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"Harlequins" Definitions
  1. an English Rugby union club based in Twickenham, south-west London. The team's shirt has many colours and the club has been one of the most successful in English rugby. It was founded in 1866.
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They might be harlequins, jesters, tricksters, oracles, seers, or shamans.
When professional rugby began in England, the first Harlequins game, at Stoop stadium, drew around 03,400.
"Police forces have braced themselves for sightings of the red-nosed harlequins," 7News reported this week.
ICM, a global fund manager with numerous other sporting interests including Harlequins Rugby Club, led the round.
The family were also gifted a Harlequins rugby shirt (pictured above) for Archie during an engagement in November.
Towards the end of the visit, Harry was given a gift for little baby Archie — a Harlequins rugby jersey.
Reading about it all, I realize how lucky I am that so much of my sex ed came from Harlequins.
"Harlequins," for example, show three different colors depending on what angle you're looking from; new mattes compete with pearls and metallics.
She's literally emancipated herself — and she'd like to take a few fellow harlequins with her: Huntress, Black Canary, Renee Montoya, and Cassandra Cain.
At Christian Dior's spring 2019 couture show, Maria Grazia Chiuri took this idea one step further, presenting looks inspired by harlequins and the big top.
I found no harlequins, but did see rafts of eiders, plenty of loons, a dozen long-tailed ducks, many cormorants, a few red-breasted mergansers and a single black scoter.
"Currently our squad live on the poverty line," the Briton, a former 15s player with Wasps and Harlequins, told Reuters ahead of the annual HSBC London Sevens event at Twickenham this weekend.
In rugby, Saturday's Six Nations clash between Wales and Scotland is also going ahead in Cardiff while this weekend's Premiership Rugby Cup final in England between Sale Sharks and Harlequins in Manchester also survives.
PARIS (Reuters) - Harlequins and Pierrot clowns entertained at Christian Dior's Haute Couture catwalk show in Paris on Monday, as models sporting ruffs, sequined dresses and ringmaster jackets paraded through a circus tent, surrounded by acrobats.
Worcester were going to use their home match against Harlequins on April 11 as a fundraiser for Fatialofa but that game will no longer go ahead as the Premiership is suspended until April 14 at least.
" (The other Harlequins are Gabe Stone Shayer, James Whiteside and Jeffrey Cirio.) Mr. Ratmansky described the process of reconstruction as "finding the little bits in the dust, and then placing them together to create a picture.
The royal and Gareth Thomas, who recently revealed he is living with HIV, sat down for a candid chat in the stands of the Premiership rugby club Harlequins released to mark National HIV Testing Week, which starts on Saturday.
During his visit on Friday, Harry met with players from Harlequins' men's and women's teams, as well as inclusive rugby club Kings Cross Steelers, who will share how much of an impact Thomas has had since speaking out about his status.
As we learned back in the Creepy Clown Summer of 2015, there's a whole horde of harlequins out there—some hellbent on terrifying America, some who get drunk and traipse through the woods, and others who are just looking to make a living, bummed out that all those killer clowns gave them a bad name.
England starting XV 15 Elliot Daly (Saracens, 42 caps) 23 Anthony Watson (Bath Rugby, 42 caps) 13 Manu Tuilagi (Leicester Tigers, 42 caps) 12 Owen Farrell (Saracens, 82 caps) C 11 Jonny May (Leicester Tigers, 55 caps) 10 George Ford (Leicester Tigers, 68 caps) 223 Ben Youngs (Leicester Tigers, 98 caps) 1 Joe Marler (Harlequins, 70 caps) 219 Jamie George (Saracens, 264 caps) 220 Kyle Sinckler (Harlequins, 214 caps) 221 Maro Itoje (Saracens, 22 caps) 123 George Kruis (Saracens, 212 caps) 12 Courtney Lawes (Northampton Saints, 228 caps) 7 Mark Wilson (Sale Sharks, 18 caps) 8 Tom Curry (Sale Sharks, 22 caps) Replacements 16 Luke Cowan-Dickie (Exeter Chiefs, 23 caps) 22 Ellis Genge (Leicester Tigers, 17 caps) 18 Will Stuart (Bath Rugby, 2 caps) 19 Joe Launchbury (Wasps, 64 caps) 20 Charlie Ewels (Bath Rugby, 14 caps) 21 Ben Earl (Saracens, 2 caps) 22 Willi Heinz (Gloucester Rugby, 12 caps) 23 Henry Slade (Exeter Chiefs, 28 caps) (Reporting by Mitch Phillips; Editing by Toby Chopra)
Cardiff Harlequins Running Club provide road running, cross country and mountain running sections. Harlequins have no track and field section.
In doing so, Harlequins fully took over Aylesford Bulls Ladies with Harlequins being confirmed for the new league in a full merger and would cease using the Aylesford Bulls name. In July 2019, they changed their name to Harlequins Women.
Belfast Harlequins Ladies Rugby is a rugby union team based in Belfast, Northern Ireland. The team is part of the multi-sport organization, Belfast Harlequins.
In 2017 Colvin began playing for Belfast Harlequins in the Women's Irish Hockey League. Her team mates at Harlequins included Zoe Wilson and Jenny McAuley.
In November 2016 Upton began playing for Cork Harlequins in the Women's Irish Hockey League. Her teammates at Harlequins include Yvonne O'Byrne. Upton, along with O'Byrne and Naomi Carroll, played for Harlequins in the 2017 Irish Senior Cup final, losing 1–0 to UCD. In 2017–18 she helped Harlequins finished as runners up in both the Women's Irish Hockey League and the EY Champions Trophy.
He joined Super League side the Harlequins RL for the 2009 season. He only managed a couple of appearances in trial games for the Harlequins RL.
The 2012–13 Harlequins season was a successful one, with Harlequins reaching the playoffs in the English Premiership and the knockout rounds of the Heineken Cup.
In 2017 Wilson began playing for Belfast Harlequins in the Women's Irish Hockey League. Her teammates at Harlequins included Lizzie Colvin and Jenny McAuley. While playing for Harlequins, Wilson has also worked as a volunteer coach at both Ballyclare High School and for Armagh Hockey Club.
The 2011 Harlequins Rugby League is the Harlequins' football club's 2011 season. It was the 16th consecutive season in the Super League and their fifth consecutive season at the Stoop. The Harlequins competed in both the Super League and the 2011 Challenge Cup. They exited the Challenge Cup with a defeat to the Leeds Rhinos.
This was followed by the announcement of a partnership with Harlequins Rugby Union Club that saw the club return to Twickenham Stoop, this time renamed as Harlequins RL for the 2006 season.
On 18 May 2015, it was announced Roberts had signed for English Aviva Premiership side Harlequins. His contract at Harlequins is rumoured to make him one of the highest paid players in the world, receiving £380,000 a year. Roberts' first game for Harlequins FC was on 19 December vs Calvisano. He scored a try on his debut.
Archie White (born 5 August 1997) is an English professional rugby union player who plays as a flanker for Premiership Rugby club Harlequins. He is in a relationship with England and Harlequins player Jessica Breach.
He previously played in the Super League with the Harlequins RL.
This article is about the 2007 season of Harlequins RL club.
Sharp had a contract with Harlequins RL that saw the dynamic youngster join the first grade squad on a permanent basis. Will Sharp was named as the Harlequins Senior Academy Player of the Year in 2007.
A harlequin is character from Commedia dell'arte, a 16th-century Italian theater movement. Harlequins were witty, mischievous clowns. Their early costumes were sewn together from fabric scraps. Over time, the diamond pattern became associated with harlequins.
Williams started and scored a try for Harlequins in their 2011–12 Premiership final victory over Leicester Tigers. He is a member of the “200 Club” having represented Harlequins for over 200 games. He retired in 2015.
Hardwicke also played rugby for the Harlequins, Oxford University, Dorset and Wiltshire.
This title granted Harlequins a place in the 2013-14 Heineken Cup.
He joined Premiership Rugby side Harlequins ahead of the 2020–21 season.
More traditional masks recall Napoleonic soldiers, harlequins (Harlekin) and the famous Waggis.
After that the Harlequins only won two more games in the next six months and the circle of life was completed when Harlequins RL played St Helens in their final game as the franchise on 10 September 2011.
He started and scored a try for Harlequins in their 2011–12 Premiership final victory over Leicester Tigers. In June 2020, it was confirmed Robshaw will remain at Harlequins throughout the remainder of the truncated 2019–20 season.
Maesteg Harlequins RFC is a rugby union team from the town of Maesteg, Wales. The Maesteg Harlequins were founded in 1899, their first captain being Tom Hopkins. They have reformed under different guises but for the majority of their 113 years they have been known as Maesteg Harlequins. The club is a member of the Welsh Rugby Union having been made full members in 1987.
He signed a deal to join English Premiership side Harlequins prior to the 2017–18 season, signing a three-year deal. He made his Debut for Harlequins on 3 December 2017, against European Champions Saracens, in the Aviva Premiership.
Saints survive a second-half rally from Harlequins RL to win 22-12.
Harlequins RL – the only team in the Super League based in a capital city (London) – competed in the 2009 Challenge Cup as well as their fourteenth Super League season. In 2009 Harlequins attracted an average home crowd of just under 3,500.
Honours such as representing Harlequins 1st XV at 17 years old, and playing for the England under 20s on a regular basis, have already come before him. He started for Harlequins in their 2011–12 Premiership final victory over Leicester Tigers.
The Twickenham Stoop stadium Harlequins play at the Twickenham Stoop, which is situated in Twickenham in south-west London. The stadium is named after former England international Adrian Stoop, who was a Harlequins player and later president of the club. The club acquired the then athletics pitch in 1963, a ground of , close by to the RFU ground. It became the training pitch, and eventually, the Harlequins home ground.
Born a few miles from Harlequins rugby union side's Twickenham Stoop, in Ashford, Middlesex. Lang represented Harlequins first, at school boy level. His burgeoning rugby career took off, when as a teenager Lang joined Welsh side Rugby Gogledd Cymru (RGC) in North Wales.
Saili left Harlequins to join French Pro D2 club Biarritz for the 2020–21 season.
Harlequins won the final (19–18) against Stade Français to win its 3rd Amlin Cup.
Wilkinson also represented the Household Brigade at golf, and played for the Harlequins golf club.
At that time Cardiff Harlequins were one of the eight senior clubs in Welsh rugby.
On 6 February 2017, Lewis signed for Premiership rivals Harlequins from the 2017-18 season.
Michael's son Louis is also a professional rugby player, having signed with Harlequins in 2019.
Mike Brown (born 4 September 1985) is an English professional rugby union player who plays fullback for Harlequins and the England rugby team. Brown joined the Harlequins senior team in 2005, having had previous youth career spells at Salisbury and Melksham, and began playing for the England first team two years later. During his career, he has won three Six Nations Championship titles with England and one English Premiership title with Harlequins.
Dollapi began playing rugby league in 2007 after starting through Harlequins Rugby League Community Team and Richmond's Schools Sports Partnership's Self Esteem Through Sport programme (SETS). He went on to play for West London Sharks and Harlequins RL Under-16s foundation team on a scholarship.
He then moved to Harlequins RL, spending two years there before returning to Wakefield Trinity Wildcats.
In January 2006, Gorman was appointed assistant manager at Welsh Premier League side Cardiff Grange Harlequins.
The theater's auditoria contain murals depicting dancing warriors, maidens, and harlequins, alongside Zeus and his thunderbolts.
There was an earlier Harlequins R.F.C. in Nairobi which was formed in 1923 when the Nairobi District team decided, because it had become too powerful, to split and create two clubs, Harlequins RFC and Nondescripts RFC. It seems likely that the two names were chosen either in concert or one as a tongue-in-cheek response to the other as nondescript means lacking distinctive or interesting features or characteristics whilst harlequins are associated with bright colors and striking patterns. Nondescripts RFC is still in existence, but this first Harlequin club lasted up to 1945. Photos exist of Harlequins playing against the Prince of Wales School during the war years.
In 2016, Harlequins announced a partnership with Women's Premiership club Aylesford Bulls Ladies. The agreement stated that Aylesford Bulls would become a part of Harlequins and would wear their colours but initially retain their name and at first split their matches between Aylesford, Kent and Harlequins' Twickenham Stoop. However the elite squad later moved to be permanently based at Surrey Sports Park at the University of Surrey in Guildford, with the 3s maintaining their links with the local area and keeping Old Isleworthians RFC as their training and playing base. In 2017, Harlequins Ladies were awarded a franchise for the new Women's Super League, later renamed Premier 15s.
St Helens in 2006 In 1995–96 and again from 1997 to 1999, the rugby league club, London Broncos, joined Harlequins at The Stoop, and they returned again in 2006–2013, becoming Harlequins RL. In 2006 the stadium held a Harlequins rugby union match and a Harlequins rugby league game on the same day. The rugby union match was played first, and in just a few hours the stadium was switched over for the Super League match. This involved changing field markings, advertising boardings and such. Between 2006 and 2011, The Stoop hosted the annual Rugby League Varsity Match between Oxford University and Cambridge University.
He previously played for Harlequins RL and went out on loan to London Skolars and Doncaster in 2010. Jones warming up for Harlequins Jones played junior rugby league for his local amateur club Hunslet Parkside and previously played in the youth teams at Castleford and Leeds.
Adrian Stoop (27 March 1883 – 27 November 1957)Adrian Stoop international record Scrum.com was an English rugby union player of Dutch descent. He played 182 times for Harlequins between 1901 and 1939, and won 15 caps for England. He was president of the Harlequins 1920–1949.
Harlequins RL enter their 30th season of rugby league in 2010, their 5th year under the name Harlequins after being previously known as London Broncos, London Crusaders and Fulham FC. They were in contention for the Super League, in its 15th season and the 2010 Challenge Cup.
Harlequins were fined £259,000, and Williams was banned for four months. Harlequins' physiotherapist Steph Brennan was banned for two years. The doctor involved, Wendy Chapman, who cut the player's lip to try to cover up the incident, was reprimanded by the Medical Council, but escaped a ban.
Cork Harlequins Hockey and Cricket Club is a multi-sports club based in Douglas, County Cork, Ireland. The club was founded in 1925. Although Harlequins is best known for its field hockey and cricket teams, during its history the club has also organised teams in various other sports including table tennis, association football, rugby union and tennis. In 2008–09 Cork Harlequins were founder members of both Men's Irish Hockey League and the Women's Irish Hockey League.
The LV= Cup featured a Harlequins team stripped of its players on international duty. Relying on a team of developing players, the club remained unbeaten throughout the pool stage. Harlequins beat Bath Rugby (31–23) in the semi-final at The Stoop, and defeated and Sale Sharks (32–14) in the final at Sixways Stadium. This was Harlequins' third title in the English/Anglo-Welsh Cup and the first since the inception of the Anglo-Welsh format.
In 1963, the Quins acquired an athletics ground with 14 acres (57,000 m2) just across the road from the RFU ground, which became the Harlequins training pitch. The ground was named the "Stoop Memorial Ground" after Adrian Stoop, a former England international, longtime Harlequins player, and club president. In 2005, the club renamed the stadium "Twickenham Stoop Stadium", but it is generally known as "The Stoop" with even the Harlequins' official website frequently using the informal name.
Dwayne Barker signed a 12-month contract with Harlequins RL for 2008's Super League XIII season.
Nabokov later used this as the title of the Lolita "doppelganger novel" in Look at the Harlequins!.
Sackey returned to England to play for Harlequins in the Aviva Premiership in the 2013/14 season.
On 3 July 2019, Harlequins announced that they had signed Goneva for the upcoming 2019-20 season.
In their first season they completed the Premiership and Cup double. For the season 2017/2018 they are playing under the Harlequins banner in the inaugural Tyrrells Women's Premier 15s. Incorporated into his role is Academy Coach Development Officer for Harlequins working with coaches in the developing player programme.
In 2008 he joined Harlequins and made his debut in the pre-season friendly against Connacht on 16 August 2008. In December 2009, Williams joined Newport Gwent Dragons on a short-term loan arrangement from Harlequins. Williams left the Dragons in 2011, joining Pontypridd RFC during the summer months.
Originally called the Cardiff Athletic Ground, the pitch became known as the Cardiff Harlequin Athletic Ground, a name it keeps to the present day.St. Peter's RFC - History stpetersrfc.co.uk During the beginning of the 1894 season, Cardiff Harlequins merged with Cardiff AFC to form Cardiff Association Football and Harlequins' Athletic Club, often just referred to as Cardiff Association Football Club, leaving rugby behind and playing only association football at the Harlequins' Ground in Cardiff. They did continue to play rugby, but only on Wednesdays.
London ground shared with rugby union side Harlequins for the 1995-96 season before the inaugural Super League season. The Broncos returned to The Stoop for the second time for a three-year period in 1997 in which time they reached their first Challenge Cup Final. In 2007 the Broncos returned to the Stoop and became known as Harlequins RL, a sister club to Harlequins FC adopting their crest and colours. They stayed at the Stoop until the lease ran out in 2013.
Fainifo played both rugby union and league, playing for the Campbelltown Harlequins (Union) & Campbelltown City Kangaroos (League) respectively.
After the war Wakefield became the captain of the RAF rugby team and joined Harlequins. On 11 October 1919, he made his debut for Harlequins against Richmond and he continued to play for the club for the next ten years. He occasionally played for other teams during this time, but Harlequins was always his main club. During his career with Harlequins, he appeared a total of 136 times, including 82 as captain, and he made his final appearance on 25 January 1930 against Cambridge University. He scored 51 tries for the club, along with one penalty and 14 conversions. He was club captain in the seasons 1920/21, 1924/25 and 1927/28 to 1929/30.
David moved to the UK to play for NEC Harlequins in the Zurich Premiership. A serious knee injury in the 2001 European Shield Final (Harlequins won the game 42–33 in extra time) ended Wilson's playing career at the age of 35 and he was forced to retire from the game.
Harlequins beat Castres Olympique in the first ever European Rugby Champions Cup match before an away win at Wasps and defeating Leinster at home. However, subsequent losses away to Leinster, and then at home to Wasps ensured Harlequins finished third in their group and were knocked out of the tournament.
In 2008 O'Byrne began playing for Cork Harlequins. She was encouraged to play for the club by Cliodhna Sargent, an Ireland women's field hockey international and former Mount Mercy student. At the time Sargent was playing for Harlequins and coaching Mount Mercy. O'Byrne began captaining the team aged just 19.
On 13 February 2020 Louw's signing for the 2020–21 season was announced by English Premiership Rugby club Harlequins.
Jones played for Merthyr Town, Caerphilly, Swansea Town, West Bromwich Albion, Aberystwyth Town, Aldershot, Thames, Eastside and Aberavon Harlequins.
Collegians Cricket Club had merged with Cooke Cricket Club to form Cooke Collegians in 1998, and so the Belfast Harlequins Cricket Club was effectively a continuation of North. In 2005, however, the cricket section left the Harlequins set-up and now plays at Stormont under the name of Civil Service North of Ireland.
Which benefited him in his own similar role. Lang plays at Fly-half in the Harlequins academy and first team.
In 2010, Penny was loaned to Harlequins RL, scoring three tries in five matches before returning to his parent club.
She subsequently scored the opening goal as Loreto defeated Cork Harlequins 2–1 to win the 2018 EY Champions Trophy.
Kitto played twice for Worcester before returning to Leicester on 4 October. On 23 October 2017 it was announced that Kitto had been released by Leicester. On 13 November 2017 Kitto was signed on a short-term deal by Harlequins. Injuries in the scrum- half position at Harlequins was the catalyst behind the deal.
In the 2016–17 season Carroll was a member of the Cork Harlequins team that played in the Irish Senior Cup final. Other members of the team included Roisin Upton and Yvonne O'Byrne. In 2017–18 she helped Harlequins finished as runners up in both the Women's Irish Hockey League and the EY Champions Trophy.
Wood started his career with Garryowen who he helped to All Ireland titles in 1992 and 1994 before moving to Harlequins. He returned to play with Munster in the 1999–2000 season and played in the European Rugby Cup final that Munster lost to Northampton Saints 9-8 in Twickenham Stadium before returning to Harlequins.
Marler joined the Harlequins Academy in 2008 and made his first team debut in the 2009-2010 season, after spending some time on loan to Esher and Worthing. He played a crucial part in helping Harlequins to claim their first ever Premiership title by starting in their 2011–12 Premiership final victory over Leicester Tigers. Marler captained Harlequins for the 2014-2015 season, replacing Chris Robshaw due to his commitments as England captain in the 2015 World Cup year. Marler then passed on the captaincy of Quins to teammate Danny Care in the following season.
Simon Keogh (born 1979) is a retired rugby union player who played on the wing and scrum half for Leinster Rugby and for Harlequins F.C.. In 2000, Simon was named Leinster Rugby Young Player of the Year. In 2004, whilst playing with Harlequins F.C. he won the Challenge Cup scoring the winning try in injury- time against Clermont-Ferrand (now ASM Clermont Auvergne). He was named Supporters' Player of the Year for Harlequins in the 2005/06 season. After returning to Leinster Rugby, he has won the Heineken Cup with them in 2009.
Purdham in action for Harlequins On 20 May 2006, Rob set a new Quins club record by scoring 34 points (2 tries, 13 goals) in Harlequins RL's 82–8 victory over Barrow Raiders in the Challenge Cup. The 13 goals in itself surpassed the previous record of 12 held by Paul Sykes. In 2007, he was appointed the club's captain, replacing Mark McLinden. In July 2011, Purdham announced he would be leaving Harlequins at the end of the season, and returning home to the family farm in Cumbria, England.
Richards resigned from Harlequins in August 2009 after an incident which became known as Bloodgate. He had orchestrated and had "central control" over a fake blood injury to Harlequins player Tom Williams to bring a more experienced replacement kicker onto the field during a Heineken Cup match against Leinster. With the game poised at 6-5 late in the second half, a successful penalty kick would have resulted in a place in the semifinals for Harlequins. Richards was found to have been involved in four similar incidents, and was banned from coaching for three seasons.
2nd Place in the 2019 Rugby World Cup with the England Squad. 1st Place with his Harlequins team in 2009-2010,2012,2013.
After 15 seasons, 54 international appearances and a record 281 appearances for Harlequins, Easter announced his retirement on 29 July 2016.
Cork Harlequins formed a cricket team in 1967. They enter senior, junior and minor teams in various Munster Cricket Union leagues.
His signing for Harlequins was announced on 18 May 2016, with Morris extending his contract in 2017 and again in 2019.
Orr signed a three-year deal with the Harlequins RL starting in 2007 and was replaced at Wigan by Trent Barrett.
McDonough has played for Belfast Harlequins in the Women's Irish Hockey League. In 2015 she announced she was retiring from the first team due to work and family commitments. However she subsequently made a come back at the start of the 2017–18 season. Her team mates at Harlequins have included Zoe Wilson and Lizzie Colvin.
