Rugby

For some of those who worship at the altar of the monotheist religion of Saint Eddie Jones, England’s rugby coach – and I admit that for a while I was a fan teetering on the point of submitting to conversion – the England v Italy Six Nations game on Sunday may have been a sobering event. [...]

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 [...]

Sunday 22nd January 2017: European Challenge Cup, Pool stage, round 6; Stade Francais v Harlequins in Paris. Result – Stade Francais 27 Harlequins 17. Effect: Stade Francais qualify for the ‘last Eight’ knock-out stage, Harlequins bow out. Harlequins’ 2016/2017 season woes continued [...]

Saturday 14th January 2017: European Challenge Cup pool stage: Harlequins v Edinburgh Rugby at the Stoop, kick off 1500 hours: Harlequins 18 Edinburgh Rugby 23: (Edinburgh Rugby 4 points for a victory, now certain of reaching the quarter-finals; Harlequins 1 losing bonus point, now needing to win [...]

Saturday 7th January 2017: Aviva Premiership Round 13: Harlequins v Sale Sharks at the Stoop, kick-off 1500 hours: Result – Harlequins 29 Sale Sharks 26. Harlequins now 7th in the league table on 32 points, level with Leicester Tigers who have a game in hand, and 6 points behind Bath Rugby in 4th [...]