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Sale Sharks 43 Harlequins 17

Quins were once the second half comeback Kings and the supreme enrertainers but no longer after successive maulings by Bristol Bears and Sale Sharks. So what’s happened? The obvious explanation is that key players like Andre Esterhuizen , Joe Marler and Danny Care have gone and not been replaced. [...]

December 27, 2025 // 0 Comments

Bristol Bears 40 Harlequins 14

This game was much hyped by the talkative Craig Doyle and a light show at the Allianz Stadium once Twickenham. We Quins fans hoped for the second half comeback of 2022 but it was never going to be. It was a strange Quins side that started: Cassius Cleave came in for Isgro Sam Carr for Will Evans [...]

December 21, 2025 // 0 Comments

The Quilter series

Of the Northern Hemisphere sides, England were the winners of this series though – as “THE RUST” had predicted – Argentina gave them a close call and, when the excellent Santi Carreras burst through in injury time, they might actually have won. England will surely be [...]

November 24, 2025 // 0 Comments

The weekend sport

International week can be dreary for sports lovers but there was rugby and some international football games to enjoy. Granite Grant has already covered the England victory over the All Blacks. The big winners were George Ford who has surely staked his fly half claim with 2 drop goals and a [...]

November 17, 2025 // 0 Comments

England 33 New Zealand 19

Although England won comfortably I was not sure about their team but I’m here to talk about the All Blacks who are in transition. the so called experts say thete had never been a better time to play us and certainly we are now behind the Boks in the world order . I’m looking forward to the 4 [...]

November 16, 2025 // 0 Comments

Quilter autumn internationals

À friend of mine something of a rugby aficionado sent me a Guardian article forecasting this England side might provide expansive rugby. I had my doubts as over the years I have watched England i have found them plodding and in a formulaic era when coaches sit behind their computers I could see no [...]

November 9, 2025 // 0 Comments

the Autumn Internationals

Time was when the autumn internationals were a winter break from the Premiership and an appetiser between the Rugby Championship and the Six Nations but now it’s fully fledged well sponsored month long tourney between the Southern Hemisphere and Northern. It kicked off which a resounding win of [...]

November 2, 2025 // 0 Comments

Will the real Quins stand up?

After the great tactical victory over Saracens we expected far more from Quins yesterday at Sang Park but we were comprehensively blown away by Exeter Chies. Marcus Smith was back to his mercurial worst whilst the Quins scrum could not handle the tough West Country boys. Added to that Henry Slade [...]

October 20, 2025 // 0 Comments

The weekend rugby

The absence of any Premiership and Championship football gave Premiership Rugby a platform which it maximised with derby matches. The first between Sale Sharks and the re-branded Newcastle Red Bulls was too one-sided to be enjoyable. Northampton Saints and Leicester Tigers were better matched but [...]

October 13, 2025 // 0 Comments

Red Bull Newcastle v Harlequins & The Rugby Championship

Just like in cricket there are are too many rugby tournaments. No doubt TV is responsible : Sky sports and TNT are paymasters and ringmasters. Quins played Red Bull Newcastle – the latter  re-branded from Newcastle Falcons – in the Premiership Cup. Players are now so overloaded that [...]

September 14, 2025 // 0 Comments

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