After spending a season with Sale, Pears moved further south to join Twickenham based club Harlequins, where he spent most of the 1990s. During his time at Harlequins the club reached two Pilkington Cup finals. They won the first against Northampton in 1991 and lost the second against Bath the following year. Both went to extra-time.
Aylesford Bulls Ladies Rugby Football Club were a women's rugby union club based in Aylesford, Kent, England. They played in the Women's Premiership. They were founded in 1998 and were the ladies team of Aylesford Bulls. Following an agreement with Harlequins, Aylesford Bulls initially received support from them however in 2017, they were taken over to become Harlequins Ladies.
Rob Buchanan (born 13 May 1991) is an English former rugby union footballer who played for Harlequins in the Gallagher Premiership. He played as a Hooker. He was a replacement for Harlequins in their 2011–12 Premiership final victory over Leicester Tigers. Buchanan was selected for the England squad to face the Barbarians in the summer of 2014.
Wooden began playing rugby in her senior year at the University of Florida. She plays for the Harlequins Ladies in the Premier 15s. Her previous club was Aylesford Bulls Ladies before they merged with Harlequins Ladies. She trained at the American Rugby Pro Training Center in a bid for a spot on the Eagles 2016 Olympic team.
Songs written for the first album by Romans have appeared on Under The Dome, and other television shows, and a reworked version of Roman material "Trip Into The Light" was featured in the Tom Cruise film Edge of Tomorrow under the Harlequins moniker. A Song by the Harlequins was also licensed for a cruise ship advertising campaign.
Prior to the start of the XVs season, Harlequins participated (like all other Premiership clubs of the 2012–2013 season) in the Premiership 7s Series. Hosting the Group A tournament at the Twickenham Stoop, Harlequins failed to progress to the Final following two wins (over London Irish and London Wasps) and a loss (to Saracens) on bonus points difference.
He made a total of ten appearances for Harlequins during his loan spell – starting five of those matches – and scored 75 points before returning to the Sharks before Round Three of the 2015 Super Rugby season. In April 2015, Harlequins announced that Swiel would return to the club on a full-time deal for the 2015–2016 season.
In the off season before the 2008/09 season he signed for Harlequins ironically moving to join So'oialo, and has since ousted his great rival for the bench spot behind England scrum half Danny Care. When his Harlequins contract finished in the summer of 2009 he joined the Bay of Plenty Steamers in the Air New Zealand Cup.
On the front of the statue, the plinth reads Nick Duncombe, 1982 - 2003. Harlequins & England.'Carpe Diem', (Latin for seize the day).
Pembroke's main rival is Pembroke Dock Harlequins RFC (known as the Quins), although there are fierce rivalries with the other Pembrokeshire teams.
The first season (2008/2009) was a hard fought one, with the Harlequins Ladies only winning 2 out of their season fixtures.
Dickson is 1/4 owners of OUTOFTHESCRUM with brother Karl and Harlequins player Ross Chisholm. OUTOFTHESCRUM was Launched on 19 June 2019.
NEC Harlequins claimed the narrowest of victories over Montferrand in the final and picked up their second piece of European Club silverware.
She was in Keswick School and Sedbergh School. She previously played with Darlington Mowden Park before signing with Harlequins Ladies in 2017.
Cadan Murley (born 31 July 1999) is an English professional rugby union player who plays as a wing for Premiership Rugby club Harlequins.
He left his coaching role with Munster in June 2019, and, in June 2020, joined English Premiership club Harlequins as their lineout coach.
On 29 July 2008, Harlequins confirmed that he had arrived in London to join up with his new team and had started training.
He was promoted to Bedford's senior team in 2004 and made over 100 appearances for the club until 2009 when he joined Harlequins. Although Karl was usually selected behind England scrum half Danny Care at Quins, he remained highly rated within the club with Harlequins Director of Rugby Conor O'Shea stating that he believed Dickson to be "among the best five scrum halves in the country". He was a replacement for Harlequins in their 2011–12 Premiership final victory over Leicester Tigers. On 24 April 2017, Dickson announced his retirement from professional rugby playing at the end of 2016–17 Aviva Premiership season.
Being the longest serving captain of the Harlequins, Cooke also captained Middlesex (leading them to win the county Championship in 1985), London Division and the Barbarians. Always leading the game for club, county and country from the front, his forthright views on training and playing standards and his early foresight in advocating a needed change to a professional game meant that the Harlequins, following his stewardship and Captaincy of 4 seasons, won the John Player Cup in 1988, the season following his premature retirement in 1987. Cooke was inducted into the Harlequins Hall of Fame on 21 November 2006.
Greenwood played his club rugby for the London-based Harlequins, having also played for Preston Grasshoppers, Waterloo and Leicester Tigers. As rugby had yet to turn professional, he moved to London and worked as a trader at a bank before joining Harlequins. He eventually left Harlequins and moved to Leicester Tigers in 1996 because the presence of England centre Will Carling meant he could not get first team rugby. Subsequently, picked by new England coach and ex-Tigers centre Clive Woodward he became an important part of that team, notably establishing a centre partnership with Jeremy Guscott.
He was noted as the architect of the game, changing the play by slowing down to a walking pace, his team showing excellent ball skills and patience before bursting through defences with agility and speed. Laughland then played for Harlequins. He also toured South Africa and Australia on invitation with Harlequins. He played for the Co-Optimists against London Welsh in 1965.
Duffy moved to the English club Harlequins from Connacht in the summer of 2003. Having joined Harlequins, Duffy made his league debut for the Premiership side in a game against Rotherham Titans on 20 September 2003. He was part of the team that won the 2003–04 European Challenge Cup. Duffy scored two tries in the 1st Round rout of El Salvador.
Olly Kohn (born 19 March 1981, in Bristol) is a Wales international rugby union player for Harlequins having previously played for Bristol and Plymouth Albion. A lock forward, Kohn won the English Premiership with Harlequins in 2011-12, starting in the final against Leicester Tigers. Kohn was forced to retire at the end of the 2012/2013 season due to injury.
Harlequins ladies were promoted from Premier League Ulster Hockey to the EY Irish Hockey League in May 2016. The Harlequins Ladies played in Section 1 of the Ulster Women's Hockey Union League. The Women's club is the largest in Ulster fielding 7 teams every Saturday. In 2008 the ladies' 1st XI won a place in the 2008/2009 inaugural All Ireland League.
Shane O'Connor (born 29 March 1983) is a former rugby union player from Ireland. Originally playing for Cork Constitution, he joined the Munster squad in 2006 as a second-row (lock). He moved to Harlequins in the Guinness Premiership in England during 2008. Released by Harlequins in 2009, he played several seasons in the National Rugby League and Fédérale 1 League in France.
He was released from Hull Kingston Rovers on 17 September 2007. He signed a two-year deal with Harlequins starting from the 2008 season.
Alex Joseph Dombrandt (born 29 April 1997) is an English rugby union player for Harlequins in Premiership Rugby. His primary position is number 8.
In August 2020, it was confirmed that van Dyk had signed a short-term with Harlequins for the remainder of the 2019–20 season.
Burke, a centre, made three appearances for Munster during the 1997–98 Heineken Cup pool stage against Bourgoin, Cardiff and Harlequins, scoring 34 points.
James Lang (born 4 April 1995) is a Scotland international rugby union player. He plays for the Harlequins in England at Fly half or Centre.
Bemerton Heath Harlequins Football Club is a football club based in Bemerton, Salisbury, England. They are currently members of the and play at Moon Park.
Alofa Alofa (born 12 March 1991) is a Samoan international rugby union footballer who plays as a centre for Harlequins in the English Gallagher Premiership.
Aaron James Morris (born 10 January 1995) is an English rugby union player for Harlequins in Premiership Rugby. His primary positions are fullback and wing.
She was again captain when Harlequins finished as runners up in both the Women's Irish Hockey League and the EY Champions Trophy in 2017–18.
An impressive 2010/11 season saw him help Quins claim the Amlin Challenge Cup and get shortlisted for the Land Rover Discovery of the Season. In the 2011/12 season, Lowe was a key part of the Harlequins team which won the Aviva Premiership for the first time in their history. Lowe started the final against Leicester Tigers, helping Harlequins to a 33–23 win.
The first Broncos badge was a red and white crest with a horse on the front with London in scripted on the top. This was worn between the 1990s, and 2006 when they became known as Harlequins. The Harlequins club crest was the same as the rugby union team as they had also adopted the club's colours as well. This was used up until 2011.
Late in the season, it was announced that he had signed a two- year contract with Harlequins although he actually signed in October 2011. As a British passport holder, he did not count as a foreign player. In his initial season with Harlequins, he was the top points scorer (with 78) in the LV Cup. Botica joined Montpellier in 2016 and moved to Oyonnax in 2017.
Gonzalo signed for Devon side Exeter Chiefs on 15 June 2011 having also previously played for Harlequins between 2009 and 2011, Camacho is held in high regards by Harlequins fans after scoring the winning try in against Stade Français in the Amlin Cup final. After much speculation it was announced on 29 May 2013 that Camacho will be leaving Exeter Chiefs and will be joining Leicester Tigers.
On 27 January 2019, Gray faced his old club Harlequins in a Premiership Rugby Cup match, against Saracens. An away win for Saracens, in which Gray came on in the second half as hooker. He was a replacement as Saracens won the 2019 European Rugby Champions Cup Final. He returned to Harlequins on loan in January 2020 before signing full time with the club.
On 19 August 2014, he was unveiled as a new signing by Cardiff Blues. On 24 January 2015, Jones announced his retirement from international rugby. On 26 March 2015, it was announced that Jones would join Aviva Premiership side Harlequins from the 2015–16 season. Jones played for Harlequins until the end of the 2017-18 season, increasingly moving from playing to coaching during that time.
Cardiff Harlequins formed in the early 1880s in Cardiff, playing on a field off Penarth Road. Although in the shadow of first class team Cardiff RFC, the Harlequins began to attract matches from some of the lesser but well established clubs in the Glamorgan area. The team is recorded as playing matches against Pontypridd, Mountain Ash,Mountain Ash RFC - History Cardiff and Llanelli and later became a popular opponent for touring teams from the West of England, such as Bristol.Parry-Jones (1999), pg 27. The Harlequins first recorded match against Cardiff is recorded as 17 February 1883, a 0-0 draw.Davies (1975), pg 284.
Joseph William George Marler (born 7 July 1990) is an English professional rugby union player for Harlequins in the Gallagher Premiership playing primarily as a prop.
Simon Kerrod (born 25 August 1992) is a South African rugby union player, currently playing with English Premiership side Harlequins. His regular position is tighthead prop.
In deciding which sport to pursue, Monye was fortunate that his former sports master Tim Richardson put him in touch with Harlequins' U19 coach Colin Osborne.
While studying for their Leaving Cert at Bandon Grammar School, Conor and David, also played for Cork Harlequins, helping them win the 2006 Irish Senior Cup.
Ross Ford grew up in Kelso and went to Kelso High School in the Scottish Borders. He played for Kelso Harlequins (u18s) and then Kelso RFC.
Robinson was signed with the Harlequins to act as cover for the injured Netani Talei who had picked up an injury from the 2015 Rugby World Cup.
Look at the Harlequins! is a novel written by Vladimir Nabokov, first published in 1974. The work was Nabokov's final published novel before his death in 1977.
Selley was the first player to play for all four Welsh regions.Davies joins Cardiff Blues He also played many years as a junior for Pembroke Dock Harlequins.
Duffy remained with Harlequins until 2006. During his time there, he earned 110 caps, making 92 starts and 18 replacement appearances, as well as scoring 21 tries.
On 29 July 2020, Ibitoye left Harlequins to travel to France with Agen in the Top 14 on a two-year deal from the 2020-21 season.
She remained as a coach as the club then formed a partnership with Harlequin F.C. to compete as Harlequins Ladies and in the Women's Premiership from 2017.
Giroud then moved to rugby league first with Harlequins, now London Broncos, from 2005 - and then onto the Celtic Crusaders in Wales at the start of 2007.
Tevita ‘Tex’ Cavubati (born 12 August 1987) is a Fijian Rugby Union player who currently plays as a lock for Harlequins in the Premiership and for Fiji.
He continued his studies at Magdalene College, Cambridge, where he played for Cambridge University R. U. F. C. For his club rugby, Lillington turned out for Harlequins.
Ryan Esders (born 20 October 1986 in England) is an English former rugby league footballer who played in the 2000s and 2010s. He played at club level in the Championship for York City Knights (three spells, including the second on loan from Harlequins RL for the 2010 season) in the Super League for Hull Kingston Rovers and Harlequins RL, and in the Championship for Dewsbury Rams as a or .
The competition structure remained unchanged for the 2000–01 season, although no team from Romania participated. The semi-final draw was an all-English and all-French affair to leave Harlequins and Narbonne contesting the first final on English soil. Harlequins ended French dominance of the European Shield, defeating RC Narbonne 27–26 after extra time in the final. There was a new sponsor and a name change in 2001.
They are also affiliated with an amateur team, Harlequin Amateurs. Harlequins became the first British team to win the European Shield in 2001, defeating Narbonne 42–33 in the final. They then became the first team to win the tournament twice, defeating Montferrand 27–26 in the final of the renamed Parker Pen Challenge Cup on 22 May 2004. Harlequins celebrating a try during the 2005–06 season.
Ugochukwu "Ugo" Chiedozie Monye (born 13 April 1983) is an English sports pundit and former rugby union player, Monye played 14 times for , 237 times for his only club Harlequins and played twice for the British and Irish Lions on their 2009 tour to South Africa. Monye won both the second division and then the Premiership title with Harlequins, as well as winning the European Rugby Challenge Cup.
An aerial view of Twickenham Stadium. The Stoop can be seen in the top left hand corner. The Big Game is an annual rugby union match hosted by Harlequins during the Christmas holiday season each year. It is one of Harlequins' regular home matches in the Premiership Rugby but it is moved from their usual home ground at the Twickenham Stoop (14,816 capacity) to the much larger Twickenham Stadium (82,000 seats).
Gollings played for Bournemouth, Gloucester, Bath Development U19 side, Harlequins, Newcastle Falcons, Worcester, Doncaster Knights and Sunnybank. Whilst at Newcastle he was a replacement as they won the 2004 Anglo-Welsh Cup final. Three years earlier in 2001 he was on the losing side in the same competition when Newcastle beat his old club Harlequins. In 2006, he signed to play in the New Zealand National Provincial Championship for Tasman.
McNaughton joined the Los Angeles Rugby Club for the 1984 and 1985 seasons. The club made it to the 1984 USA Rugby National Club Championship held in Hartford Connecticut, where they lost in the final to the Dallas Harlequins. The Harlequins had noted South African Naas Bothas playing as their flyhallf. McNaughton was a member of the Los Angeles club in 1985, but played little due to injury.
Belfast Harlequins that have represented Ireland at full international level include Jenny McDonough and Suzanne Beaney. Currently Jenna Watt represents Ulster and Ireland at Under-16 Level, Helen Stevenson for Ulster and Irish Under-18 teams. Helen is 1st XI goalkeeper for Harlequins and Methody. Laura Wilson has represented Ireland at Under 18 Level, Rebecca Smith at Ulster Under 18 level and Lauren Hackney at Ulster Under 16 level.
Between the 2009–10 season and the 2011–12 season, it was the home of the Cardiff Blues. The Blues left after the 2011–12 season, after a mutual agreement to return to the Arms Park was agreed.The Cardiff City stadium also hosted the 2010–11 Amlin Challenge Cup final between English club Harlequins and French club Stade Français on 20 May 2011 with Harlequins pipping Stade Français 19–18.
He has been called into the England Saxons squad to face Italy A in Ragusa, Sicily on 9 February 2008. Guest represented England Saxons at the 2008 Churchill Cup and 2009 Churchill Cup. He was a replacement for Harlequins in their 2011–12 Premiership final victory over Leicester Tigers. On 13 February 2014, Guest left Harlequins to join London Irish on a two-year contract from the 2014-15 season.
Charlie Mulchrone (born 14 May 1989) is an English rugby union player currently playing for Harlequins in the Gallagher Premiership. He first joined Rotherham Titans in the RFU Championship from Macclesfield RFC during the 2012-13 season. On 4 February 2014, he signed for Worcester Warriors from the 2014-15 season. On 5 April 2016, Mulchrone agrees a deal to join Premiership rivals Harlequins from the 2016-17 season.
Tom Cheeseman (born 22 March 1986) is a Welsh rugby union footballer currently playing for Esher. He is a former Wales Under-19 international. In September 2010 Cheeseman joined the Newport Gwent Dragons from Bath on loan until the end of the 2010–11 Magners League. In February 2011 he joined Harlequins before joining Esher in June 2011 on a deal that meant he could continue to train with Harlequins.
She subsequently helped Cork Harlequins win the Munster Senior League Division 1 titles in 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2013. She also helped the club finish as runners up in the 2009–10 Women's Irish Hockey League. In the 2016–17 season she was captain of the Cork Harlequins team that played in the Irish Senior Cup final. Other members of the team included Roisin Upton and Naomi Carroll.
On 22 February 2017, Swainston signs for Premiership rivals Harlequins prior to the 2017-18 season. He joined Pro D2 side Rouen ahead of the 2020–21 season.
Following the RFUW restructuring the leagues in 2007, Harlequins Ladies were placed in Championship 2 South East. In 2017, they competed in the National 2 South East league.
Dave Lewis (born 29 April 1989 in Manchester) is an English rugby union footballer, currently playing in the Gallagher Premiership for Harlequins. He plays as a scrum half.
After the signing of Joel Stransky in February 1997 Liley fell out of favour at Leicester and at the end of the season he moved on to Harlequins.
He also started in the win over France and the defeat to Wales. On 2 May 2007, Strettle was named as the Professional Rugby Player's Association Young Player of the Season. He was also named in the Sky Sports Dream Team for the Guinness Premiership season 2006–07, along with fellow Harlequin and England hopeful Mike Brown. Also in May 2007, Strettle was named in the England Rugby squad to tour South Africa. Unfortunately, he came down with food poisoning along with other members of the squad, which prevented him from starting in England's 58–10 record defeat to South Africa. On 16 August 2007, a confusing article appeared on Harlequins official site. It seemed to suggest that Strettle had crossed codes and signed for Harlequins RL. The basis of the story was that he was also a registered Harlequins Rugby League club player, as many players in Harlequins Rugby Union side were.
George Lowe (born 22 October 1989 in England), is an English former rugby union player for Harlequins. He played as a Centre or on the Wing. Lowe made his first grade debut in the Premiership for Harlequins against Wasps on 5 September 2009. Lowe joined the Quins Academy Professionals in summer 2008, after leaving Epsom College, where he played in their first XV. He represented Surrey U18s, and also played for Harlequins in the A league whilst still a schoolboy. Lowe was called up to the England U20s squad for the U20 Six Nations, where he was in fine try-scoring form, and continued to represent England U20s throughout the Junior World Championship in the summer of 2009.
McDermott had spells on the coaching staff at Super League clubs Huddersfield Giants and Leeds before accepting his first top-flight head coaching role at Harlequins in July 2006, replacing Tony Rea. McDermott won his first match as a head coach against Castleford Tigers. He went on to claim 5 wins and 4 losses in the remainder of 2006. McDermott remained at Harlequins for a further four seasons but the team decreased in performance, dropping from 7th to 9th then 9th again then 11th and finally to 13th and did notmake the play-offs in any of those years, with most seasons seeing a second half collapse; the 7th-place finish in 2006 being his highest with Harlequins.
Towards the end of the 2017/18 season it was announced that Earle would join Harlequins, with a heavy indication that the move was to enable additional game time.
Tim Visser (born De Bilt 29 May 1987) is a Dutch rugby union player, who played as a winger for the Scotland national team and for English club Harlequins.
Seb Jewell (born 20 December 1987 in London, England) is a rugby union player for London Welsh in the Aviva Championship. He previously played for Harlequins and London Wasps.
The school has close links with Premiership Academies such as London Irish, Harlequins and London Wasps, as well as four current pupils having played at England U16 schoolboy level.
Alex Mockford (born 3 May 1981 in England) is a former English rugby union player who played for Glasgow Warriors, Harlequins, Bristol and Pau at the Number Eight position.
Neyland's main rivals include Milford Haven RFC, Pembroke Dock Harlequins RFC and Llangwm RFC. However, with the Division now much more localised, almost every game is a local derby.
Nicholas James Easter (born 15 August 1978) is an English rugby union coach and former player. He played as a Number 8 for Orrell, Harlequins and the England national team. He began his career in 2001, playing for Orrell, before moving to Harlequins three years later. He began playing for the England national team in 2007, playing in the 2007, 2011 and 2015 Rugby World Cups, as well as the annual Six Nations Championships.
After a period working in London, Easter moved to Rosslyn Park F.C. before moving onto Orrell. In 2004, Easter signed for Harlequins. Easter has won the Harlequins Player of the year award four times in 2004–05, 2005–06, 2012–13 and 2014–15 season at the age of 36. In the penultimate game of the 2013–14 season, against Bath, Nick became the most capped Harlequin in the professional era with 233 appearances.
The Harlequins Rugby Club is a Division I member of the Mid-Atlantic Rugby Football Union. Over 300 active players wear the Harlequin jerseys every year at the Division 1 men's, Under 19, and Under 14 levels. In 1995, the Founders Field Center for Athletic Leadership was developed to support the Harlequins Men's and Youth programs. The 12 acre Founders Field facility includes lighting, irrigation, a clubhouse, locker rooms, concessions, and parking.
The North colours were traditionally red, blue and black, with Collegians using navy, white and maroon. At two extraordinary general meetings held simultaneously in both North and Collegians, the members of both clubs voted to proceed with the merger to form the new club, Belfast Harlequins. As of 12.00 midnight, 18 November 1999, Belfast Harlequins came into existence. The first annual general meeting of the new club took place in March 2000.
In February 2018 Harlequins announced Dombrandt's signature for the following season. Dombrandt's form for Harlequins led to calls from Stuart Barnes and others for him to be included in the international squad. On 2 June 2019 Dombrandt made his England debut, playing in a non-cap match against the Barbarians, in which he scored two tries. In June 2019 he was one of four uncapped players named in England's preliminary World Cup training squad.
Harlequins Women, formerly known as Harlequins Ladies, are a women's rugby union club based in Guildford, Surrey, England and in Twickenham, Middlesex, England. They were founded in 1995 as the women's team of Harlequin F.C. and rebranded in 2017 after merging with Aylesford Bulls. In 2017, they were selected as one of the franchises for the new Premier 15s league, but they also cater for new, aspiring and social players within their 3rd XV squad.
Harlequins Women play most of their home matches at Surrey Sports Park in Guildford, Surrey. They played at Twickenham Stoop, which is situated in Twickenham in South-West London, four times in the 2017–18 season and a further six times in 2019–20. On 30 August 2018, it was announced that the Harlequins Women 3rd XV squad would be playing their home matches at the brand new facilities at Grasshoppers RFC.
