men, physiotherapists trainers, managers and coaches right through to the players, athletes and participants are judged by their statistics and results – [...]

November 7, 2022 // 0 Comments

Harlequins 35 Northampton Saints 29

The Premiership may be flawed, as Sandra McConnnell opined, but it does serve up great rugby… unless you are a Quins fan. As against Saracens and Exeter Chiefs the last few minutes were nail-biting. Quins’ 35 -15 lead had disappeared and one try and conversion would have won it for Saints. [...]

October 3, 2022 // 0 Comments

Exeter Chiefs 43 Harlequins 42

Normal service was resumed as Exeter took an early lead of 17 points which they increased to 31-7. Quins made up the ground in every sense and in the 8Oth minute were leading with Chiefs pinned to their line.  They marched 100 metres upfield for Tschiunza to score to take the points. I watched the [...]

September 26, 2022 // 0 Comments

Harlequins 27 London Irish 30

One of the joys of supporting any team in any sport is the emergence of young talent. Cassius Cleaves Quins fielded a young side against the Exiles on Wednesday in the Premiership Cup – a pool based competition – which was instructive. Viliami Taulani Cassius Cleaves, a winger with pace [...]

September 23, 2022 // 0 Comments

Harlequins 27 Saracens 30

You might say that Sarries “out-quinned” the home side as Quins, never the best of starters, racked up an early 14 point lead with 2 scores from Cadan Murley, whilst Sarries mounted the second half comeback – normally the operational pattern of Quins. In the early exchanges Tommaso [...]

September 18, 2022 // 0 Comments

Newcastle Falcons 31 Harlequins 40

Quins had some stellar absentees for the start of the Premiership – Danny Care, Marcus Smith, Andre Esterhuizen – and young lock Hugh Tizzard has moved to Saracens. We only saw glimpses of vintage Champagne Quins: 2 penalties that they elected to run rather than convert, a cross-field [...]

September 11, 2022 // 0 Comments

Harlequins 28 Gloucester 24

I must speak to Pargie ( John Pargiter) and ask him the odds for Harlequins losing at halftime and winning at full time.  Not great I imagine as except for the recent 31-32 defeat by Northampton Saints , it happens  seemingly every game. The Harlequins powers -that – be took a risk by [...]

May 22, 2022 // 0 Comments

Harlequins 33 Montpelier 20

Quins missed out by just one point (59/60) to reverse the score line in Montpelier. The damage of the first half in Montpelier – when Quins conceded 26 points – was too much to overcome even for the comeback kings. The game will live long in the memory for a superb try by Joe Marchant. [...]

April 17, 2022 // 0 Comments

London Irish 14 Harlequins 41

This was another bravura performance by Quins. Typically they fell seven points behind to a Paddy Jackson try from London Irish. Quins rallied with 4 tries to get bonus point. In the second half they added a fifth, sixth and seventh try. It seems churlish to criticise the performance but these [...]

April 4, 2022 // 0 Comments

Harlequins 24 Newcastle Falcons 10

This was a comfortable victory at the Stoop in the Premiership against a foe who Quins customarily beat. The worry that the absence of internationals like Marcus Smith, Alex Dombrandt and Joe Marchant was dispelled by the presence of Joe Marler and more importantly Louis Lynagh and Cadan Murley [...]

March 5, 2022 // 0 Comments

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