Gale in action for Harlequins in 2010. Gale spent three years at Harlequins club before joining Bradford Bulls. Gale immediately became first-choice scrum-half for Bradford, scoring 143 points for the club in his début season. He signed a three-year extension to his contract at the start of 2013, however he missed the first three months of the season due to injury and only made 16 appearances in total during the year.
Harlequin Ladies Football Club (Harlequin Ladies or Quins Ladies for short) is a London-based English rugby union club. Their official home is split between the Twickenham Stoop, home of the Aviva Premiership team Harlequins and Old Isleworthians Rugby Football Club, their training and playing venue since the 2010/11 season. Harlequin Ladies are an amateur club, and are completely independent of the professional Harlequins team. However, strong links are maintained with their famous counterparts.
Wilco Mario Louw (born 20 July 1994 in Ceres, South Africa) is a South African rugby union player for the Harlequins in Premiership Rugby. His regular position is tighthead prop.
Following the first round of the 2012/13 season Harlequins announced that the club had agreed to release Fairbrother from his contract to allow him to return to New Zealand.
Harlequins: 15. Aaron Morris 14. Ross Chisholm 13. Joe Marchant 12. Jamie Roberts 11. Tim Visser 10. Nick Evans 9. Danny Care (C) 1\. Joe Marler 2. Rob Buchanan 3.
Then came the Rickies, followed by the Lucies, the Harlequins, and other ad hoc groups who marched in the parade to prove who could waste time in the zaniest way.
Dylan Skee is an Australian-born British rugby league footballer. He plays as a or . He previously played for Harlequins, Whitehaven, and the London Skolars in the Co-operative Championship One.
Saints bounce back from two defeats in three games with a convincing 44-24 win at Harlequins to take them back to two points clear at the top of the table.
Tyrone Green (born ) is a South African rugby union player for Harlequins in the Premiership . He is a utility back that can play as a fullback, wing, fly- half or centre.
The Quins-Bobbies Rugby Club – also referred to as QBR – are a South African rugby union team, formed in 2017 following the merger of Pretoria Harlequins and Pretoria Police rugby clubs.
He played for the Warriors in their match against Scottish Exiles. He was in Glasgow's side that faced Harlequins. Sykes was a backup player for Glasgow Warriors for season 2003-04.
It was at Haileybury College that Cooke first picked up a rugby ball at the age of 13. He was spotted as an outstanding talent by the Coach at Haileybury Danny Hearn an ex-England player who taught and coached from a wheelchair. Cooke had been selected to play for a combined Public Schools Team called the Nomads when scouted for the Harlequins as a 19-year-old alongside Clive Woodward and after leaving school in the summer of 1974 Cooke played his first game as the Harlequins No 8 in November against Rosslyn Park marking the England and Lions player Andy Ripley. This was the beginning of a loyal rugby career with the Harlequins finishing after 14 seasons on his retirement from the game in 1987.
Duncombe contracted meningitis while on what has erroneously been described as a warm-weather training trip to Spain with his club Harlequins. In reality, it was a short break, to Lanzarote, with his club colleague, Nathan Williams. Dan Luger, another established England international, was also due to be on the trip with Duncombe, but was called into the England squad to play France at Twickenham. A statue of Nick is displayed at Harlequins Twickenham home, The Stoop.
Ambaka started his rugby career for Kenya Harlequins in 2010. Harlequins' strength and conditioning coach, Geoffrey Kimani, recommended Ambaka to the Kenya Sevens head coach, Benjamin Ayimba. He made his debut for the national Kenya Sevens team at the 2011 Hong Kong Sevens tournament, and represented them during the 2011–12 and 2012–13 IRB Sevens World Series. Ambaka was chosen as part of the 2012–13 HSBC Sevens World Series Dream Team based on his performance that season.
He was selected for England U20s squad to take part in the 2012 IRB Junior World Championship in South Africa starting with a match against Italy U20s on 4 June 2012. On 1 September 2018, Crumpton scored a try, on his competitive debut for Harlequins. Quin's beat Sale at home and Crumpton's second half try topped a brilliant competitive debut for Crumpton in Premiership Rugby, playing for Harlequins. He was forced to retire through injury in June 2020.
The Pittsburgh Sledgehammers are a rugby league team based in Cheswick, Pennsylvania (outside of Pittsburgh) which was formed in 2010 and plays in the AMNRL competition. The Pittsburgh Harlequins are a rugby union team also based in Cheswick. The Pittsburgh Harlequins Rugby Club was founded in 1973 by a group of University of Pittsburgh law students. The organization has an active roster of 45 players and an alumni roster inclusive of more than 70 seasons of play.
Jim Evans (born 2 August 1980, in Orsett) is a former English rugby union player who played in the position of lock for Harlequins in the Guinness Premiership. Evans joined Harlequins in 1999, making his League debut against the Northampton Saints on 19 April 2000. Evans represented England at the 2001 Under 21 Rugby World Championship in Australia. In 2004 he was a member of the Quins European Challenge Cup winning side, as they defeated Montferrand 27–26.
Brett Herron (born 13 November 1995) is an English professional rugby union player who currently plays for Harlequins in the English Premiership having previously been at Ulster. Ulster Brett Herron Profile Herron signed for Ulster from Bath in 2016. On 9 March 2018, Herron left Ulster to join Jersey Reds in the RFU Championship from the 2018–19 season. On 22 March 2019, Herron returned to the Gallagher Premiership to sign for Harlequins from the 2019–20 season.
The Harlequins are the keepers of the Land's history. From a young age they are trained with the blade and to tell epic tales and stories to the Land's citizens. When they come of age, Harlequins are given a mask to cover their face and travel the Land telling stories to all who wish to hear. They have no history or stories of their own except one of a master of the blade who would become their king.
Deane celebrating with Harlequins Mel Deane (born 16 January 1975) is a former rugby union footballer who played centre for Connacht, Harlequins and Sale Sharks and Richmond. Mel Deane has represented Ireland A and was also part of the Ireland squad that toured New Zealand in 2002, but was ultimately never capped at senior level. Mel retired after the 2007/2008 season finishing his career at Connacht. Mel is now a professional fitness consultant in South West London.
Cambridge won all three matches during this period, and although Leake did not score in any of the games he played well, especially in 1886 and 1887, setting up a late try in the 1887 game. On leaving Cambridge, Leake continued to play rugby and joined Harlequins. In 1890 while representing Harlequins, Leake was approached by William Percy Carpmael to join his newly formed invitational touring team, the Barbarians. Leake accepted and became a founding member of the club.
Harlequins Ladies were founded in 1995 as the women's team of Harlequin F.C.. They initially played their home games at Centaurs RFC, Grasshoppers RFC, Old Isleworthians RFC and at Harlequins' previous training base at Richardson Evans Memorial Playing Fields in Roehampton. They won their first league title unbeaten and were subject of a Channel 4 documentary. In 2000, they were promoted to Rugby Football Union for Women Division 1. However, they were later relegated from top flight.
He joined Bristol in 2007, although injury limited the number of games he played, and was subsequently released in January 2009.Bristol Rugby announce Peter Bracken leaving Bristol Rugby He joined Harlequins for the remainder of the 2008-09 season,Quins are delighted to announce the signing of Peter Bracken Harlequins, 7 January 2009 before joining Newport Gwent Dragons in October 2009. His final season as a professional was in the French D2 with US Carcassonne in 2010-11.
Logan weaved his way past numerous Welsh defenders deep into the opposition's territory before one of them finally slowed his run. Peters loomed large on his shoulder and took the pass to then score to the delight of the home crowd to finish Murrayfield's more memorable tries. Whilst still injured, he left Bath and joined Harlequins, who he first played for in December 2000. Leaving Harlequins in 2001, he briefly joined Fylde and Rotherham before joining Connacht in 2002.
Smith made his first grade début in the Super League, aged just 17 for the Harlequins RL against Hull F.C. on 26 February 2010. He has represented England in Australian Rules Football.
These birds feed by swimming under water or diving. They also dabble. They eat molluscs, crustaceans and insects. Harlequins have smooth, densely packed feathers that trap a lot of air within them.
Ben Tapuai (born 19 January 1989, in Brisbane) is an Australian professional rugby player for Harlequins, who play in the Gallagher Premiership. Tapuai grew up in Melbourne and is of Samoan heritage.
Michele Campagnaro (; born 13 March 1993) is an Italian rugby union player who plays as a centre. He currently plays for Harlequins in the English Premiership and Italy national rugby union team.
Tom Williams (born 12 October 1983) is an English former rugby union player who played for Harlequins in the Aviva Premiership. He normally played at either full-back or on the wing.
The 2008 Harlequins Rugby League season was the second in the club's history to be played at the highest level. They competed in Super League XIII and the 2008 Challenge Cup tournament.
On 3 November 2017, Charlie Mulchrone was named as vice-captain in the first fifteen to face Saracens in the Anglo Welsh Cup. With most of Harlequins first team regulars being rested.
Ross Doneghan (born 8 October 1988) is a Scottish rugby union coach now with Harlequins and Ealing Trailfinders. He previously played for Glasgow Warriors, London Scottish, Ayr, Stewart's Melville and Border Bulldogs.
In the end, Leinster's 12–3 win over Edinburgh was sufficient as Wasps were defeated in Castres and Leinster qualified as the sixth seeds for the quarter-finals, meaning that they would have to play away to third seeds Harlequins in the quarter-finals. Leinster's quarter-final against Harlequins was the last of the quarter-finals to be played, and also the lowest-scoring: Harlequins responded to two first-half penalties from Felipe Contepomi with a 65th-minute try from Mike Brown; Chris Malone had the chance to give Harlequins the lead, but his conversion attempt went wide of the far post. Brown also missed with a long-range penalty, while an injured Nick Evans, who had come on as a blood replacement under dubious circumstances, sent a last-minute drop goal attempt wide to give Leinster a 6–5 win. The draw for the semi-finals was also made in January 2009, with the winners of Leinster's quarter-final due to play against either Munster or the Ospreys.
Alex Rogers (born 16 December 1986 in England) was a rugby union player. he played for the Newcastle Falcons in the English Premiership. Rogers played as a prop. Previously he played for Harlequins.
Sarginson was raised in Hemel Hempstead, where he attended Cavendish School, and played for England as a schoolboy. He played for Hemel Stags at junior level before joining Super League side Harlequins RL.
Daily Nation September 17, 2009: Enterprise Cup gets all Kenyan as sponsor pulls out f. Awarded by default when Harlequins, Impala and Nondescripts refused to play the semi-finals without their international players.
The final of the Amlin Challenge Cup took place at Cardiff City Stadium on 20 May 2011. Harlequins won the trophy for the third time with a 19–18 victory over Stade Francais.
In 2005 they were relegated to National Division One after finishing at the bottom of the Zurich Premiership. In July of that year they announced that they would be establishing a partnership with rugby league club London Broncos, which saw the two clubs sharing Harlequins home ground of The Stoop from the start of the 2006 Super League season. As part of the deal, the Broncos changed their name to Harlequins RL, though the two clubs remain under separate ownership.
James William Hayter (born 14 August 1978) is an English former rugby union player whose regular position was at hooker. Born in Plymouth, he attended the University of Liverpool, during which time he played for Orrell. After graduating in 1999, he signed for Coventry, where he attracted the attention of several Premiership clubs, including Harlequins. He signed for Harlequins in 2001, but was out of the game with a foot injury for the first 19 months of his time there.
Marfo joined Harlequins academy as a 14yr-old, making his debut at 20 years old in September 2011 against Gloucester. He left Harlequins at the end of the 2014-15 season, to join London Welsh. When London Welsh were liquidated in December 2016 Marfo was worried that he would not be able to find a professional rugby contract, however quickly joined Bath on a short-term contract in January 2017. In the summer of 2017, Marfo signed a one-year contract with Edinburgh.
He was released by the New Zealand Warriors in August 2006 for repeated involvement in "cases of serious misconduct", related to alcohol.Warriors Website - News Sione Faumuina signed a contract to play for the Harlequins RL, starting from the 2007 season, a contract that Harlequins RL agreed to tear up. He signed with the North Queensland Cowboys and played with them in 2007 and 2008. Sione was released by mutual consent from Castleford Tigers at the back end of the 2009 season.
He played 50 matches for Harlequins and then became an administrator and international match referee. In 1907, he purchased Twickenham, originally a cabbage patch, for England rugby's governing body the Rugby Football Union (RFU).
Frederick Ernest Nicholls (2 September 1868 – 16 October 1950)Frederick Nicholls player profile Scrum.com was an English-born international rugby union wing who played club rugby for Cardiff Harlequins and international rugby for Wales.
Harlequins were inconsistent at the start of the season and won half of their opening six games before heading into Europe. The rest of the season saw this pattern continue and Quins finished 8th.
The club was founded in 2012 after the merger of Milwaukee RFC (founded 1968) and Milwaukee West Side Harlequins RFC (founded 1975)Milwaukee's rugby clubs want you OnMilwaukee although the former club eventually reformed.
He joined the Exiles in 2000, and made his debut against Harlequins in August of that year. He started in the 2002 Powergen Cup Final at Twickenham, as London Irish defeated the Northampton Saints.
He finished his playing career in March 2005 as captain and player-coach with Melrose, where his club career began. In the interim, he also played for Worcester Warriors, Harlequins, and the Pertemps Bees.
He joined London based Super League club Harlequins in 2009 and went on to play in 42 games with the club over two seasons before retiring from rugby league after the 2010 Super League season.
On 23 April 2015, Stanley moved to England to join Harlequins in the Aviva Premiership for the 2015–16 season. On 20 March 2018, Stanley announced his immediate retirement from professional rugby due to injury.
William David Charles Carling, (born 12 December 1965) is an English former rugby union player. He played for Rosslyn Park, Harlequins and England, winning 72 caps from 1988 to 1996, and captaining England 59 times.
Bush made his début for the Leeds Rhinos, and scored a try in the 62-4 victory over the Harlequins RL in the Super League at Headingley Rugby Stadium, Leeds on Saturday 6 March 2010.
James Robert Chisholm (born 11 August 1995) is an English professional rugby union player, currently playing for Harlequins in the Gallagher Premiership. His primary position is Number Eight, but he can also play at flanker.
Chloe Rollie (born 26 June 1995, Edinburgh) is a Scottish international rugby union footballer who currently plays as a full-back for Harlequins Women in the Premier 15s, as well as the Scottish national team.
Other sports clubs include tennis (Douglas Tennis Club), basketball (Fr. Mathews Basketball Club), gymnastics (Douglas Gymnastics Club), martial arts (at Elite Fitness Centre), cricket and hockey clubs (Cork Harlequins and Church of Ireland Hockey Club).
In 2009 he was named Man of Steel for the Championship and also led the Barrow Raiders to the league title and to the National Rail Cup Final. Andy was also part of the Championship All Stars team in 2009 after having an incredible season with Barrow Raiders. He has previously played for Wakefield Trinity Wildcats, Hull Kingston Rovers and Harlequins being named players player at Harlequins in 2011. In September 2012, he left Wakefield and signed a two-year contract with Featherstone Rovers.
Birkett initially regarded himself as a half-back. After attending the trials for Harlequins in 1905 on Wandsworth Common he was selected for the team. At the time, the Harlequins talisman, Adrian Stoop, was beginning to implement a change in the way in which back play was structured and which itself would become the template for how rugby union backlines are organised today. Stoop wanted to see the ball moved quickly across the three-quarters and out to the wings, for a quicker style of play.
Nicholls was born in London in 1868, but moved to Wales where he settled in the capital city Cardiff. He played rugby on the wing for second tier team Cardiff Harlequins. The Harlequins at the time were an emerging club that showed promise in cup competitions and tour events, but had only just produced their first international player, forward Percy Bennett. Nicholls was first chosen to represent Wales in the final game of the 1892 Home Nations Championship, an away game at Lansdowne Road against Ireland.
At the start of the 2005-06 season Davies made his loan move to Aviron Bayonnais permanent and remained at the club for a further 2 seasons, signing in 2007 for Guinness Premiership side Harlequins. During his time at Harlequins the club finished 2nd in the 2008-09 Guinness Premiership as well as reaching the semi-finals of the Heineken Cup. In 2009-10 Phill Davies signed for Section Paloise (Pau) in the French Pro D2, before retiring professionally at the start of 2011.
Born in Exeter, Launchbury was educated at Christ's Hospital in West Sussex where he captained the school rugby team. He played for Horsham and also represented Barns Green before joining the Harlequins Academy age 15. After Harlequins failed to offer him a professional contract aged 18, he left the club and joined then National League 2 South side Worthing for the 2009–10 season. His performances at Worthing under Will Green, then head coach and former Wasps player, saw him recommended to his former club once again.
Harriman was known as one of the quickest and most exciting runners of his generation. He scored a vital and brilliantly taken try when Harlequins won the Pilkington Cup against Northampton in May 1991. This was a repeat of his try scoring in the 1988 final when Harlequins lifted the cup having defeated Bristol. In 1988 he won his only cap against the touring Australians, which England won 28-19, and then played for the England 'B' against the Emerging Australians, France and Italy.
Tom Lawday (born 11 November 1993) is a professional rugby union player for Harlequins. He plays as a back row forward, but predominantly at Number 8. A former BUCS player of the season, in November 2016, Lawday played his first of 22 senior games for Exeter Chiefs in the Anglo-Welsh Cup against Harlequins at the Stoop and a week later he then scored his first try for the Chiefs against Cardiff Blues at Sandy Park. In August 2017 he joined the Cornish Pirates on loan.
He played for England under16's A and played for the England under 18's the following year while he was still only 16. Gray won the Churchill Cup with the England Saxons after starting the Challenge Cup final for Harlequins that they won in 2011. He started for Harlequins in their 2011–12 Premiership final victory over Leicester Tigers. Following his 80 minutes in the final he toured with England that summer to South Africa and played in the two midweek uncapped games against the Barbarians.
The club was founded in 1891, and they become known as the Aberavon Excel, playing in an all-white strip. After the First World War in 1918, the Excels formed the Aberavon Harlequins R.F.C., which it has been known as since. They played on a waste site at what is now the Sandfields Estate, later renamed the Harlequins Field. In 1932-33, the club was reformed by Dick Lody, Dill Stanford, Don Mainwaring and H.Williams, and the club grew until the start of Second World War.
On 25 August 2018, Kuntani travels to England to join Harlequins in the Gallagher Premiership from the 2018-19 season. He rejoined the Top 14 when he signed for Castres ahead of the 2020–21 season.
They also won the Kenya Cup and Supremacy Cup (a one-off match at the end of each season between the Enterprise Cup winners and the Kenya Cup winners) in 2009 beating Harlequins in both instances.
Subsequently, they went into the Amlin Cup competition but were resoundingly beaten by Toulon. Harlequins also played in the LV= Cup but did not make it out of their group with two wins and two losses.
Jade Elizabeth Konkel is a professional rugby union player who plays her club rugby with Harlequins Women in the Allianz Premier 15s. She is a Number 8 and has represented the Scottish national team since 2013.
Abu Dhabi Harlequins is a rugby union and rugby league team based in Abu Dhabi, UAE. They currently play in the Gulf Top 6 in rugby union, and the Emirates Rugby League competition in rugby league.
Gonzalo Oscar Camacho (born August 28, 1984 in Buenos Aires)Gonzalo Camacho player profile ESPN Scrum.com is a retired Argentine rugby union rugby player, who played for Leicester Tigers, Exeter Chiefs, Harlequins and on the wing.
In May 2019, it was announced that Catrakilis would return to the . He signed a one-year loan deal for the 2019–20 season from the Harlequins, with an option to extend to a second season.
James Inglis (born 26 August 1986, Croydon, England) is a rugby union player for Harlequins in the Guinness Premiership. He is currently on loan to National League 1 team Esher. He plays as a second-row.
It was confirmed via their own website that he will be playing with them as part of a sabbatical clause provided by the Harlequins to further his international experience and possibility of an England call up.
After 19 months out of the game, Hayter made his debut for Harlequins on 10 May 2003, playing in a 25–21 away win over London Wasps in the Zurich Premiership. Hayter played for Harlequins for another four years, and in 2007 he was selected to play for the Barbarians invitational team against the national teams of Tunisia and Spain. However, that summer he was released from his contract with Harlequins and was picked up by the Llanelli Scarlets in July 2007. Hayter was signed by the Scarlets as cover for first-choice hooker Matthew Rees, who was on international duty with Wales at the 2007 Rugby World Cup, but in injury to back-up hooker Ken Owens meant that Hayter was kept on longer than intended and given the opportunity to make the number 2 jersey at the Scarlets his own.
Played during the Autumn Internationals and the Six Nations the LV= Cup thus featured a Harlequins team stripped of its players on international duty. Choosing to rely on a team full of developing players, Director of Rugby Conor O'Shea showed the club was full of promising talents when it remained unbeaten throughout the pool stage and went on to beat Bath Rugby (31–23) in the semi- final at The Stoop and Sale Sharks (32–14) in the final at Sixways Stadium with names like Nick Easter, Nick Evans, Olly Kohn, Ugo Monye and Jordan Turner-Hall not featured on any matchsheet for the whole campaign. This was Harlequins' third title in the English/Anglo-Welsh Cup and the first since the inception of the Anglo-Welsh format. This title granted Harlequins a place in the 2013-14 Heineken Cup.
Porth Harlequins Rugby Football Club is a Welsh rugby union team based in Porth in the Rhondda Valley. Porth RFC is a member of the Welsh Rugby Union and is a feeder club for the Cardiff Blues.
Ross Chisholm (born 19 October 1990 in Cuckfield, England), who went to Warden Park School, is an English professional rugby union player for Harlequins in the Gallagher Premiership. He is a Fullback, also playing on the Wing.
He was released ahead of the 2020–21 season. He joined Harlequins in July 2020. He has also played pro youth football for Kilmarnock. Steele has represented Scotland at under-17,under-18 and under-20 level.
In September 2012 Evans signed for Newport Gwent Dragons.Evans joins Dragons He joined Harlequins for the 2015-16 season. On 15 June 2017, Evans signed for RFU Championship club Doncaster Knights ahead of the 2017-18 season.
In November 2016, Chisholm re- signed for Harlequins. At the end of the season, Chisholm was named IG's Players' Player of the Season, DHL's Player of the Season and the Nick Duncombe Young Player of the Season.
By the time of his death in March 1929, Cockerell was the oldest member of the Harlequins Club which he had joined seventy-three years previously. His brother-in-law, Ralph Benson, also played first-class cricket.
Adriaan Pieter 'André' Esterhuizen (born 30 March 1994 in Klerksdorp) is a South African rugby union player for the South Africa national team and Harlequins in the English Premiership. His regular position is centre or full- back.
The platforms were extended at the eastern ends in February 2012. A coffee shop opened following a two- year hiatus in 2011. Whitton is the closest station to the Twickenham Stoop rugby union stadium, home of Harlequins.
Bemerton Heath Harlequins played on the ground for one year, when in 1990 they moved to their present ground at Western Way. Since then the football pitch has been used for local senior and youth football matches.
Owen won the Welsh National Bowls Championships fours in 2017 and the following year the triples, both National titles were won when bowling for Harlequins BC. He was the National Indoor Pairs Champion in 2014. Owen bowls for Harlequins (outdoors) and Cynon Valley (indoors)and was selected for the Welsh team for the 2016 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Avonhead, Christchurch, New Zealand and the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia. In 2020 he was selected for the 2020 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Australia.
In 2010 Croall made the switch to join Sale Sharks. On 10 November 2011 it was announced he was returning to Harlequins for the remainder of the 2011/12 Season as an injury replacement. Aston went on to play in a number of games that season for harlequins including a Heineken cup match away in Toulon in which he started in the front row as Hooker. After the end of the season Aston headed back up the M6 to Manchester to see out his 3rd year of his contract.
Josh McNulty (born 24 March 1994) is an English rugby union player who plays for Harlequins in the Gallagher Premiership. He was part of Worcester Warriors academy, featuring for Worcester Cavaliers in the Aviva A League during the 2013-14 campaign. He switch to Gloucester Rugby academy from the 2015-16 season where he made his senior debut for the Cherry and Whites against Worcester Warriors in the European Challenge Cup in December 2015. On 21 April 2017, McNulty would leave Gloucester to sign for Premiership rivals Harlequins from the 2017-18 season.
Aspland-Robinson signed for Harlequins straight from school and initially went on loan to Worthing. He played for England under 20s in the 2016 World Rugby Under 20 Championship, including starting the final where England beat Ireland. Aspland-Robinson signed a new contract with Harlequins on 22 March 2017 but then missed a year with an anterior cruciate ligament injury resulting in him joining Leicester Tigers in the summer of 2018. Aspland-Robinson made his Leicester debut on 12 January 2019 in a Champions Cup match against Scarlets in Llanelli.
As a rugby player he was listed as belonging to the Law Club. This was a closed club for members of the legal profession, hence his position in an attorney's firm qualified him. He also played rugby at halfback for Harlequins, his local club that when he first played for them was known as The Hampstead Football Club, but changed its name in 1870. However, when selected for England, his team was given as Law FC because, according to one source, Harlequins were not well known enough at the time.
The following season saw Wilkinson make 18 appearances in the Pro12, the new name given to the league, starting in 15 of the matches. That season also saw Connacht qualify for their first ever Heineken Cup, and Wilkinson played his first ever match at the highest level of European rugby away against Harlequins at the Stoop. He went on to start every one of Connacht's pool matches, including their first ever Heineken Cup win in the return match against Harlequins at the Sportsground. In the 2012–13 season, Wilkinson played 18 games in the Pro12.
He was a member of the 2003–2004 team that won the European Challenge Cup at Harlequins RFC. Horstmann joined Worcester Warriors from Harlequins in May 2005. He led the team on many occasions and made 173 appearances for the club. Horstmann was a firm favourite of both the players and supporters and was voted Players' Player-of-the-Year in the 2005–06 and 2006–07 seasons and managed a double in 2008–09 when he was voted both Club Player-of-the-Year and Players Player-of-the-Year.
The RFL also noted that Halifax had consistently performed at the higher end of National League 1 in recent campaigns. It was stated that player development investment would need to be increased to reach Super League standard. ;Harlequins RL Harlequins' home ground, The Stoop, had all-round good facilities and it is hoped stability at this stadium will lead to an increase in attendance as the club attempts to attract the population within their "catchment area" and utilise a "robust" community programme. The club relied on "significant" shareholder support.
The Pittsburgh Harlequins Rugby Football Association was created in 1995 to support the club, its facilities, and rugby youth outreach programs targeting underprivileged youth. In 1997, the RFA bought of land in Indiana Township, Pennsylvania and constructed two full- sized lighted rugby or soccer pitches with an adjacent parking lot and clubhouse. The Pittsburgh Harlequins help develop rugby in the Pittsburgh area through youth outreach programs, supporting High School rugby teams, university teams such as the Carnegie Mellon Rugby Football Club and other age-grade all-star teams.
The Harlequins Men's 1st team play in Premier league set up of the Ulster Branch of the Irish Hockey Union. The Men's section currently fields 4 senior teams, an Under 15s team, and a thriving Mini Hockey section for Under 12s. The club achieved a place in the top section of the Ulster Senior League as Collegians on two occasions in the 1972–73 and 1988–89 seasons. In the first season at the new artificial turf pitch at Deramore in 2000–2001 the Belfast Harlequins Men's Team 1st XI won the Linden Cup.
Harlequins started their 2012–2013 season with four straight wins before suffering a first setback at the hands of Saracens at home in round 5 and at Exeter Chiefs in round 6. The club then managed to stay within the first two places of the table. On 29 December Big Game 5 proved to be a success with a 26–15 win over London Irish before a capacity crowd of 82,000 at Twickenham Stadium. Later in the season, the second setback came in the return game against Exeter when the Chiefs defeated Harlequins.
Kennedy participated in every game of the 2009 Six Nations. In 2012 Kennedy was signed for Toulon for the upcoming 2012/13 season In May 2013 he started as Toulon won the 2013 Heineken Cup Final by 16–15 against Clermont Auvergne. Following his request to be released from Toulon, he returned to England to sign for Harlequins for 2013/14 season. After just one season at Harlequins, Kennedy announced his retirement from playing in May 2014 in order to pursue a coaching career after he was appointed academy director at former club London Irish.
In September 2010, Ugo suffered a career-threatening injury and after surgery he was sidelined for 12 weeks. This ruled him out of Martin Johnson's England Squad for the Autumn Test Series and consequently the 2011 Six Nations tournament. He returned to play for Harlequins who he helped to win the Amlin Challenge Cup, before being named in the England training squad for the 2011 Rugby World Cup at the end of the season. He started for Harlequins in their 2011–12 Premiership final victory over Leicester Tigers.
The team played its first match in 1869 on Ealing Common, prior to the founding of the Rugby Football Union in 1871. The early years saw regular fixtures against the likes of Wasps, London Irish, Harlequins, Richmond and Blackheath with 75% win rate for a long period. Between 1894 and 1958 the club moved location numerous times – Hanger Lane – West Middlesex Polo Club – Gunnersbury Park – Drayton Green – Syon Lane, Horsenden Hill. Ealing Rugby Club's centenary match was played against Harlequins in 1970. In the 1970s and ’80s Ealing supplied many county level players for Middlesex.
The Rugby club plays in Division 2B of the All- Ireland League. In total, there are 5 senior teams, an under-20 team, an under-18 team, an under-16 team and a ladies' team (Belfast harlequins ladies rugby), who all play in their respective leagues within the Ulster Branch of the Irish Rugby Football Union. The Belfast Harlequins RFC most successful season was in 2004–2005. They finished third in the league table and played at Lansdowne Road in Dublin in the end of season play-offs.
The musicians Pettoruti depicted have a cultural link, since they were "directly associated with the tango, the inimitable cultural expression of the Argentine capital."Sullivan 104 One example of this motif in his painting is Quinteto (1927), depicting five street musicians in the abstracted cubist style. In 1927, he switched from representing musicians to representing harlequins, who similarly always had their eyes covered while looking through masks. For Pettoruti, harlequins were a "useful device for representing the human figure, but as an anonymous, remote, generalized form, not as an individual."G.
Then he went on to play for he play for Orrel where he was first selected for the national team at U-21 level. His blistering pace stopped Orrell being relegated that season and he moved on to his first spell at Harlequins where he prospered earning the first of his full England caps. Luger suffered a series of injuries but was harlequins highest try scorer. He left the club following 1998-99 season and the Rugby World Cup where England lost in the semi final to South Africa.
Harlequins dropped even further down the table during the 2014–15 Aviva Premiership, finishing 8th overall, which also meant they dropped out of the top flight European tournament. Quins did, however, make it all the way to the final of the 2015–16 European Rugby Challenge Cup, but were defeated by Montpellier 26–19, which was O'Shea's last match in charge of the team. On 20 January 2016, Harlequins announced that he would be leaving the club at the end of the season, after 6 years in the Director of Rugby role.
Following visits to England by the All Blacks, some players decided to form a club based on similar lines to famous clubs in England. As a result, the New Zealand Barbarians was formed in Auckland and the Hamilton Harlequins in Waikato. It was decided to ask the London Harlequins for approval for the club to be called the Harlequin FC and to use the same colours. This permission was granted and the club played its first match in Tauranga in 1939, but before the club could establish itself the Second World War intervened.
Will Collier (born 5 May 1991) is an English rugby union player who plays as a tighthead prop for Harlequins in the Gallagher Premiership. A front row specialist that cites his interest in the 'dark arts' (of scrummaging) inspired in part by Chris Ritchie, a veteran London Welsh player and Joe Launchbury, a current England Rugby international. His first club was Rosslyn Park F.C. Beginning at just 6 years old and playing in their mini, youth and First XV squads. Harlequins brought him into their academy in 2011.
In October 2014, English Premiership side Harlequins signed Swiel as short-term injury cover for Ben Botica. He made his debut for Harlequins in their LV= Cup match against Saracens, coming on as a second-half substitute. He made his starting debut a week later against the Newport Gwent Dragons in the same competition. After making his Premiership debut against Bath, he also made his debut in the European Rugby Champions Cup, playing in both legs against Irish side Leinster, as they finished third and failed to qualify for the knockout stage.
Rob Thomas made his début for Harlequins RL (now London Broncos) as an Interchange/substitute in the 22-24 defeat by Bradford Bulls in the Super League XVI match at Odsal Stadium, Bradford on Sunday 3 April 2011.
Kenya Harlequin Football Club, (Harlequins or Quins for short) is a Kenyan rugby union club that competes in the Kenya Cup, the top level of Kenyan rugby. The club motto "Nunquam Dormio" is Latin, meaning I never sleep.
Aberbargoed Buds, Abertillery Bluebirds and Cwmaman Institute were promoted to the Welsh Football League Division Two. Cardiff Grange Harlequins, Cwmbran Town, Llanwern, Porthcawl Town Athletic, Tredegar Town and UWIC were relegated from the Welsh Football League Division Two.
Sax also contributed to broadcasts for the BBC, for the Light Programme, with his ensemble 'Sidney Sax and the Harlequins' an eight-piece string ensemble.MacKenzie, Colin, Mantovani: A Lifetime in Music. Melrose Books (Cambridgeshire, UK), , p. 39 (2005).
In Squash, Belfast Harlequins have an Irish Junior International in Ben Craig. The team play in the top section of the Ulster League and have had quite a successful run since the new court at Deramore was opened.
Pembroke Rugby Club is on Upper Lamphey Road. The ground is called Crickmarren. The club plays in WRU Division Five West. Pembroke's main game of the season is often the local derby with rivals the Pembroke Dock Harlequins.
Mike Burnett (born 6 October 1988) is an English former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 2000s and 2010s for Hull F.C. and the Harlequins RL in the Super League. His position of choice was as a .
Tajiv Singh Masson (born 27 February 1985), known as Tosh Masson, is a rugby union player who played for Harlequins in the Guinness Premiership, playing primarily as a centre. He is the only Sikh to have played professional rugby.
The 1990–91 Pilkington Cup was the 20th edition of England's, premier (at that time) rugby union club competition. Harlequins won the competition, for the second time, defeating Northampton 25 – 13 at Twickenham. The event was sponsored by Pilkington.
Hendrickson made his debut for the Chiefs in November 2013, featuring in a LV= Cup win over Harlequins FC at Sandy Park and started for the first time with Exeter against Ospreys a week later in the LV= Cup.
Following the 2008/09 season Cairns was one of the bunch who were released by Saracens. Cairns has recently signed with London club Harlequins and was named on the bench in the LV= Cup Match against The Llanelli Scarlet's.
In the summer of 2016 he re-joined Tigers as a member of the first team squad. He made his Premiership debut against Bristol in November 2016, he then made his first Premiership start in February 2017 against Harlequins.
Favourite movie = Mean Girls Lewis Henry Clarke Stevenson (born 1 June 1984) is an Irish rugby union footballer. He previously played for the Ulster, Exeter Chiefs and Harlequins. He currently plays for Connacht in the Pro14 as a lock.
On 4 March 2020, after his contract was terminated by Sale Sharks, Ashton signed for Harlequins. Head of rugby Paul Gustard described him as "without doubt one of the most competitive, professional and dedicated athletes" he had come across.
McGrath worked as coach of Waitemata Rugby and Boyne RFC before becoming the coach of Melbourne Harlequins in 2014. He joined the Rebels as assistant coach in 2015, before being appointed coach of Melbourne Rising from the 2018 season.
Nathan Earle (born 25 September 1994) is a Hong Kong-born English professional rugby union footballer. He plays at wing and full back. He has recently moved to Harlequins. Previously he had dual-registration with Saracens F.C. and Bedford Blues.
Will Evans (born 28 January 1997 in Norwich, England) is an English rugby union openside flanker who plays for Harlequins in Premiership Rugby. He previously played for Leicester Tigers, he made his Tigers debut against Gloucester having graduated from the Academy.
Elia Elia (born 22 January 1996) is a Samoan rugby union player. His usual position is as a hooker, and he currently plays for Harlequins. He played most of his rugby in Christchurch, New Zealand before making the move overseas.
The 2000–2001 Tetley's Bitter Cup was the 30th edition of England's rugby union club competition. Newcastle Falcons won the competition defeating Harlequins in the final. The event was sponsored by Tetley's Brewery and the final was held at Twickenham Stadium.
The following year he was a replacement as Leicester retained the Premiership. Woods started in all three games of the 2009 Churchill Cup. He captained Tigers for the first time in the vital LV= Cup win at Harlequins in 2011/12.
On 28 June it was confirmed that Symons had terminated his contract with London Irish after their relegation to the Green King IPA Championship and signed for former London rival Wasps. On the 23rd May 2018 Symons signed for Harlequins F.C.
Harte's twin brother, David, and his sister, Emer, are also Ireland field hockey internationals. The Harte brothers have lined out together with eight different field hockey teams – Bandon Grammar School, Cork Harlequins, Pembroke Wanderers, DCU, SCHC, Dabang Mumbai, Munster and Ireland.
The 1st XV placed 3rd in the league and were beaten by Harlequins in the Premier 15s double-legged semi final. The 2nd XV won all but 2 games during the entire season and finished 2nd in the Development League.
Jay Baker (born 6 October 1991) is a Welsh rugby union player who plays for Ospreys as a winger. Baker made his debut for the Ospreys in 2016 against Harlequins having previously played for the Ospreys academy and Aberavon RFC.
Michael Anthony Wedderburn (born 28 March 1964) is an English sports presenter for Sky Sports, primarily on Sky Sports News' Good Morning Sports Fans since 1998. He formerly played rugby union for Harlequins and Wasps, and cricket for Hampshire's 2nd XI.
Stafford moved to England to join Premiership Rugby side Harlequins, in a move that was confirmed in August 2020. He had a two-week trail with the club during the summer, and has signed a short-term contract until October 2020.
An injury to George Lowe gave Matt a run in the first XV and he played seven full matches during December 2011 and January 2012, including an away victory against French giants Toulouse. Hopper impressed many during this period and was rewarded with a call up to Stuart Lancaster’s Saxons squad to face the Irish Wolfhounds on 28 January 2012. He was a replacement for Harlequins in their 2011–12 Premiership final victory over Leicester Tigers. ON 13 April 2017, Hopper to leave Harlequins and join French club Oyonnax in the Top 14 from the 2017-18 season.
Clifford began playing rugby age 11 for Cranleigh Mini's and Cobham youths before joining Harlequins Academy two years later. He played for Cobham Rugby club from age 13 in which they had a five-year unbeaten record. He was dual registered with National League 1 side Ealing Trailfinders for the 2011–12 season and made his first appearance in senior rugby on 7 January 2012 against Jersey. He joined Esher on a similar agreement the following season and also made his senior debut for Harlequins in November 2012 as a replacement in the 31–30 Anglo-Welsh Cup win over Northampton Saints.
Kyle Bibb (born ) is an English former professional rugby league footballer who last played for the Dewsbury Rams in the Championship, as a . He previously played in the Super League for Hull FC, Wakefield Trinity Wildcats (Heritage № 1262), the Hull Kingston Rovers and the Harlequins RL, Bibb joined the Wakefield Trinity Wildcats after a season in the second team at Hull F.C. making many first team appearances throughout the 2009 season. He was on loaned to Harlequins RL but was recalled by Wakefield Trinity Wildcats. In September 2010 Kyle Bibb signed for Championship One side the Dewsbury Rams.
The London Double Header ran between 2004 and 2017 and typically opened the season of Premiership Rugby (currently known as the Gallagher Premiership due to sponsorship), the top rugby union league in England. Two games were played consecutively at Twickenham Stadium, originally involving the 'big four' London origin teams of the Premiership, Harlequins, London Irish, Wasps (London Wasps until the 2014–15 season) and Saracens. Harlequins were relegated from the premiership at the end of the 2004–05 season and thus for the 2005–06 season Leeds Tykes were included instead. The same applied to London Irish in 2016 who were replaced.
In 2016, Harlequins hosted due to London Irish's relegation from the premiership. In 2015, 2016 and 2017 the series featured a newly promoted team. The Double Header did not take place in 2018 due to redevelopment works at Twickenham Stadium and did not return in 2019. At other times of year Twickenham is also used for regular season Premiership fixtures, such as The Big Game hosted by Harlequins at Christmas time, The Clash hosted by Bath and the Premiership Final in June, as well as international fixtures including those by the Barbarians, plus inter-armed forces and varsity matches.
Christie returned to South Africa after his education, and joined the Pretoria Harlequins club as a flanker. While his playing career was uneventful, during his time with the Harlequins that Christie began developing his coaching skills. It was the start of an enduring association with Quins—broken only by a spell as coach of the Glenwood Old Boys in Durban—during which he coached them to a number of trophies as well as serving as a Northern Transvaal selector. In 1980, Christie spent the South African winter (Northern Hemisphere summer) in the United States, coaching the Chicago Lions club.
Maurie Fa'asavalu (born 12 January 1980) is a former professional rugby union and rugby league footballer who played in the 2000s and 2010s. He has played representative level rugby union (RU) for Samoa, and at club level for Taula Apia Rugby Union, Harlequins and Oyonnax, and representative level rugby league (RL) for Great Britain and England, and at club level for St. Helens. He was selected for the Great Britain national rugby league team squad in 2007, after living in England for 4 years. He returned to rugby union in October 2010, having signed for Harlequins for the 2010–11 English Premiership season.
This injury ruled him out of action for the whole of the 2005–06 season. Percival spent much of the 2006–07 campaign with a successful on-loan spell at Bedford Blues to get post injury game time. Percival left Northampton Saints to join Harlequins in the summer of 2007 and participated in successful Guinness Premiership and Heineken Cup campaigns. At the end of the 2010/2011 Aviva Premiership campaign, Percival left Harlequins and signed a 2-year contract which saw him return to the newly promoted Worcester Warriors, and the club where he started his career.
In 1892, Gwyn Nicholls, who would become one of the most notable Welsh players in the country's history, switched from the little-known Cardiff Star to join the Harlequins on the advice of his brother Sid. Unfortunately for the Harlequins they only held onto Gwynn for one season, as a disastrous 1891-1892 season for Cardiff RFC, saw the team scour the lower clubs for new talent. This saw Nicholls switch to Cardiff for the 1892-93 season. In 1892 the team moved from Penarth Road, and a replacement pitch was made available for the team by Lord Tredegar at Roath Park.
In the 2012/2013 season he appeared 23 times for Irish, scoring 7 tries, including a hat-trick against Worcester Warriors.. In January 2014 he signed a two-year contract to join Harlequins for the 2014–15 season. He finished his spell at Irish on a high note, scoring 20 points in his final two games including a hat trick against Gloucester Rugby. In late October 2017, Harlequins Director of Rugby reported that Yarde missed three training sessions and was probably going to join another club. On 1 November 2017, it was announced that Yarde would join Sale Sharks.
Nicholas Greenstock (born 3 November 1973 in Dubai) is a former rugby union footballer, who won four caps for England during 1997 at centre. He played club rugby for Wasps, Harlequins, London Irish and Staines. Educated at Port Regis School prep school and later Sherborne School, he is the son of Sir Jeremy Greenstock, a former high-ranking British diplomat and the former United Kingdom Ambassador to the United Nations. Nick retired from full-time professional rugby in 2002, but played part-time with Harlequins and then London Irish 2002-2004 whilst working for the Royal Bank of Scotland.
He made his First XV debut for Quins during the 2005/06 season, scoring a try on debut in the pre-season friendly against London Irish on 12 August 2005. He was part of the England Under 21 team that won the 2006 Six Nations Grand Slam and also competed in the Under 21 World Championships later that year. Brown was discovered by Welsh rugby scout Craig Presdee- Salathiel, who contacted his friend Harlequins chairman David Morgan regarding Brown. In the 2006–07 season, although still in a part of Harlequins' Academy side, he established himself as first choice full back.
The Cardiff Blues began their Heineken Cup campaign with a bonus point 34–18 home win over Bristol, and followed this with a 13–13 away draw at Harlequins. In December, the Cardiff Blues secured a losing bonus point in their 12–6 loss against Stade Français in Paris, and subsequently won the return fixture 31–21 the following week. A 23–12 home win over Harlequins followed by a 17–0 away win at Bristol secured qualification to the quarter-final stages as the fifth seed. The Cardiff Blues subsequently lost their away quarter-final 41–17 against Toulouse on 6 April.
Chris Robshaw played a leading role in the 2007–08 season as Harlequins won 12 of their 22 Guinness Premiership matches and finished 6th in the league. Harlequins got off to a shaky start which saw them be in 2nd, 3rd 4th place consecutively, and during the latter half of the season Halequins managed to reach third after a string of seven wins out of nine, but defeats to London Irish, Sale Sharks and Leicester Tigers to finish the season meant that Quins dropped to sixth and missed out on the play-offs. Two Harlequins players were short-listed for awards, Danny Care and Chris Robshaw, were short-listed for the Land Rover Discovery of the Season award. As well as Coach Dean Richards being short-listed for the O2 Director of Rugby of the Season as well as Tom Guest being nominated for MBNA Try of the Season for his try against Leeds Carnegie on Sunday 13 April 2008.
Phill Davies, born 30 April 1981 in Chester, is a former England Under 19's & 21's rugby union player who ended his career in 2011 at Section Paloise a French rugby union club from Pau, Pyrénées-Atlantiques currently competing in Rugby Pro D2. Phill Davies also played for Harlequins and Sale Sharks in the Guinness Premiership, as well as Aviron Bayonnais in The French Top14 competition. Phill Davies' position of choice was back-row forward/flanker. Phill Davies started his professional career in 2000 signing at Harlequins for the 2000-01 Zurich Premiership. During this season Harlequins won the Parker Pen European Shield competition beating French Top16 team Narbonne in the final, they also reached the final of the Tetley Bitter League Cup competition coming runners-up to Newcastle Falcons. For the 2001-02 Phill Davies signed for fellow Zurich Premiership side Sale Sharks remaining there until January 2005 when he moved on loan to French Top14 team Aviron Bayonnais.
Jenny McDonough (born 23 April 1981), also known as Jenny McAuley, is a former Ireland women's field hockey international. Between 2001 and 2009 she made 117 senior appearances for Ireland. She has also played for Belfast Harlequins in the Women's Irish Hockey League.
The 1991–92 Pilkington Cup was the 21st edition of England's premier rugby union club competition at the time. Bath won the competition defeating Harlequins in the final. The event was sponsored by Pilkington and the final was held at Twickenham Stadium.
The 1992–93 Pilkington Cup was the 22nd edition of England's premier rugby union club competition at the time. Leicester won the competition defeating Harlequins in the final. The event was sponsored by Pilkington and the final was held at Twickenham Stadium.
He was educated at Plymouth College, the University of Kent and Cambridge University, he played lock for England B aged 21 and represented Cambridge in the 1979 Varsity Match, but did not make an impact until joining Harlequins and the Police in 1983.
In 2017, Gary Lineker signed up to be the face of TM Lewin. This partnership continued in 2018 and 2019. TM Lewin has collaborated with several sporting events and teams including Royal Ascot, Harlequins (rugby), and the England and Wales Cricket Board.
Jones began playing rugby as a schoolboy for his local county school, joining Llanelli Harlequins as a senior. By the 1932/33 season he was playing for first-class team Llanelli, ending that season as top try scorer for the club with 15.
The 1987–88 John Player Special Cup was the 17th edition of England's premier rugby union cup competition. Harlequins won the competition, for the first time, defeating Bristol in the final at Twickenham Stadium. The competition was sponsored by John Player cigarettes.
Richard Beaumont is an English former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 2010s. Rich made his first team début for Hull Kingston Rovers on 25 April 2011 at home to Harlequins. He also played for St Helens in the Super League.
Marland Yarde (born 20 April 1992) is a Saint Lucian-born English rugby union wing who plays for Sale Sharks. He has previously played for London Irish, Harlequins and has spent time on loan at London Welsh. At international level Yarde represents England.
The last time they beat St Helens on their ground was 18 years ago. This run ended in defeat at Harlequins RL on 23 July 2006. Hull F.C. managed to finish in second place, their highest league position in the Super League era.
It took almost a year to complete this work. The artist started to paint efficiently. During this period "Harlequins" and "Jews" become the key series of his artworks. The paintings of that period were regularly sold out by private collectors at Ukrainian auctions.
On 15 June 2007, Salford beat Harlequins 5–2 in the first (and, to date, only) Super League game not to contain a try. On 2 September 2007, Salford were relegated from Super League when Hull Kingston Rovers beat Hull F.C. 42–6.
Robert James Liley (born 3 April 1970) is an English former rugby union player. A fly half he played professionally for Sale, Leicester Tigers, Harlequins, Wakefield and Doncaster. He was the starting fly half for Leicester in the 1997 Heineken Cup Final.
He was nominated for the Heartland player of the year award and made the team of the season. For 2011 he moved to Marlborough to play club rugby for Harlequins and as a result of his good form, he gained selection for 's B side.
London Irish were relegated to the 2016–17 RFU Championship with a round to spare, after losing 32–25 to Harlequins. They will be replaced by 2015–16 RFU Championship winners Bristol, who beat Doncaster Knights 60–47 in the two-legged play-off final.
The defending champions, Englands's Harlequins, did not have a chance to defend their crown because they qualified to play in the Heineken Cup. Sale Sharks claimed a narrow victory over Pontypridd in the final and picked up their first piece of European Club silverware.
Karl Dickson (born 2 August 1982 in Salisbury, England), is an English professional rugby union referee. He is pursuing a career in refereeing and coaches at St. John's school in Leatherhead. He previously played for Harlequins in Premiership Rugby and was a scrum half.
The Prince of Wales Stadium was opened in 1981. A cricket match between Australia and Gloucestershire was played as part of its opening. In September 1981, Cheltenham Tigers Rugby Football Club moved to the stadium. They played a match against Harlequins to celebrate the occasion.
He scored 6 tries and scored over 450 points for Irish before retiring and taking a role with the RFU Academy. While coaching at Saracens, he played amateur rugby for Hertford RFC. He has recently agreed a coaching position with his former team Harlequins.
Joe Mbu (born 11 November 1983), also known by the nickname of "Big Joe", is a Zairean former professional rugby league footballer and coach. Mbu played for the London Broncos/Harlequins RL in the Super League. He is a former coach of the London Skolars.
Nicolas Spanghero (born 21 October 1976) is a French rugby union player. He plays as a lock. He is nephew of former international, Walter Spanghero and Claude Spanghero. He represented Harlequins in the Guinness Premiership and now plays for Colomiers in the French Pro D2.
James Edward Staples (born 20 October 1965 in Bermondsey) is a former rugby union footballer. He played as a fullback. He had 26 caps for Ireland, scoring 5 tries and 2 conversions, 25 points in aggregate. He played club rugby for London Irish and Harlequins.
He was appointed Director of Rugby at Harlequins in May 2005 following their relegation from the Zurich Premiership in the 2004–05 season, and led them back to the Premiership at the first attempt, in a season where they lost only one league game.
Hawick Harlequins Rugby Football Club are a Scottish Rugby Union team. Based in Hawick, Scotland they play in the East Regional Leagues. They also played at Murrayfield Stadium in 2002 when they reached the final of the BT Bowl competition, losing to Ellon RFC.
Billups then played for the Harlequins from 1997 to 1999 and was the Supporter's Club Player of the Year during the 1997-1998 season. In 1999, Billups finished his professional playing career in Wales playing first for Neath RFC and then with Pontypridd RFC.
Mark Calderwood (born ) is an English former professional rugby league footballer. An England international representative winger, he has played in the Super League for the Leeds Rhinos, (with whom he won 2004's Super League IX), the Wigan Warriors, Hull F.C. and Harlequins RL.
Friday was born in Chichester, England. Friday played professional rugby. He played 15s for various teams, including the London Wasps and Harlequins, and in 7s he captained the England national sevens team."Friday appointed Men's Eagles Sevens head coach" , USA Rugby, 18 July 2014.
His shot was originally going wide before it rebounded off an umpire. In the 2004 final Instonians defeated Cork Harlequins. After graduating from Loughborough University, he re-joined Instonians for the 2008–09 season. While playing for Instonians, Gleghorne also represented Ulster at interprovincial level.
William Wavell Wakefield, 1st Baron Wakefield of Kendal (10 March 1898 – 12 August 1983), known as Sir Wavell Wakefield between 1944 and 1963, was an English rugby union player for Harlequins, Leicester Tigers and England, President of the Rugby Football Union and Conservative politician.
The Brantford Harlequins Rugby Football Club, also known as the "Quins", is a collection of rugby union teams situated in Brantford, Ontario. The current teams include two ORU Senior Men's teams, one Niagara Rugby Union Men's team, and one Niagara Rugby Union Women's Team.
The club was formed in 1996 following the merger of Oxford Marathons and Oxford Old Boys rugby clubs. Oxford Harlequins are now the leading club in the City of Oxford taking over from Oxford R.F.C. who now play in the Berks, Bucks and Oxon Championship.
Spencer Allen Block (15 July 1908 – 7 October 1979) was an English first-class cricketer active 1928–48 who played for Surrey. Played rugby for the Harlequins and trialed for England. Represented and captained England at hockey. He was born in Esher; died in Meadle.
Contaminants and sea ducks in Alaska and the circumpolar region. Environmental Health Perspective. 130:41-49. Harlequins feed on the ocean bottom, where some were thought to have ingested lead pellets shot by waterfowl hunters. Another endangered species is the flooded jellyskin (Leptogium rivulare).
Max Crumpton (born 25 October 1993) is an English former rugby union player for Harlequins in Premiership Rugby. He was a graduate of Saracens academy system where he progressed into the first-team squad. Crumpton spent time on loan with Plymouth Albion in the RFU Championship where he made four Championship appearances and featured in the British and Irish Cup. But it was cut short as he signed for Premiership rivals Harlequins on a loan until the end of the 2013-14 season. On 5 March 2014, Crumpton agreed a move to Bristol who play in the RFU Championship on a two-year contract from the 2014-15 season.
On 11 January 2012, Chris Brooker was included in the England Saxons squad for the first time as reward for a fine season with Harlequins in the Aviva Premiership and Heineken Cup. Also included in the EPS squad, before suffering an injury which sidelined him for over 19 months. Was put in the same bracket as Joe Launchbury by Stuart Lancaster as a potential star of the future but was never present again due to his injury. In May 2013, it was announced that from the beginning of the 2013/14 season that Brooker would play for Worcester Warriors after signing a long term deal that would see him leave Harlequins.
Harlequins in action during the 2018–19 season. The Harlequins kit is arguably one of the most distinctive in the game, and remained largely unchanged for many years. The kit has always featured a quartered shirt, typically consisting of chocolate brown, French grey, magenta and light blue with black and green sleeves, and most design changes have merely meant changes to the dimensions of the quarters, or the layout of the four main colours. The current kit, supplied by Adidas, is a return to a more traditional design, after the 2017–18 season's "head to toe suit effect", which saw the four quarters extending over both the shirt and shorts.
And if they did not get a result against Harlequins, they would be knocked out of Europe altogether, and not be included in the European Challenge Cup. Roberts was also facing competition for his Welsh jersey, with James Hook and Andrew Bishop forming an excellent centre partnership at the Ospreys. But the Blues ended their Heineken Cup on a high note by beating Harlequins, 45–20, with Roberts hitting back at the critics with two tries, his first of the season. And although they were knocked out of the Heineken Cup, they did qualify for the Challenge Cup, by finishing second in their group.
Robshaw made his Premiership debut in the London double header at the start of the 2007–08 season. He went on to be included in the England Saxons squad who won the Churchill Cup in the summer of 2008. Since the 2014-15 season Robshaw has been the first team and club vice captain of the London-based Harlequins club; he relinquished the captaincy to Joe Marler in order to focus on his duties as England captain. Robshaw is a two-time Aviva Premiership Player of the Year winner, an award he first won following the 2008/9 season, and then again following Harlequins' title-winning campaign in 2011/12.
In Europe, however, Connacht experienced their greatest level of success in professional competition, reaching the last four of the 2003–04 Challenge Cup. The team beat Béziers and Pau on aggregate, before beating Narbonne in both legs in the quarter-finals. Swift started in all six of these games, and scored a try in the first leg of the tie against Pau. Swift also started both legs of the semi-final against Harlequins, as Connacht came within touching distance of the final, only for a Will Greenwood try, 12 minutes from time in the second leg to cost them their place in the decider, which Harlequins went on to win.
Harlequins during the 2005–2006 season View from a helicopter of Ham House, the River Thames and Ham Polo Club The borough has a non-League football club, Hampton & Richmond Borough F.C., who play at Beveree Stadium in Hampton. The Twickenham Stadium hosts rugby internationals and the Twickenham Stoop is home to the Harlequins Rugby Team. Richmond Rugby Club are also active and share their grounds with London Scottish F.C. The Richmond Minis is a large youth rugby organisation whilst the Richmond Heavies organise games for more veteran players. Cricket is played in many locations around the borough including Ham Common, Richmond Green and Kew Green.
Zebastian Lucky Luisi joined London Broncos on a 2-year contract at the end of 2004's Super League IX after putting together some impressive performances on trial with the club during that season. The big full-back was selected to play for the Harlequins rugby union side for the Middlesex Sevens at Twickenham Stadium. Lucky Luisi played for Doncaster in National League Two having signed in February 2008 from Harlequins RL. At the start of the 2009 Season he joined championship club Barrow Raiders Luisi's position of choice is as a . He can also operate on the and in the centres where he is to feature for Doncaster.
Ollie Richards is a professional rugby union player who has played for Leeds Carnegie in the Aviva Championship and Newcastle Falcons in the Aviva Premiership Educated at Blatchington Mill School and Sixth Form College and Brighton College, he was in the Harlequins Academy from the age of 15 before signing professionally and moving to Leeds at 18 years of age. At the end of the 2011/12 season Ollie signed for Newcastle Falcons in the Aviva Premiership. Ollie made his Harlequins debut in the 2009 Middlesex Sevens and scored in every round, losing to Sale Sharks in the Plate Final. In December 2010 Ollie was named in the England U20 squad.
Fifteen days after VE Day the club's committee held their first meeting to determine the future of the club. The roof of the Crumbie Stand had been damaged in air raids, there was a collapsed wall at the Welford Road end and significant repairs to the clubhouse were required where the Army had bored holes into the floor. The club ran two teams that year; the First XV and Leicestershire Harlequins, named for the war-time side that provided rugby for locals on leave or passing servicemen. The Harlequins were quickly changed to be an "A XV", the first time the club had run more than one side for 40 years.
The Samoan captain was expected to join either the Harlequins RL or the Wigan Warriors for the 2008 season, with the latter seen as the more likely destination after the Harlequins RL seemingly agreed a deal to sign David Vaealiki before the centre was confirmed as a new signing for the Manly Sea Eagles. On 27 November 2007, it was announced that Carmont had signed a two-year deal with Super League club the Wigan Warriors. Carmont was named in the Super League Dream Team for 2008's Super League XIII. Carmont was selected in the Samoa squad for the 2008 Rugby League World Cup.
In 2000 he moved back from Tigers to 'Quins after succumbing to poor form, not helped by the arrival of Australian Pat Howard that prevented him from getting first team rugby. His match-winning try to defeat Brive, in the European Shield quarterfinal on 27 January 2001, was voted the club's 2000/01 'Try of the Year'. He had already picked up an RFU Cup winner's medal with Tigers but this time tasted defeat in the final of the same competition with NEC Harlequins, at the hands of Newcastle Falcons in 2001. Greenwood decided to extend his contract with the Harlequins when they were relegated to the National League 1.
In 2009 Fairbrother left New Zealand for Australia, signing for the Western Force on a two-year contract. Tim is qualified to play for Australia (and England) through his grandparents but was not selected by the Wallabies coaches and, feeling he had "[given] it [his] best crack", decided to move on again joining Harlequins. Fairbrother was the most experienced front row player at Harlequins. He came off the bench in the first round of the 2011/12 Aviva Premiership and proceeded to start in the following 5 games, but his season was interrupted by injury twice and he missed the last three months the season.
Watts began playing for Instonians while still attending RBAI. In 2003–04, together with Mark and Paul Gleghorne, Watt was a member of the Instonians team that won the Irish Senior Cup, defeating Cork Harlequins 1–0 in the final. In 2018 Watt re-joined Instonians.
Alongside with his playing career, Chisholm was appointed a coaching role with the Sussex Rugby in March 2017 as the side returns to the County Rugby Championship for the first time in four years. On 26 April 2017, it was announced that Chisholm re-signed for Harlequins.
He was also selected for the 1968 British Lions tour to South Africa and played in three of the internationals against . He played club rugby for University College Dublin, Lansdowne, London Irish, and Dallas Harlequins, and represented the Munster provincial team and the Barbarians invitiational team.
Belfast Harlequins is a multi-sports club located off the Malone Road in south Belfast, Northern Ireland. The club name provides the overall umbrella for rugby union, men's and ladies' hockey and squash. The club is associated on and off the field with Methodist College Belfast (MCB).
Ashleigh Baxter (born 21 December 1991) is a female rugby union player. She represented at the 2014 Women's Rugby World Cup. She began playing Tag rugby before she joined a club in Lisburn; She now plays for Belfast Harlequins. Baxter studied Aerospace engineering at Queen's University Belfast.
Ellis made his professional début in a 10–20 defeat by Salford City Reds in 2009's Super League XIV. He since featured against Harlequins RL in 2009's Super League XIV Round 22 game, where he came off the bench to be utilised as a .
Retrieved 2016-09-29. He made a number of non-first-class appearances for teams such as Harlequins, Free Foresters and I Zingari and played for Buckinghamshire County Cricket Club after his first-class career was over.Miscellaneous matches played by Cloudesley Marsham, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2016-09-29.
Tim Hartley made his début for Salford City Reds aged 18 against the Leeds Rhinos. After 2 Seasons was part of a Transfer fee to Harlequins Rl under Tony Rea. Then played for Halifax,Widnes and Leigh in the championship winning the Northern Rail cup in 2009.
In 2010, Northampton linked up with Super League side Harlequins RL and adopted the name, Northampton Demons to create a separate identity. Since 2010, the clubs has won the Midland Premier twice, played in the Conference South and moved home to Duston Sports Centre in the town.
After further expenditure on roads, the first game, between Harlequins v. Richmond, was played on 2 October 1909, and the first international, England v. Wales, on 15 January 1910. At the time of the English-Welsh game, the stadium had a maximum capacity of 20,000 spectators.
Rose played for Leicester Tigers at the age of 17, Cambridge University (winning 3 Blues and captaining the side in the 1980 Centenary Varsity Match), Coventry and Harlequins. He represented the Barbarians and is the only Englishmen to have been selected to play for The French Barbarians.
St Mary's has over of playing fields on campus including a floodlit training area, two further training areas and a rugby pitch. Teams that have used these facilities include Harlequins Rugby League, the English, Irish and Australian rugby union squads and the New Zealand All Blacks.
Lorne Ward (born 16 February 1977 in South Africa) is a former rugby union prop who played for London Welsh, Harlequins, Bath & Toulon. After retiring from professional rugby he played for Rosslyn Park before hanging up his boots completely at the end of the 2013/14 season.
Opeta Palepoi (born 2 December 1975) is a Samoan rugby union footballer, with 48 caps. He currently plays for Scottish side Gala RFC. He has previously played for Glasgow Warriors, Border Reivers and English club Harlequins. His first start for Glasgow Warriors was in season 2002–03.
The Storm's Queensland trio of Greg Inglis, Cameron Smith and Antonio Kaufusi were selected to make their international debuts for Australia in 2006. Post-season the Storm farewelled Nathan Friend and Jake Webster (Gold Coast Titans), David Kidwell (South Sydney) and Scott Hill (Harlequins Rugby League).
Bloodgate was a rugby union scandal involving English team Harlequins in their Heineken Cup quarter-final against Irish side Leinster on 12 April 2009. It was so called because of the use of fake blood capsules. In April 2019 the BBC described it as "rugby's biggest scandal".
Throughout the 1970s and 1980s, Baba did an extensive series of paintings of Harlequins and "Mad Kings",;Susara, 2001, p. 34–44, 135–139. most of the latter remained in the artist's personal collection until his death, much as with Francisco Goya and his "black paintings".
It would be two months before he made his comeback playing in a Wasps A game against Harlequins, 7 December, playing for 40 minutes. Cipriani played his last home match for London Wasps on 1 May 2010 against Cardiff Blues in the Amlin Challenge Cup semi-final.
In the end, Scott arrived on Countess of Harcourt moments before a boat with a boarding party from Harlequin arrived. Scott was in possession and signed a letter to Harlequins captain acknowledging the salvage rights. Countess of Harcourt arrived at Bermuda around 8 March.Lloyd's List, №4961.
For four seasons Brewery Field was the home of the Crusaders, from 2006 to 2009. It is located in Bridgend, South Wales and the first match ever played there was against Harlequins Academy on 29 January 2006, however, the first competitive fixture was against London Skolars on 5 March 2006. It is the twelfth largest stadium in Wales, and in 2009 was the smallest stadium in Super League, with a capacity of 8,000. The ground was built in 1920 and is now home to Bridgend Ravens rugby union and Bridgend football clubs. The club played a total of 58 matches at Brewery Field,12 Super League matches, nine National League One matches, four Championship Cup in 2008, one Challenge Cup in 2008, one friendly versus Harlequins in 2008, 11 National League Two matches in 2007, 3 Championship Cup matches in 2007, one Challenge Cup match in 2007, one friendly versus Brisbane Broncos, nine National League Two matches in 2006, four Championship Cup matches in 2006, one Challenge Cup match in 2006, one friendly versus Harlequins in 2006.
There was one Momentous moment as Mark Cueto over took former Sale teammate Steve Hanley, as top try scorer in the premiership, Steve's record stood at 75 tries, and Mark scored his 76th try, against Exeter Chiefs Their first win of the season was against Cardiff Blues in the Heineken Cup, which was their only win in that years Heineken Cup, where they finished bottom of their pool. But also in that years Heineken Cup, they also lost to Toulon 62–0 with a nine try demolition of the Manchester team. The only real success of their season was their performance in the LV Cup where wins against Saracens, Scarlets and London Wasps lead to Sale qualifying for the knock-out stages, where they again beat Saracens in the semi final, to face Harlequins in the final. Sale failed to beat Harlequins but came close, with a try from Johnny Leota and three penalties from Danny Cipriani taking the Sale score to 14, but in-form Harlequins scoring 31 points.
Semi Kunabuli Kunatani (born 27 October 1990) is a Fiji rugby union player. He plays for the Fiji sevens team and also Top 14 side Castres . He previously played for Top 14 side, Stade Toulousain and Premiership Rugby side Harlequins. Kunatani debuted for Fiji in 2013 Dubai Sevens tournament.
James Mervyn "Jimmy" Richards (born 11 December 1975)Jimmy Richards player profile ESPN Scrum.com is a Welsh rugby union player. Richards played club rugby for Bedford, Worcester Warriors, Newport RFC, Gwent Dragons, Harlequins and Leicester Tigers. He recently helped by coaching at Beckenham RFC specifically with the forwards.
The 2nd XV however gained promotion back to BUCS Midlands 2A while only losing once. Ahead of the 2019–20 season the club moved operations from Oxford R.F.C. over to Oxford Harlequins. The 2019–20 season brought forward the re-introduction of a 3rd XV to competitive BUCS action.
In January 2015, James Slipper was appointed captain of the Reds, taking over from James Horwill who had previously announced he would be leaving at the end of the Super Rugby season to join the Harlequins club in England. Karmichael Hunt and Rob Simmons were appointed as vice-captains.
The current club captain is TBA while the current Head of Rugby is former England defence coach Paul Gustard, with Billy Millard acting as the Club's General Manager. For sponsorship reasons they were formerly known as NEC Harlequins, but principal sponsorship is currently held by DHL and Adidas.
James signed for the London club in 2010, but failed to settle in the capital and was released from his contract after just three games. In March of the same he had his contract with Harlequins RL cancelled by mutual consent after an ineffective spell at the club.
In 2003–04, together with his brother, Mark, and Michael Watt, Gleghorne was a member of the Instonians team that won the Irish Senior Cup, defeating Cork Harlequins 1–0 in the final. After graduating from Loughborough University, Gleghorne re-joined Instonians before subsequently moving on to Lisnagarvey.
Bristow impressed enough in a good 60-minute shift to be asked back and he made two further appearances for Harlequins in the Aviva A League against Gloucester and London Irish. Bristow has also played for Bedford Blues, Chobham Rugby Club, Guildford Rugby Club and Camberley Rugby Club.
Percy Bennett (15 November 1869Percy Bennett player profile WRU.co.uk – 5 May 1936Percy Bennett player profile Scrum.com) was an English-born international rugby union forward who played club rugby for Cardiff Harlequins and international rugby for Wales. He was the first player to represent his club in the Welsh team.
Rozier plays in the Premier 15s for the Harlequins Ladies. She is a NSCA certified strength and conditioning specialist. She has dual Bachelor’s degrees in Exercise and Sport Science and Spanish. She was part of the Eagles sevens team that won bronze at the 2013 Rugby World Cup Sevens.
In 1906, Harlequins were invited by the Rugby Football Union to use the new national stadium in Twickenham. In those early days, only one or two internationals were played there during the season, and it wasn't long before the RFU ground became the headquarters of the Harlequin Football Club.
Daniel Crawford Orr (born 17 May 1978), is an English rugby league coach and former player. He is an assistant coach of the Castleford Tigers. A Great Britain international representative or , Orr played in the Super League for the Castleford Tigers (two spells), Harlequins RL and the Wigan Warriors.
Joe Marchant (born ) is a professional rugby player for Harlequins, The Blues and England. He plays as a centre in the English Premiership and other competitions. Marchant is regarded highly having received international recognition at U20 and U18 level as well as being involved in senior England camps.
Ali worked as a financial planner of the Investors Group after finishing his career in the CFL. After retiring from professional football, Ali played rugby union for the Ottawa Beavers of the Ontario Rugby Union (1997–1999) and the Ottawa Harlequins of the Rugby Canada Super League (2000).
Dan Frazier (born 13 December 1988) is an ex-rugby union player who previously played for Newcastle Falcons in the Aviva Premiership, having been at Harlequins and the Doncaster Knights beforehand. A tight head prop who loves scrummaging, whilst still at school he played tight-head for his junior club Chobham and as a 17-year-old played 1st XV with them, in 2007/08/09 Frazier made 1st XV appearances for Rosslyn Park in National League 3. For the 2009/10 season Frazier, played for Esher in National 1 helping them gain promotion to The Championship. The 22-year-old prop has joined Doncaster Knights from Harlequins for the 2010/11 season.
2013 saw him earn 2 more caps for the Māori in their North American tour victories over Canada and the , appearing as a second-half replacement for Luke Braid in the match against Canada in Toronto and playing the entire 80 minutes in the number 6 shirt against the USA in Pennsylvania. Christie was again called up by the Māori ahead of their 2014 tour of but had to withdraw due to injury, so it was after a gap of 3 years before he next pulled on the Black jersey, playing in matches against the USA, Munster and Harlequins and scoring his first international try in the 22nd minute of the 26-10 win over Harlequins at Twickenham Stoop.
Dickson has refereed two A League semi-finals, Exeter v Newcastle in 2016 and Gloucester v Wasps in 2017 and made his debut in the Greene King IPA Championship in the Christmas Eve match between London Irish and Richmond. Three days later he was involved in Big Game 9 where Harlequins played Gloucester in the Aviva Premiership at Twickenham. After 169 appearances for Harlequins scrum-half Dickson announced his retirement in April and joins the PGMOT in July. Dickson said: “Over the last two years any time that I have had - a free Saturday or Sunday or even during the week - I would referee as many games as possible to get as much practice as I could.
Rugby union in Hawaii was effectively established with the founding of the Hawaii Harlequins Club in 1964, although occasional games had been played earlier in Hawaiian history as far back as 1884. The Harlequins staged annual invitational tournaments in the 1980s at Kapiolani Park, that attracted teams from the around the Asia-Pacific, Australasia and North America which promoted the development of rugby in Hawaii. The original Hawaii Rugby Football Union was founded in 1975, and they selected teams from 1976 onwards to make tours to the United States mainland as well as other rugby destinations including Australia and New Zealand. Hawaii also played in the curtain raiser for the 1987 World Cup in New Zealand, defeating Rotorua.
In the curved foyer of the main level were three sculptures by local artist Marshall Fredericks. On the curved wall above the main entrance is a 120-foot mural made of steel, copper and aluminum wire entitled Ford Empire which depicts the Ford Rouge Complex. Above the stairs to the balcony at the east end of the lobby was a piece entitled Harlequins, Ballerina and Orchestral Parade and above the west stairs was another piece entitled Harlequins and Circus Parade. The Ford Empire mural was moved to storage in 2003 and in 2007, the Marshall Fredericks Sculpture Museum at Saginaw Valley State University negotiated with the City of Detroit to have the two smaller pieces moved there.
Harlequins offered him a professional contract and within 12 months he was a member of the England RFU Sevens team that won the Hong Kong Sevens. Monye was a key member of the Sevens squad throughout the 2002–03 and 2003–04 IRB World Sevens Series, and was part of the team that competed in the 2005 Rugby World Cup Sevens in Hong Kong. He was also part of the England RFU Saxons sides that won the Churchill Cup in 2005 and 2008. He first played for Harlequins in a friendly against Glasgow Warriors RFC in August 2002, beginning the following season with five tries in two matches, including a hat trick against Rotherham Titans at Millmoor.
2013–2014 Chisholm joined the full-time Harlequins Academy in July 2013 and made his senior debut that same year against Exeter Chiefs in the LV= Cup. The back-row made his starting debut a week later, and played the full 80 minutes in the victory over Sale Sharks in the same competition. 2014–2015 While on-loan playing for the RFU Championship side London Scottish, Chisholm made a total of 10 appearance and scored 2 tries during the 2014–2015 season. On 13 October 2014, it was a special occasion when Chisholm was joined by his 2 older brothers Ali and Ross to play for Harlequins A against Exeter Braves in the A-league.
Cooke was dropped only once in his Harlequins career by coach All Black Earle Kirton for missing a training session to go surfing. In the first two seasons at Harlequins he fitted in playing for Indonesia in the first Hong Kong 7's in 1975 and Hong Kong Colony in 1976 against France - his first of three games against the French flanker Jean-Pierre Rives to whom he was regularly likened. Having already gained honours for England U23 and England B, Cooke joined the England squad in 1979 as understudy to Tony Neary and remained a permanent fixture until 1985. He was unlucky not to have won more caps than he did.
Teams are guaranteed two home and two away pool matches, with teams in Pools 1 and 4 playing each other and teams in Pools 2 and 3 playing each other, with the top team from each pool qualifying for the semi finals. The competition will take place during the Autumn Internationals window and during the Six Nations thus allowing teams to develop their squad players. Harlequins are defending champions this season after claiming the cup with a 32–14 victory over Sale Sharks in the final at Sixways Stadium in Worcester. It was the third victory for Harlequins in the competition, and the first since the current Anglo-Welsh format was adopted in 2005.
Following his release from contract from Northampton RFC in 2007, Cohen had been linked with midlands rivals Leicester Tigers, other English and French rugby union clubs and a switch of codes to rugby league at Harlequins or Wigan. His future had remained uncertain after he failed to join a Guinness Premiership club, several games into the season. He was selected for the Barbarians, appearing in the game wearing the socks of his first club, Northampton Old Scouts RFC. It was rumoured of a move to Harlequins RL with then chairman Ian Lenagan supposedly talking to Cohen over recent months, however nothing official was ever announced and he shortly afterwards signed for Brive.
A standout season by Brown resulted in him collecting 9 tries, earning him a place on the Sky Sports Dream Team. Mike had a successful 2010–11 season with Quins, culminating in winning the Amlin Challenge cup, beating Munster at Thomand Park on the way to the final against Stade Francais. This form continued into the 2011/12 Aviva Premiership season, resulting in a call up to the EPS squad. He started for Harlequins in their 2011–12 Premiership final victory over Leicester Tigers. At the start of the 2019/2020 season, while still an active player, one of the bars at Harlequins’ home ground (The Stoop) was renamed in Brown’s honour.
The Harlequins were first envisioned by brothers George and Vince Jones in 1950 when the Toronto Star published a notice that British Rugby was going to become popular again. In July, 1950, a notice appeared in the Toronto Star stating that “British Rugby” was about to become active again in the Toronto area and was asking players to join. Despite being comparative newcomers to Canada and with very little influential connections, George Jones and his brother Vince pressed on and called a meeting of friends and interested local soccer players. After the first meeting, George and Vince were convinced they had enough players to form a club - The Brantford Harlequin Rugby Football Club (“Harlequins”).
On September 23rd, 1950, the Jones brothers were notified and the first official league game would take place in Brantford on September 30th against the newly formed Toronto Nomads. Then adversity struck. The newly recruited soccer players had an important game which could not be rescheduled and a couple of other players for unavoidable reasons could not play. The Harlequins were left with four players. A telegram was sent to the Nomads, not calling the game off, but with a message, “Don’t come to Brantford, we will come to Toronto.” So on that historic day, the 30th of September, 1950, the Brantford Harlequins showed up with four players to take on the Toronto Nomads.
After impressing for the club's academy team, he made his début for the Rhinos' in April 2008, in the victory over the Crusaders in the Rugby League Challenge Cup. He was awarded the Man of the Match for his performance. He went on to make a further three appearances before going on loan to Harlequins for the 2010 season. Jones-Bishop impressed during his season at Harlequins, scoring 11 tries in 18 games, before returning to the Rhinos for the 2011 season. Jones-Bishop scored a hat trick in Leeds' 32-28 Millennium Magic, scoring a penalty try, after being brought down off the ball by Gareth Raynor to give Leeds the win.
Following their 2011–2012 form, Harlequins started their 2012–2013 season on a high with four straight wins before suffering a first setback at the hands of Saracens at home in round 5 (16–18) and at Exeter Chiefs in round 6 (42–28). The club then managed to stay within the first two places of the table. On 29 December Big Game 5 proved to be a success with a 26–15 win over London Irish before a capacity crowd (82,000) at Twickenham Stadium. Later in the season the second setback came in the return game against Exeter when the Chiefs managed a 16–27 defeat of the Harlequins at The Stoop.
Parallel to the first half of the Aviva Premiership, Harlequins A team (a mix of Academy and First Team players) competed in the Aviva A League. Drawing with Saracens Storm in the first game, they went on to win their next four games securing a semi-final berth in the process before losing the last Conference game to Bath United. Level on league point with Saracens Storm they still topped the Southern Conference on points difference. Harlequins went on to beat Gloucester United (40–19) in the semi-final before getting the better over Saracens Storm (37–12) in the final, both times at The Stoop, to win the club's second title in the competition.
Steve Diamond holds Fulham RLFC/London Crusaders/London Broncos/Harlequins RL's career goalscoring record; with 309-goals scored between 1981–84, and is one of less than twenty-five Welshmen to have scored more than 1000-points in their rugby league career.Robert Gate (1988). "Gone North - Volume 2". R. E. Gate.
Kevin Corrigan is a professional Rugby Union player for Esher. His current position is at Hooker. Corrigan played for Esher RFC before joining Harlequins. Prior to that he played for the Rotherham Titans and Lansdowne FC. He also played for an Irish league XV the AIB club International in the 2007.
Wim van der Berg, The Extraordinary Book of South African Rugby, Penguin, London, 2012. He served as president of the Harlequins Rugby Club in Pretoria. He became an acting judge of the Transvaal Provincial Division of the South African Supreme Court, and was raised permanently to the Bench in 1944.
Doak played at amateur level for four Irish clubs, all based in Ulster. These were North of Ireland FC, Ballymena RFC, Malone RFC and Belfast Harlequins. In addition to these clubs, Doak also played for the Ulster provincial side. He played 76 times for Ulster, before retiring in April 2005.
In Kenya, he joined the Kenya Harlequins junior team. He was spotted by South African scouts at the 2006 Safari Sevens tournament, playing in the schools category for School. In 2007, he joined to the academy. He progressed from Under–19 level in 2008 to Under–21 level in 2010.
The club play at Moon Park on Western Way. The ground has a seated stand on one side of the pitch and a clubhouse with some covered seating behind one goal.Bemerton Heath Harlequins Pyramid Passion It currently has a capacity of 2,100, of which 250 is seated and 350 covered.
William Sharp (born 13 May 1986) is a Nigerian rugby league footballer who plays as a or on the for the York City Knights in the Betfred Championship. He has previously played for Harlequins RL and Hull .F.C in the Super League, and Featherstone Rovers and Halifax in the Championship.
Roux is a big rugby fan and is an honorary member of Harlequins and attends most matches. He also likes Manchester United and Wigan Warriors, and is a keen marathon runner, having run the London marathon twelve times to raise funds for the children's charity VICTA (Visually Impaired Children Taking Action).
The start of the 2015/16 season was delayed by the 2015 Rugby World Cup. However Harlequins made a strong start having a good first half to the season. They were in 3rd place in mid-January. One of the highlights of the seasons was the home defeat of Saracens.
They have won the Women's Rugby World Cup twice in 1994 and 2014, and have been runners- up on five other occasions. Their coach is Simon Middleton after the contract of their previous coach Gary Street, who had been head coach since 2006, wasn't renewed. Street now coaches Harlequins Women.
Matt James (born 26 March 1987) is a Wales international rugby league footballer who plays as a or for the Sheffield Eagles in the RFL Championship. He previously played in the Super League for Harlequins RL and the Bradford Bulls, and in the Co-operative Championship for the Barrow Raiders.
Wallace made his Munster debut against Connacht in August 1997. He made his European debut against Harlequins in September 1997 in the 1997–98 Heineken Cup. He started for Munster in the 2000 Heineken Cup Final. He scored his side's only try but opponents Northampton Saints eventually won 9–8.
Benjamín Urdapilleta (born March 11, 1986 in Buenos Aires) is an Argentine rugby union footballer. He has played in both the centre and the flyhalf positions. His test debut for Argentina was in 2008 when he played against South Africa in Johannesburg. He signed for the Harlequins in March 2010.
Rob Purdham (born 14 April 1980) is an English former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1990s, 2000s and 2010s. An England international representative , he previously played for Whitehaven and London Broncos/Harlequins. Purdham also operated as a or . Purdham is a former captain of the England national team.
He made 4 appearances for the club. McShane made a further 9 Super League appearances for the Rhinos in 2010. He also scored his first try, against Harlequins RL. McShane was a replacement in the Leeds side that won the 2012 World Club Challenge, beating Manly Sea Eagles 26-12.
His time of 10.80s in the second round was the best of the three Pacific Islanders in the second round. His personal bests, both set in 2007, are 10.74s in the 100m and 22.01s in the 200m. As of 2010 he was a winger with the Hornibrook NGI Harlequins rugby team.
Luke Gale (born 22 June 1988) is an English professional rugby league footballer who plays as or for the Leeds Rhinos in the Super League. He is an England Knights and England international. He previously played for the Bradford Bulls and Harlequins RL, for Championships club Doncaster and the Castleford Tigers.
In December it was announced that Gleeson had failed a drugs test on 13 May in a game against Salford in which he scored two tries. He was subsequently banned for 3 years (with half being suspended) from 12 June which was his final game for the club against Harlequins.
Chesney developed his skills playing for Barking RFC until, on the threshold of the professional era, he moved to Saracens in 1995, having rejected overtures from Harlequins and London Wasps. Despite his late introduction to the sport his progress was sufficiently rapid to merit inclusion in the England U21 side.
Bateman is a former product of the Harlequins academy. On 18 February it was announced that Bateman was due to join Leicester Tigers for the 2015/16 season. He left ahead of the 2020–21 season. On 1 September 2020 it was confirmed he had signed for Pro14 side Dragons.
Twickenham Stoop Stadium (informally referred to as The Stoop) is a sports stadium located in south-west London, England. The stadium is home to Harlequins rugby union team, who play in the Gallagher Premiership. The stadium has a capacity of 14,800 and is situated just across the road from Twickenham Stadium.
Mark Lambert (born 19 February 1985 in London) is a former rugby union player for Harlequins in the Gallagher Premiership. He played as a Prop. Lambert represented England at U19 and U21 level. He made his debut for the England Saxons against the Argentina Jaguars at the 2009 Churchill Cup.
In October 2013, he was named in the Fiji team to their 2013 end-of-year tour. On 5 June 2014, Tikoirotuma officially joined Harlequins in England on a two-year contract. However, he was granted early release to join Premiership rivals London Irish for the forthcoming 2015–16 season.
Los Arlequíns (Spanish for "The Harlequins") was a Mexican professional wrestling group, called a stable, who worked as a rudo (term used for wrestlers who portray the "Bad guys") faction. All members of the group started out as masked wrestlers, but several members lost their masks before the group was disbanded.
Simon Worrall is an English rugby league footballer for Toulouse Olympique in the Co-operative Championship he previously played for Leeds Rhinos and rugby union for Leeds Carnegie. His usual position is second row or at loose- forward. He made his début in a win over Harlequins RL in March 2008.
Butler dated Penrith Panthers and South Sydney Rabbitohs player Tim Grant. Butler currently plays rugby union in the Tyrrell’s Premier 15s league for Harlequins and resides in London, England with three fellow rugby playing housemates. Outside of rugby she enjoys running, socialising with friends, red wine and dark chocolate digestives.
During his time with London Scottish Doneghan migrated to a coaching role. He remained a coach there until 2017. Doneghan also began coaching with Serge Betsen Rugby for the 2015-16 season. He became a Community rugby coach for Harlequins in 2015, and became their Schools co-ordinator in 2017.
Gareth Haggerty (born 8 September 1981) is a former Ireland international rugby league footballer. He played for the Widnes Vikings in the Co-operative Championship. He previously played for Harlequins RL, St Helens and the Salford City Reds all of whom play in the Super League. Haggerty's usual position was as a .
Harlequins RL were permitted four quota players as they are considered to be a non-heartland team. The Welsh team Crusaders is allowed 14 overseas players and French side Catalans Dragons are allowed eight non-French players. Championship teams were only allowed one quota player, aside from Toulouse who have five foreign players.
He was Oxford's leading batsman in 1972 with 526 runs at an average of 29.22.’’Wisden’’ 1973, pp. 754–55. He toured Bangladesh with MCC in 1978–79 and continued to play club cricket into his fifties, and was secretary of the Harlequins Cricket Club. His son James played cricket for Hampshire.
Nick Kennedy (born 19 August 1982) is a retired English rugby union player and former Director of Rugby at London Irish. He played Lock for England, London Irish, Toulon and Harlequins. His uncle Duncan Kennedy is a BBC news correspondent. Kennedy represented England Saxons at the 2006 Churchill Cup and 2007 Churchill Cup.
He scored five tries against Exeter Chiefs in Harlequins' 70–5 victory at Twickenham Stoop as the side returned to the Guinness Premiership after a season in National One during which Monye scored 16 tries. Before the 2009–10 season, he had run in 47 tries in 105 games for the club.
Carling played for Rosslyn Park and then joined Harlequins, where he specialised as a centre. In 1988, he became England captain at the age of 22. He was the most successful holder of the post until Martin Johnson's period. His first match as captain was a shock win over Australia by 28-19.
Friend began his coaching career within an Australian Institute of Sport rugby programme in 1995. He held assistant coaching positions at the New South Wales Waratahs and the Brumbies. He was also the Brumbies skills coach under Eddie Jones. In the summer of 2005, Friend joined English Premiership team Harlequins as head coach.
In 2006, he joined the newly-promoted Harlequins for the 2006–07 season, but only made 17 appearances for them. On 24 October 2007 Abbott announced his retirement due to a shoulder injury. In May 2008 Abbott was announced Backs Coach at Rosslyn Park FC, who finished second in the 2008/2009 season.
He scored his first European try in the game with Harlequins on 20 October 2012. In 2013–14, McSharry suffered a slow start to the season due to a long recovery from hip surgery. He made his first appearance in a 2013–14 Heineken Cup game with Zebre on 19 October 2013.
Mark Reddish (born 3 March 1985) is a former New Zealand rugby union player who played as a lock for Wellington in the Mitre 10 Cup and the Highlanders in Super Rugby. Reddish moved to England to play for Harlequins in 2016 and retired from playing a year later due to medical advice.
Andrew Tuoyo Harriman (born 13 July 1964) is a Nigerian born rugby union player who played as a wing for Harlequins and was capped for England as a full international. He was prominent as an exponent of the sevens game, including leading England to victory at the 1993 Rugby World Cup Sevens.
Filimone "Fili" Lolohea (born 31 January 1979) is a New Zealand former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1990s and 2000s. He played at representative level for Tonga, and at club level for the South Sydney Rabbitohs (Heritage No. 963) and London Broncos/Harlequins RL (Heritage No. 446), as or .
On 27 November Rory terminated his contract himself as he felt he was not getting enough playing time risking him losing his place in his Scottish side, he was linked with a return to Northampton Saints as a winger but also to Harlequins and Saracens. He joined Glasgow Warriors in December 2011.
The Premier 15s is the top tier of the women's English rugby union domestic league system run by the Rugby Football Union. The league was created mainly from teams in the Women's Premiership. Its first season began on 16 September 2017. The current champions are Saracens, with the runners up being Harlequins.
Workshops in the area have over 300 standard designs for the sphere, which include hearts, stars, harlequins, flowers, comets and more. Most of the painters are women. A number of the designs of the glass spheres are unique to the town. The creation of these glass spheres have given the town a reputation.
Lamont was born on 15 January 1981 in Perth, Scotland. He attended Sheffield Hallam University where he studied Sports Science between 1999 and 2002. Additionally whilst at Sheffield Hallam he played alongside the likes of Chris Jones (Sale and England) and Dave Strettle (Harlequins and England). Lamont has played for Glasgow Hawks.
Randall moved to Harlequins for 2006's Super League XI. Randall was noted for his effort in attack, whilst his defence was also highly regarded. He played 197 games, just 5 short of the club all-time record. The club reverted to one of its former names, London Broncos, for the 2012 season.
Aberavon Harlequins RFC (nicknamed "The Mighty Quins") is a Welsh rugby union team located in the Fairfield area of Port Talbot, a few minutes away from the town centre and Aberavon. In 1955, the team gained membership of the Welsh Rugby Union (WRU). Today the club is a feeder club for the Ospreys.
Demetri Catrakilis (, born 6 July 1989) is a South African professional rugby union player for the in the Pro14. He previously played for Premiership side Harlequins, Top 14 side , for the and the in Super Rugby, for in the Currie Cup and Vodacom Cup competition and for the in the Varsity Cup.
Newcastle won the first Powergen Cup, defeating the Harlequins 30–27. London Irish won it for their first time the following season, and Gloucester won it for the first time since 1982 in 2003. Newcastle won in 2004, and in 2005, Leeds Tykes defeated Bath to win it for the first time.
In 1908 Huzzey turned out for Wales in the first international British baseball match, contested between Wales and England. The game was played at the Harlequins Ground in Cardiff, Wales winning 122-114. In the Welsh team on that day were two other Cardiff RFC players, Jack ‘Buzzer’ Heaven and Charlie Spackman.
From 1950 to 1980 he was president of Harlequins. An all- round sportsman, Wakefield also became the president of the Ski Club of Great Britain, the British Sub-Aqua Club and the British Water Ski Federation. In 1999 Wakefield was inducted as the first English member of the International Rugby Hall of Fame.
Martín Landajo (born June 14, 1988 in Buenos Aires) is an Argentine rugby union player. He plays as a scrumhalf. He currently plays for national Argentina team and Harlequins. He played for Pampas XV. He has 27 caps for national Argentina team, since 2008, with 5 tries scored, 25 points on aggregate.
Adam Janowski (; born 19 September 1987 in London) is a professional rugby league footballer for Harlequins RL in the Super League. He plays as a . He made his début against Leeds Rhinos in Round 17 of the 2008 Super League season. Janowski started out as a junior at the South London Storm.
Auelua is of Samoan descent. He was born in Wellington but moved with his family to Campbelltown in Sydney at a young age, where he played most of his junior rugby for the Campbelltown Harlequins Rugby Club. He attended Trinity Grammar and played rugby for the Australian Schoolboys in 2001 and 2002.
Ah Van kicked 3 goals from 4. Aussie Kearney also signed a new three-year deal at the Bulls. Half Back Kyle Briggs went out on loan for a month at strugglers Harlequins RL. Bradford announced their first signing for the 2012 season in the form of Newcastle Knights centre Keith Lulia.
Kevin Penny is an English former professional rugby league footballer who played as a er in the 2000s and 2010s. He played for the Warrington Wolves and the Wakefield Trinity Wildcats in the Super League, on loan for Harlequins RL and for the Widnes Vikings and the Swinton Lions in rugby league's Championship.
Mycock captained Sale Rugby Club on 29 May 1936. Mycock said one of his principal aims would be to strengthen the junior teams and try to bring on the clubs own players. He joined Harlequins on 5 December 1936. He was first selected for England on 7 January 1939/ playing at Number 8.
Fake blood injuries have been used for tactical benefit, to enable teams to withdraw a player they may wish to bring back on later. A notable example was the "Bloodgate" incident, where Harlequins wing Tom Williams came off the field with what turned out to be a faked blood injury in order to facilitate a tactical substitution. An investigation by the ERC and the RFU revealed that blood injuries had also been faked by Harlequins to enable tactical substitutions on four previous occasions. These findings resulted in a four-month ban for Williams, a three- year ban for former director of rugby Dean Richards and a two-year ban for physiotherapist Steph Brennan as well as a £260,000 fine for the club.
During the quarter final of the 2009 Heineken Cup against Leinster, Harlequins wing Tom Williams came off the field with what turned out to be a faked blood injury to facilitate a tactical substitution of fly-half Nick Evans back onto the field. An investigation by the ERC and the RFU revealed that blood injuries had also been faked by Harlequins to enable tactical substitutions on four previous occasions. These findings resulted in a twelve-month ban for Williams – reduced to 4 months on appeal, a three-year ban for former director of rugby Dean Richards and a two- year ban for physiotherapist Steph Brennan as well as a £260,000 fine for the club.AFP Quins escape further action in bloodgate scandal.
With the introduction of leagues in 1987 bringing a more competitive environment, Harlequins maintained their status in the Premier Division as one of England's top 12 clubs until 2005. The club has won the Rugby Football Union clubs knockout competition on two occasions: the John Player Cup in 1988 and Pilkington Cup in 1991. In addition, they played in the finals of 1992, 1993 and 2001. Harlequins hold the world record for providing the most players from one club (8) in a Rugby World Cup final. In the second ever RWC final at Twickenham in November 1991, seven Harlequin players appeared for England (Will Carling, Simon Halliday, Jason Leonard, Brian Moore, Paul Ackford, Mickey Skinner, Peter Winterbottom) and Troy Coker played in the Australian pack.
Gardner made his Super League début in a match against Wakefield Trinity on 4 March 2006 for Huddersfield. He enjoyed a solid début season with the Huddersfield in 2006, which included a memorable hat-trick against the Catalans Dragons, and also played several games, which saw him line-up against his brother Ade Gardner. He played in Huddersfield's first seven games and scored 2 tries, although a long run in the reserves followed before he was recalled for the game against Harlequins RL. With Huddersfield signing David Hodgson from Salford and Rod Jensen being established on the other wing Mat Gardner left Huddersfield and signed for Salford for the 2008 season. Gardner moved to Harlequins RL for the 2009 Super League season.
Seven minutes into the second half of their 2008–09 Heineken Cup quarter-final against Leinster, Harlequins fly-half Nick Evans suffered a thigh injury and was replaced by Chris Malone. However, Malone tore his hamstring 20 minutes later, and was replaced by wing Tom Williams, leaving full-back Mike Brown as the best available kicking option. With eight minutes to play and the score at 6–5 to Leinster, Brown had the chance to give Harlequins the lead from a penalty, but he pushed his kick wide. Williams himself then came off with an apparent blood injury, allowing Evans to return to the field despite having been substituted earlier; however, his late drop goal attempt went wide and Leinster went on to win the game.
On 16 December 2009, Harlequins announced that O'Shea would become their new Director of Rugby replacing Dean Richards.Harlequins appoint Conor O'Shea as director of rugby He started his new position on 15 March 2010, midway through the 2009/10 season. In his first full season in charge, he restored Harlequins to the Heineken Cup for the 2011–12 season following a 7th-place finish in the 2010–11 Aviva Premiership. He guided Quins to the semi-finals of the 2010–11 LV Cup and to the final of the 2010–11 European Challenge Cup, defeating Stade Français 19–18. In 2012, Quins topped the 2011–12 Aviva Premiership table at the end of the regular season with 75 points (17 wins, 1 draw, 4 losses).
The 2011–12 season saw Connacht qualify for the Heineken Cup for the first time. McCarthy started every one of Connacht's games, including the team's first ever win in the competition, in the home game against Harlequins. He also started 19 of Connacht's games in the Pro 12, the new name for the Celtic League.
A golden tree had been erected with all the coats of arms of the participating knights. They were dressed like famous figures from legend and history, while their squires were dressed as harlequins. A notable example of an elaborate costume was that of Anthony of Luxembourg. Chained in a black castle, he entered the lists.
After Sarah Jane reveals her fear of clowns, Luke reveals that he knows Johnny Depp is also coulrophobic having read it in Heat. Spellman outlines the history of clowns citing Pharaohs' fools, harlequins, Native American clowns and Mediaeval court jesters, and numerous references are made to the legend of The Pied Piper of Hamelin.
Rob Thomas (born 9 October 1990) is an English professional rugby league footballer who has played in the 2010s. He has played at club level for the West London Sharks, Harlequins RL (now the London Broncos), the London Skolars in Championship One, and the Hemel Stags in the Kingstone Press League 1 as a .
He played in the winning Aviva A League team, Saracens Storm, as well as for the Saracens LV Cup winning team. On 28 March 2015, he made his debut in the Aviva Premiership against Harlequins 42-14 at the Wembley Stadium in London, England, in front of a world record breaking assistance of 84,068.
Cooper-Woolley was born in Reigate and attended St Bede's School in Redhill, Surrey. While at school, he played for Dorking and was a part of the Harlequins Elite Player Development Group (EPDG) before deciding to focus on his studies at Cardiff University, Cooper-Woolley also competed in the England Schools Championship at shot-putt.
22-year-old Lang joined Harlequins academy in the summer of 2016 from Rugby Gogledd Cymru. He has since made several successful appearances as Fly-Half for Quins. Characteristic of Lang's style on the rugby field is his strong and accurate kicking. Lang himself has mentioned working with former Quins Fly-half Nick Evans.
Following that, new Director of Rugby Gary Gold also made O'Callaghan the club's Premiership captain. He signed a one-year contract extension in April 2017. O'Callaghan retired from rugby after captaining Worcester to a 44–13 win Harlequins on 28 April 2018, a result that ensured Worcester remained in the Premiership for the following season.
Llwyncelyn () is a district of Porth, Rhondda Cynon Taf. Consisting of five long terraces and two modern housing developments, Llwyncelyn has one shop and a parish church, St. Luke's Church. Llwyncelyn is also where Porth Harlequins RFC play their home rugby union matches. Nearby Nyth-Brân Farm was the home of athlete Guto Nyth Brân.
He attended the University of Ulster, Jordanstown and played for the Queens University Belfast rugby team, earning a selection to the Ireland U20 Team before transferring to Belfast Harlequins. He subsequently was capped at U21 level and was named as the Irish Rugby Union Players Association (IRUPA) 'Young Player of the Year' in 2003.
Moon was born in Birmingham, England to Henry and Audrey Moon. His elder brother, Richard Henry Quentin Barker Moon, played rugby for Walsall, Abertillery, Harlequins, England A and the Barbarians at scrum half. His elder sister, Estelle Annette Augusta Barker Moon, played rugby at Scrum Half for Wasps Ladies. Rupert is married, with two children.
Pom Simona (born 21 July 1979) is an Australian professional rugby union football coach. He is currently the head coach of the Melbourne Rising team that plays in the NRC competition, and also head coach of the Melbourne Harlequins. Simona had previously represented the Rising team in the 2014 and 2015 additions of the NRC.
David Patrick Ward (born 21 May 1985) is an English rugby union player for Premiership side Harlequins, and Head Coach of Guildford Rugby Club. A hooker, Ward has previously played for Sale Sharks, Northampton Saints, Bath Rugby and the Cornish Pirates. At international level he has represented the England under-18s, under-21s and Saxons.
He was buried four days later in St Mary's Churchyard, Hendon. Chapman left behind a widow, Annie, two sons, Ken (born 1908) and Bruce (born 1911), and two daughters, Molly (born 1915) and Joyce (born 1919). Ken was a rugby union player for Harlequins, and later served as president of the Rugby Football Union.
Albanese joined Leeds Tykes in 2002 on a two-year contract. He made his debut against Leicester Tigers in August 2002 and helped his new side to a 26–13 win. In his first season 2002–2003 Diego made 18 starts in the Zurich Premiership scoring one try, a match winner against Harlequins at Headingley.
Andrew Friend (born 24 April 1969) is an Australian rugby union coach and former player. He is currently the head coach of Irish province Connacht. He was previously head coach of the Australia Sevens team, the Brumbies in Super Rugby, English club Harlequins, and Canon Eagles and Suntory Sungoliath in the Japanese Top League.
After doctorate studies in English literature, she continued her post-doctoral studies in the same university's School of English Philology. In 1949, she became an associate professor with her thesis "Harlequins in the era of Elizabeth I of England theater". She was appointed professor at the same faculty in 1960. She retired in 1977.
Karen Ross Findlay (born 1968) is a Scottish rugby coach and former international player who played for the Scotland women's national rugby union team. She coaches Harlequins Ladies who compete in the Women's Premiership. She won 85 caps for Scotland and captained the side 52 times. She is a Chief Superintendent with the Metropolitan Police.
In 2002 Lolohea joined the South Sydney Rabbitohs when they returned to the National Rugby League. He played in nine first grade games for the club over three seasons. Lolohea then moved to England, joining the London Broncos/Harlequins RL. He played in 32 matches over two seasons for the London side before retiring.
The suburb has an Australian Rules football team competing in the Southern Football League. Ashwood is home to the Melbourne Harlequins, a rugby union team competing in the Victorian Rugby Union premier division. Ashwood is also home to the Waverley Hockey Club at the Ashwood Reserve Park, which competes in the Hockey Victoria competition.
Tyrone Smith (born 12 July 1983) is an Australian-Tongan professional rugby union and rugby league footballer. He is currently signed to the French Rugby Pro D2 team RC Narbonne. Smith previously played Super Rugby with the Brumbies and Super League with the London Broncos/Harlequins RL. His usual position is centre (RU) or (RL).
Mike Wedderburn was born in Portsmouth, Hampshire, on 28 March 1964. He was educated at Portsmouth Grammar School. He played cricket as a fast bowler for Hampshire, making four appearances in the Second Eleven Championship in 1983 and 1984. He also played rugby union for Harlequins and Wasps before an injury ended his career.
He appeared for Harlequins in their 1991–92 Pilkington Cup Final defeat against Bath. He gained a degree in English Literature before completing an MSc in Sports Science at Loughborough University. Of Barbadian descent, his brother Jim Wedderburn won a bronze medal in athletics representing the British West Indies at the 1960 Summer Olympics.
The Māori All Blacks will tour for the first time since 2014, playing the United States in Chicago, in a match that is part of 'The Rugby Weekend', doubling up with the Ireland–New Zealand game the same weekend. The Māori All Blacks later traveled to Europe, playing Irish side Munster and English side Harlequins.
Daniel Stuart Care (born 2 January 1987) is an English rugby union player who plays for Harlequins in the Premiership as a scrum-half. He made his debut for England in 2008 and has won 84 caps. He previously played for England in several youth age groups as well as England Sevens and England Saxons.
Yvonne O'Byrne (born 2 January 1992) is an Ireland women's field hockey international. She was a member of the Ireland team that played in the 2018 Women's Hockey World Cup final. She plays for Cork Harlequins in the Women's Irish Hockey League and has also played for Cork Institute of Technology at intervarsity level.
After only one season Harlequins won the National Division One at the first attempt and returned to the Guinness Premiership for season 2006–07. Bedford Blues finished in second place and there was no relegation to National Division Two following the RFU's decision to expand National Division One from 14 to 16 teams for the 2006–07 season.
Around 1920, Iosif Iser adopted a more luminous range of colours, while softening the textures. He continued his "Tatar" themes with his Tătăroaică în albastru ("Tatar Woman in Blue") and Famile de tătari ("Tatar Family"). He expanded on another series, one that depicted harlequins. In 1955, he was elected a full member of the Romanian Academy.
He joined Leicester Tigers in 1951 and made his debut 1 December 1951 against Harlequins. He played in 38 matches for Leicester, scoring 15 tries, his final match was on Tuesday 7 April 1953 against Exeter. An ordained Anglican minister, Botting was killed when he was knocked from his bicycle by a motor vehicle in Christchurch in 1980.
Duncombe initially played for the Saracens' youth squads before joining Harlequins. He made his professional debut in 2002. Besides the 15-a-side version, Duncombe also represented England in sevens at the 2002 Commonwealth Games. In May 2002 Clive Woodward called up Duncombe to the England training squad for the non- cap test against the Barbarians.
Sam Smith (born 6 June 1990 in Epsom, Surrey, England), is a former English rugby union player. He played on the wing. Smith made his first grade debut in the LV= Cup for Harlequins against the Newcastle Falcons on 15 November 2009. His father Simon Smith played for Wasps and gained 9 caps for England between 1985 and 1986.
In May 2016, it was confirmed that Jackson would be joining Premiership rivals Harlequins ahead of the 2016–17 season. Jackson re-signed for Glasgow Warriors in the summer of 2017, and extended his contract for a further year in 2018. He played mostly at full-back, having mostly played fly- half earlier in his career.
George Crook (born 13 October 1988) is an English rugby union player for Birmingham & Solihull in The Championship and Worcester Warriors in the Guinness Premiership. Crook made his Premiership debut against Harlequins in April 2009 and marked his home Premiership debut with a try againstLondon Irish. He played as a fly-half. Crook attended Bromsgrove School.
In 1853 he played cricket for Harlequins and between 1855 and 1857 played for Gentlemen of Kent teams. In due course, he became the vicar of Chorleywood, Hertfordshire.British Census 1881 RG11 1440/144 p3 It was said that few of the younger people could hold their own against him at lawn tennis. The History Of Athletic Sports In England.
Kenya Harlequin undertook a tour of the UK and Ireland in 1986 and three tours to South Africa in 1996, 1999 and 2001 as guests of Pretoria Harlequins. Zimbabwe and Uganda were the destinations in 2003 while the under 21 side has visited Tanzania on an annual basis since 2002, hosted by the Dar es Salaam Leopards RFC.
He scored three tries in the competition, crossing the line against Madrid, Bourjoin and Worcester Warriors. In the 2010–11 season, Muldoon's former Connacht teammate Eric Elwood took over the side. In the Challenge Cup, the team failed to qualify from their group, finishing second behind eventual champions Harlequins. Muldoon played in four of the team's six European matches.
Michael Gordon Skinner (born 26 November 1958), also known as Mickey, Mick, and Mike, is a former English rugby union player who played at flanker for Harlequins, Blackheath and . His nickname was "Mick the Munch" because of his propensity to inflict bone-shaking tackles on the opposition. He was born in Newcastle-Upon-Tyne. He attended Walbottle Grammar School.
It was extended to 14 matches to allow a match against a Wales "Under 25" team. Fiji did not have much success in the early matches of the tour. They had a better result when played the traditional tour-ending match against the Barbarians. As a result of Tikoisuva’s performance on that tour he was recruited to Harlequins .
He was a replacement as Exeter Chiefs defeated Wasps to be crowned champions of the 2016-17 English Premiership. Following his departure from Exeter, he signed for Wasps on a deal until the end of the 2018–19 season. On 19 March 2019, Campagnaro has signed for Harlequins from the 2019–20 season, after the 2019 Rugby World Cup.
Various sides have been invited to play in the Gala Sevens tournament throughout the years. The Barbarians entered in a side in 1976, as did Harlequins. Newcastle Falcons reached the final in 1999; Llanelli RFC reached the final in 1970; Bridgend RFC reached the final in 1971. The Fiji national rugby sevens team won the event in 1991.
John McNeece and his London-based team of designers were engaged by P&O; to bring the British look to the high- revenue generating interiors of the ship, such as Anderson's, Lord's Tavern, the Knightsbridge Shops, the Emporium, Harlequins, the Casino, the Photo Gallery, the Pacific Lounge, and related public spaces, as well as on-board information graphics.
The Cork Cricket Academy operates within the city, with the stated aim of introducing the sport to schools in the city and county. Cork's other main cricket club, Harlequins Cricket Club, play close to Cork Airport. The provincial representative side, the Munster Reds, plays its home matches in the Twenty20 Inter-Provincial Trophy at the Mardyke Cricket Ground.
William Ralph Martin-Leake (21 December 1865 – 14 November 1942)William Leake player profile Scrum.com was an English rugby union forward who played club rugby for Cambridge University and Harlequins and international rugby for England. In 1890 Leake became one of the original members of the Barbarians. Leake also played cricket as a youth, representing Dulwich College.
Mbu joined the National League One team Doncaster for the 2007 season and was appointed captain. He rejoined the renamed Harequins RL midway through the 2007 season due to Doncaster's financial difficulties.Forward Mbu returns to Harlequins BBC Sport, 22 May 2007 He remained at the Harequins RL before retiring at the end of the 2009 season.
Harrow had seven veterans from the 1909 match. Harrow came to the match unbeaten in 1910, having beaten the Free Foresters, Harlequins, Quidnuncs and the Household Brigade earlier in the season. Eton had lost to Free Foresters, Authentics and Butterflies. Two Old Harrovians, Stanley Jackson and Archie MacLaren, had been England captains in the preceding five years.
Darryl Yaw A. Marfo (born 1 November 1990) is a Scottish international rugby player. He has previously played for Harlequins and Bath in Premiership Rugby, London Scottish, London Welsh and Ealing Trailfinders in the RFU Championship and Edinburgh Rugby in the Pro14. On 11 November 2017 he made his debut against , and has gained three caps.
Cardiff Harlequins RFC was a rugby union club located in the Welsh capital city of Cardiff. The team provided several international players during the late 19th century, most notably Gwyn Nicholls, who after leaving the club not only represented Wales but also played for the British Isles on their 1899 tour of Australia. The club disbanded in the 1890s.
Gloucester 7s win the 2014 Premiership Rugby Sevens Series As with last year, the winner of the final qualifies for the World Club 7s. However, Gloucester have already qualified for the 2014 World Club 7s. As there can only one Welsh side in the tournament (the invited Cardiff Blues), Harlequins took the final place at the World Club 7s.
Bell had joined NEC Harlequins, but was unable to win a professional contract. Bell then spent a season with Ebbw Vale, prior to a four-year spell with Sale. He made the move to Pontypridd in 2001. During his time at the Club, Bell won the 2002 Principality Cup and was a finalist in the 2002 Parker Pen Shield.
He then joined Harlequins from 2005 to 2009, winning the second division in 2006, and leading them to second in the Premiership in 2009. He was banned from coaching for the next three years following the Bloodgate scandal. After the expiration of his ban he was appointed by Newcastle Falcons and won the second division again in 2013.
Detail from Portrait of an Actor by Domenico Fetti (-1622, Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg), identified as Tristano Martinelli or Francesco Andreini Tristano Martinelli (c. 1556 – 1630), called Dominus Arlecchinorum, the "Master of Harlequins", was an Italian actor in the commedia dell'arte tradition. He is probably the first actor to use the name 'Harlequin' for the secondo zanni role.Jarro (G.
Kieran Treadwell (born 6 November 1995) is an English-born, Irish rugby union player who currently plays in the Pro14 for Ulster. He attended The John Fisher School as a pupil. Before joining Irish province Ulster ahead of the 2016–17 Pro12 season, Treadwell played for English side Harlequins, having come through their Academy as a youth.
He was a replacement for Harlequins in their 2011–12 Premiership final victory over Leicester Tigers. In November 2017, he was elected as the chairman of the Rugby Players' Association He holds the rather auspicious record of being the player most used as a substitute in Gallagher Premiership history. He announced his retirement in June 2020.
Haldane 'Hal' Naude Luscombe is a former Wales international rugby union player. His usual position was on the wing or in the centres. The last team he played for was Worcester Warriors in the top level of English rugby, the Guinness Premiership. He previously played for the Newport Gwent Dragons in Wales and Harlequins of England.
Between 2002 and 2006, Healey continued to play football in the semi-professional League of Wales (renamed the Welsh Premier League from 2002–03), continuing with Llanelli for another season, then playing for two seasons with Port Talbot Town and one season for Cardiff Grange Harlequins. He also played for Bridgend Town, Goytre United and Barry Town.
Cassell was a back-row forward who played his club rugby for a number of English club sides, his first major club being Saracens. He later joined Harlequins and then Northampton. His time with Northampton saw him into the era of the newly formed Premiership. However, his playing days were cut short in 1998 due to a knee injury.
Since his first senior cap in 2012 Collier has featured regularly for the Harlequins senior squad in the Aviva Premiership. He made his England Test debut against Argentina on 10 June 2017 and made a second appearance a week later in the deciding match, scoring a try. England won the Argentina tour, June 2017; two test matches to nil.
William John Heaton Greenwood, MBE (born 20 October 1972) is an English former rugby union player who played for Leicester Tigers and Harlequins and was a member of England's 2003 World Cup-winning team. He played in the centres, mainly as an inside centre. He is the son of Dick Greenwood, who was a former England coach.
He spent a season at Harlequins, in England, returning to play for RC Narbonne, where he would finish his career in 2000. He won the title of French Champion with Racing Club de France, in 1990. He had 15 caps for France, from 1994 to 1995, without ever scoring. He played at the Five Nations in 1994 and 1995.
Also Prop forward Nick Scruton signed a 3-year contract to stay with the Bulls until 2014. April 2011 Youngster Tom Burgess made his long-awaited debut in the 24–22 win over Harlequins, although the Bulls played well in parts they never really got out of first gear and just managed to hold onto a win.
Cannon made his first appearance of the 2015–16 season in a Premiership game against Harlequins on 16 October 2015. In the middle of the season however, Cannon went on loan to London Scottish in the Championship. He made a single appearance for the side during his loan, starting against Rotherham Titans on 5 December 2015.
The Harlequins Foundation was set up in 2015 as an independent charity (1161838). It delivers two flagship programmes: Switch – a women and girls project which aims to develop female leaders, and METTLE – a project that develops skills and knowledge to improve physical health and mental well- being for 9-12 year olds. The METTLE pilot was evaluated by St Mary's University and the programme was found to have had a positive impact on young people's self-confidence, wellbeing, decision making and mental resilience. In September 2018, The Harlequins Foundation and The Movember Foundation announced a long-term partnership in joint initiative committed to help rugby fans, and the wider community, address the issues around men's health and provide information and guidance on what to do when mental health suffers.
However, rugby union has not managed to lure away more than a handful of elite players from rugby league, as the two codes have become quite different over the decades of separation in both culture and in aspects of play. The preferred body type and skill sets of players differ, especially in the play of the forwards. With access to players of different types, some more suited to one code and some to the other, some English rugby union clubs have even formed partnerships with a rugby league club which plays in the premier rugby league competitions – the most notable example being Harlequins with London Broncos (formerly Harlequins Rugby League), and between Wigan Warriors and Saracens. In some countries rugby union's administration and structure have not developed along with its professionalism.
At the end of the season, Ian Lenagan took over fellow Super League side Wigan Warriors and was given two years to sell his Harlequins shares. In 2008, Harlequins RL got off to a good start, winning six from the first ten games but as was customary a second half of the season collapse saw the club won only five from the last seventeen games to finish in 9th again. In 2009, the club was playing very well in the early part of the season, which extended up until 12 June with ten wins from sixteen but the rest of the season was miserable with one win from 12 seeing the club slide from an established 5th position to 11th. Home supporters were particularly displeased with the 0–48 home loss to Castleford and the 0–36 half time score v Bradford. By round 12 in 2010, the club had won only one game from the first eleven and were bottom of the table, meaning that McDermott had seen the team win just twice in twenty three games and at half-time away at Wigan the team were losing 24–6 before pulling off the finest comeback as Harlequins RL to win 38–26.
The Tabula consider Travelers to be a threat to their control. The Travelers are individuals with a special gift which allows them to detach from their bodies and journey through elemental barriers to other realms. Pathfinders are individuals capable of teaching potential Travelers how to break free from their body. Harlequins are specially trained warriors who are committed to protecting Travelers.
The Ottawa Harlequins were a Canadian rugby union team based in eastern Ontario. The team played in the Rugby Canada Super League and drew most of its players from the Eastern Ontario Rugby Union, one of fourteen Rugby Unions that have rep teams in the RCSL. They played their home games at Twin Elm Rugby Park in South Nepean, Ottawa.
Aston Croall (born 10 July 1984) is an English rugby union player for Harlequins. He usually plays at loosehead prop or hooker. He has represented England at the Under 16, 18, 19 21's and England counties. he was part of the England Under 21 squad that competed in the International Rugby Board Under 21 World Championships in June 2005.
He then played for five seasons at Bath, including a brief stint on loan to Bristol. He moved to Hampton in London's south-west in 2007 for two seasons with Harlequins, and two seasons with London Irish. Malone was Vice-Chairman of the Rugby Players' Association, and the players' representative for London Irish during his two seasons at the club.
He joined the Metropolitan Police Force and was capped for England while playing rugby for them as a wing-forward. He also played for Harlequins and London Counties. After playing eight times for England he was selected for the 1955 British Lions tour to South Africa, making 15 appearances and scoring three tries. He failed to make the test team, however.
Between 1980 and 1984, Fulham rugby league played their home games at the Cottage. They have since evolved into the London Crusaders, the London Broncos and Harlequins Rugby League before reverting to London Broncos ahead of the 2012 season. Craven Cottage held the team's largest ever crowd at any ground with 15,013, at a game against Wakefield Trinity on 15 February 1981.
In 1929 after a four-year break from the game, Crawley joined Middlesex, making one appearance for the county against Oxford University. As well as representing the aforementioned teams, Crawley also played for the Free Foresters and the Harlequins cricket team. Crawley played in four first-class matches altogether – two of them for Oxford University and two against Oxford University.
He later joined Southern League Premier side Merthyr Tydfil in 1999 and spent six seasons with the club making over 200 appearances. He was also the club captain. In the summer of 2005 he signed for newly promoted Welsh Premier League side Cardiff Grange Harlequins but only made eight league appearances and the side couldn't avoid relegation at the first attempt.
Griffin playing for Huddersfield in the 2009 Challenge Cup Final against the Warrington Wolves. Griffin came through the youth system at both Oxford and Witney Rugby Club.London Broncos 2001 Official Guide: "Enter the Gladiators - Broncos player profiles 2001", London Broncos, Darrell Griffin, p. 14, 1 January 2001. He joined Wakefield Trinity Wildcats in June 2003 from rugby union side Harlequins.
Gareth Lloyd Rees (born 30 June 1967 in Duncan, British Columbia) is a former Canadian international rugby union footballer who played at fly-half and full back positions.Gareth Rees player profile ESPN Scrum.com Rees played for several British club sides, including Wasps and Harlequins. He won 55 caps for Canada, captaining them on 23 occasions and scoring 487 test points.
Scott Shirley Steele (born 24 July 1993 in Dumfries, Scotland) is a Scottish rugby union player for Harlequins. His primary position is as a scrum-half. He is also England qualified. On 1 March 2016 it was announced that Steele had signed a two-year contract extension which would see him remain at London Irish until the end of the 2017-18 season.
In the fifth round they faced premiership opponents in the form of Harlequins at the Twickenham Stoop. The following years also saw further adventures in the National Cup. In 2001 Mowden once again defied league position and reached the 4th round of cup, only to narrowly lose to Birmingham & Solihull who, at the time, were in Allied-Dunbar Premiership 2.
His club team was Harlequins. Willcox made his international debut on 11 February 1961 at Lansdowne Road in the Ireland vs England match. Of the 19 matches he played for his national side he was on the winning side on 6 occasions. He played his final match for England on 21 March 1964 at Murrayfield in the Scotland vs England match.
Greenwood was born in Fife and educated at Dunfermline High School and Edinburgh University, where he read English. He played club rugby for Dunfermline RFC and the North and Midlands team.Jones, p34 He also played for Harlequins, the RAF and Eastern Counties during his national service in the RAF. After touring with the British Lions, he played for Perthshire Academicals.
Stedman, p. 62 By 29 March 1869, it was preceded by T. W. Robertson's play Dreams and The Two Harlequins and sometimes ran with Letty the Basketmaker, an obscure opera by Michael Balfe. The work was revived at the Gaiety Theatre several times over the next few years, and a tenth anniversary revival was staged at the Gaiety in 1878.Moss, Simon.
The foundation delivers the Premiership Rugby Funded Programmes: Move like a Pro, Project Rugby, Tackling Health and Hitz. Additionally the charity allocates grants to local organisations and charities in the local community. In 2020 it was announced that The Harlequins Foundation would partner with The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award and become the only Premiership Rugby club licensed to deliver the DofE.
Harlequins made a disappointing start to the new season suffering two defeats in their opening two home games against Northampton and Saracens. Injuries stalled their start to the season, and they found themselves in seventh after five games. Their season did eventually improve and they did begin to challenge for a top four spot. But four consecutive away defeats set them back again.
Chris Riley (born 22 February 1988) is an English former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 2000s and 2010s. He played at representative level for the England Knights, and at club level for Woolston Rovers ARLFC, Warrington Wolves, Harlequins RL (loan), Swinton Lions (loan), Wakefield Trinity Wildcats (two spells, including initially on loan) and the Rochdale Hornets, as a or er.
Past pupils of the college are known as Old Collegians and the college has a former pupils' organisation that brands itself as Methody Collegians. They have branches across the world, including London, Hong Kong and Canada. The college has links with Belfast Harlequins, the successor of the former sports club for staff and past pupils, Collegians. Methodist College is a registered charity.
Vos retired from international rugby in 2002, saying, "Physically I am no longer up to Springbok rugby." He captained the Harlequins for three years until he resigned at the end of the 2005/6 season, when Paul Volley took over. He was able to obtain a free transfer to England, as his English-born wife Caroline holds a British passport.
Haden was noted for his powerful scrummage skills and for his imposing presence at the lineout. He played club rugby for Auckland, Harlequins in London and Algida Rome in Italy. Off the field, he published his autobiography, Boots ’n All, in 1983. By receiving royalties from the book, he ostensibly tested the sport's strict amateurism rules in force back then.
Gabriel Oluwatimilehin Kayode Ibitoye (born 5 March 1998) is an English rugby union player for Agen in the Top 14. His primary position is wing. Ibitoye began playing rugby at Trinity School (Croydon) aged 11, initially a forward he later moved to the centres and then wing. His first club was Bromley R.F.C. Ibitoye made his Harlequins debut in November 2017 against Saracens.
Aspen won the first championship, defeating Old Blue 22 points to eight in the final which was played in San Diego. The following season in 1998, two more sides gained entry into the competition, Boston RFC and the Philadelphia Whitemarsh RFC. Both teams joined the eastern conference, which saw the Harlequins move to the Western conference. This expansion saw two fifteen-team conferences.
The final game of the tournament, was a Wooden Spoon decider away to Ireland. Bennett was joined in this game by fellow Harlequins team-mate Frederick Nicholls, who played on the wing. The game ended in a loss, the first time Wales had lost all three Championship matches, and Bennett's international career ended in a poor, played four, lost four record.
A Leeds academy graduate, Gale joined Doncaster in 2007 and established himself as a first-choice player, winning the National League Two Young Player of the Year award in 2008, in which he became the club's record points scorer in a season. Gale's form at Doncaster attracted interest from Super League clubs and he moved to London's Harlequins Rugby League team.
Sebastian Stegmann (born 12 April 1989 in Isleworth) is a rugby union player for Ealing Trailfinders in the RFU Championship. He plays as a wing. He attended Cranleigh School as a youngster and during his time in Harlequins academy, he spent several games playing for Esher RFC. Stegmann scored his first try for Quins 1st XV on 22 March 2009 against Sale Sharks.
On 25 February 2013, Sebastian Stegmann would leave Harlequins to join London Welsh on a two-year contract for the 2013/14 season. On 10 April 2015, Stegmann signs for Yorkshire Carnegie on a two-year deal in the RFU Championship from the 2015-16 season. On 25 May 2017, Stegmann signed for Championship rivals Ealing Trailfinders from the 2017-18 season.
The main stand at Goldington Road Towards the end of the 2005–06 season, two new temporary stands were built for the big home tie against Harlequins, at one point these stands were made a long term part of the stadium, along with the grounds public house and original stand. As of the 2006-07 season the extra stands have been removed.
Goode was a Pembroke Wanderers player when she made her senior Ireland debut. During the 2005–06 season Goode played for Cork Harlequins after moving to Cork for work. In 2006–07 she re-joined Pembroke Wanderers. Together with Natalie Fulton, she was a member of the Wanderers women's team that lost 1–0 to Pegasus in the Irish Senior Cup final.
Following her death in 2015, Lavender and Williams are the last surviving major Dad's Army cast members. Pamela Cundell was involved with amateur theatre in her later years and was President of the Harlequins Theatre Club of Mill Hill, where she directed several shows along with fellow Dad's Army actor Frank Williams. She died at the age of 95 on 14 February 2015.
Scott Bemand (born 21 September 1978 in Hereford) is a retired English rugby union player. He formerly played for Harlequins, Leicester Tigers and Bath. He was a member of the senior England squad that toured Australia in 2006. Bemand played for three seasons at Leicester Tigers before injury forced him out of the team at the end of the 2006–7 season.
He began his coaching career in 2003 as an assistant at Huddersfield Giants, taking his first senior coaching role with Harlequins RL in 2006, before joining Leeds as head coach in 2010. McDermott coached Leeds to several major trophies including the 2011, 2012, 2015 and 2017 Super League titles, the 2012 World Club Challenge, and the 2014 and 2015 Challenge Cups.
At the start of the 2001 season, Adam signing with Ulster Rugby, playing for 8 seasons until his retirement in late 2007. Since retiring as a player, Adam has settled in Ulster, working as a town planning consultant in the private sector. He also coached Irish club Belfast Harlequins in the first division of All Ireland League between 2011 - 2016.
Richard Clement Charles "Clem" Thomas (28 January 1929 – 5 September 1996)Clem Thomas player profile ESPN Scrum.com was a international rugby union player. A flanker, he represented Cambridge University R.U.F.C. in the Varsity Match in 1949 and played for Brynamman, Swansea, London Welsh and Harlequins. He earned 26 caps for Wales, between 1949 and 1959 and captained Wales in his last nine internationals.
Oxford Harlequins Rugby Football Club is a rugby union club based in Oxford. In the 2013–14 season they gained promotion into the National League 3 South West which is level five of the English rugby union system although they are currently in South West 1 East. The Director of Rugby is Stuart Wells and the Head Coach is Pete Davies.
The world-famous Middlesex Sevens were organised by Dr. Russell-Cargill and the Middlesex Hon. Secretary CS Bongard, the first tournament taking place according to one source in 1925 and others in 1926. This was the first seven-a-side rugby festival in England. The first tournament took place at Twickenham in aid of Middlesex hospital was won by Harlequins.
Paul Henry Sackey (born 8 November 1979) is a retired English rugby union footballer who played on the wing, most recently for Harlequins in the Aviva Premiership. He is an England international. He has also played for the England Saxons and the England Sevens team. He is of Ghanaian heritage and attended the Roman Catholic John Fisher School in Purley.
One week later, Munster beat Racing Métro 92 29–6 at home to secure the second 'best runner-up' spot and advance to the tournament knockout stage. In their quarter-final against English team Harlequins on 7 April 2013, Munster produced an immense performance, captained by Paul O'Connell in the absence of Doug Howlett, to win 18–12 away from home.
In the Challenge Cup, Connacht were knocked out in the pool stages, finishing second in their group behind the eventual winners of the tournament, Harlequins. During the course of the season, the loss of a number of key players, such as Seán Cronin and Ian Keatley, were announced, with the players signing to Connacht's provincial rivals for the start of the following season.
Sarginson made his début for Harlequins (now London Broncos) and scored a try in the 70-0 victory over Gateshead Thunder in the Challenge Cup match at Gateshead International Stadium on Friday 6 May 2011, and made his Super League début for Harlequins and scored two tries in the 18-26 defeat by Salford City Reds at The Willows, Salford on Friday 1 July 2011. Sarginson was offered a four year contract by London Broncos in 2012 but refused to sign the deal. After this he was injured on-and-off for the majority of his time in London and went on to play just 51 times for the capital Super League side, scoring 17 tries. On 18 October 2013, Wigan Warriors announced that they had signed the out-of-contract Sarginson for the 2014 and 2015 Super League seasons.
Harlequins started the season well, winning their first ten premiership games before losing to Saracens at Twickenham Stadium in "Big Game 4" in front of a then club record for a premiership crowd, consisting of 82,000. The club's results after the defeat to Saracens continued to be generally strong, with only three other defeats in the regular season and the club went on to finish top of the league. They played Northampton Saints at the Twickenham Stoop on 12 May 2012, a match which they won thanks to a 25–23 victory sealed with a try in the 77th minute by Joe Marler. Harlequins beat Leicester Tigers on 26 May 2012, in the Premiership final at Twickenham Stadium to win their first Aviva Premiership title with a score of 30–23 in front of an 81,779 crowd.
After the war he returned to play with Harlequins (1945–48); he captained the Harlequins VII that lost the final of the 1947–48 Middlesex 7's to Wasps 14–5. He was also selected to represent Middlesex County consistently between 1946 and 1949, captaining the side that lost the 1946/47 semi-final with Gloucestershire. Sometime in 1949–50, he moved to Kenya where he continued to play rugby for the Ruiru R.F.C. and was awarded a cap by East Africa for a match that he played in 1951. Though the Rugby Football Union of East Africa (RFUEA) did not exist until 1953, Maurice played for Kenya Colony (the precursor of the Kenya national rugby union team) against the "Oxford and Cambridge Universities" touring team in September 1951 at Mitchell Park (now Jamhuri Park), Nairobi.
The Manly Warringah Sea Eagles clinched the 2008 National Rugby League Premiership with a 40-0 thrashing of the Melbourne Storm - an Australian grand final record, earning them a place in the World Club Challenge. Five months later they travelled to England, while other NRL clubs were starting pre-season trial matches against one another. Showing how serious Manly were, the week before the World Club Challenge the Sea Eagles had a warm-up match against Super League club Harlequins RL at The Stoop in London, winning 34-26. Manly played the first half against the Harlequins with their bench players, and their regular starters only had the second half to work out any cobwebs as most had not played since either the Grand Final or the 2008 World Cup which had concluded four months before the WCC.
On returning to league action following their cup knock-out to Leeds, a Goulding hat-trick helped Wigan make their lead at the top of table more secure with a win over Castleford. Both of the Tomkins brothers as well as O'Loughlin were called up to play for England against France on 12 June, and all three played in a win over Wakefield in the league the next day, although O'Loughlin had been withdrawn after ten minutes with a strain to his quadriceps. A late comeback was not enough to overturn a 12–26 deficit against St Helens, as the Warriors lost their first league match since Harlequins in April. Sam Tomkins made his first appearance at fullback, where he was to stay for the rest of the season, as Wigan won against Harlequins thanks to a Richards brace.
Between rugby league seasons, Tuatara-Morrison had brief stints playing rugby union. He played some Shute Shield matches for Gordon in 2009 in Sydney. In 2011 in England he played for National 3 South West club Oxford Harlequins before his season was cut short with a broken foot. In 2012, Scott Fava, coach of Northern Suburbs Rugby Club, convinced Tuatara-Morrison to focus on playing rugby union.
Born in Chester, Young attended Bishop Vesey's Grammar School, Sutton Coldfield, and then went to Oxford University to study law. While at Oxford, Young competed in the 1956 AAA Championships, winning the 100 yard sprint race. and in the 1957 and 1958 Varsity rugby matches against Cambridge University. Ahead of the 1958/59 season, Young was invited to join the Harlequins rugby club in London.
One of these was the Jugar a las Muñecas. De las Lupes a las Robóticas project managed by artist María Eugenia Chellet from 1991 to 2008. It worked to create innovation in the dolls, creating images from mass media, the circus, harlequins, and animal/human figures. The dolls were painted in acrylics and decorated with items such as clothing, beads, feathers, ribbons and more.
On 3 December 2011, it was announced that Stringer would join Aviva Premiership side Saracens on a three-month loan. He officially joined up with Saracens on 5 December 2011. He made his debut for Saracens in their Heineken Cup pool fixture against Ospreys on 10 December 2011. Stringer made his first appearance in the Aviva Premiership for Saracens against Harlequins on 27 December 2011.
Littler is an Ireland international. Littler was expected to leave the club following Salford's relegation to National League One. Littler was expected to seal a move to Harlequins RL, however Chairman Ian Lenagan decided not to offer him a deal. Littler joined Salford in 1998 – his first professional club and is equal top-try scorer in a season for the club, alongside David Watkins.
David Pears (born 6 December 1967) is a former English rugby union player, who played for Harlequins and England. He played as a fly-half. He won 4 England caps, the first two on the 1990 England rugby union tour of Argentina, came on as a replacement during the 1992 Six Nations match against France and started at full back against France two years later.
Romania also did not take part in the Challenge Cup. Harlequins won the cup with a 27–26 last-second victory over Montferrand at the Madejski Stadium to become the first side to win the tournament twice. Sale eased to victory in the 2005 final 27–3 over a disappointing Pau side. In 2006, Gloucester edged out London Irish 36–34 after extra time.
Gonzalo Tiesi (born 24 April 1985 in Buenos Aires) is a retired Argentine rugby union player. Tiesi played for the London Irish, Harlequins, Stade Français, London Welsh and Newcastle Falcons, as for 31 December 2012 won 32 full caps for his national team, Los Pumas. His usual position was at centre. Tiesi formerly played for the San Isidro Club, in the north of Buenos Aires.
The Storm began 2010 by travelling to England to play in the 2010 World Club Challenge. This involved a warm up game against Harlequins RL followed by the World Club Challenge a week later against Leeds Rhinos. The Storm won both games. The regular season commenced with the Storm defeating Cronulla away in what was the first of three consecutive away games to begin the season.
Peden is now the Head Strength and Conditioning Coach at Harlequins RL. He signed a three-year deal to work under Brian McDermott at the London club. Peden made his film début as an extra in the closing scenes of the 1988 Yahoo Serious film Young Einstein. Peden is a former car mechanic. Peden has also had a coaching role with his former club Newcastle Knights.
His father was Dutch and his mother was half Scottish/half Irish. He went to Dover College in 1896 and on to Rugby School in 1898, where he played for the school team, and then to Oxford University, where he was captain of the rugby team in 1904. It was whilst he was still at Rugby school that he was asked to join Harlequins.
While playing with Harlequins, he was invited to play for the Barbarians again, against Leicester, an East Midlands team and France. On his return to Fiji in 1977, Tikoisuva captained the national team, first to a 3-0 series win over Tonga, then to a 25-21 win over the British Lions. That win was probably Fiji's greatest-ever victory on a rugby field.
As of 2018–19, the club's senior women's team continue to play in national league and the Women's Irish Senior Cup. The club's senior men's team have also played the Men's Irish Senior Cup and were All-Ireland club champions in 2002. Reserve teams play in the Men's Irish Junior Cup and the Women's Irish Junior Cup. Cork Harlequins have also represented Ireland in European competitions.
119 In March 1973, five fascists, commissioned—according to some rumors—by high-ranking officials in Milan's Carabinieri, abducted Rame, held her at gunpoint and dumped her in a van. They raped her, beat her, burnt her with cigarettes, slashed her with razor blades and left her in a park. Review of 'Harlequins of the Revolution', Joseph Farrell, Methuen, which mentions the rape.Mitchell 1999, p.
During November 2006, Bannister was promoted to train with St. Helens' first-team squad, making his début on 19 August 2006 against the Catalans Dragons. He later played several games for Whitehaven on loan in 2007. Bannister signed for London club Harlequins RL following the completion of his loan with the Cumbrian National League One side in June 2007. Bannister's position of choice is .
After the publication of Lolita the wider public and many critics thought that its author must be a "sexual daredevil". With the serial polygamy related in Look At The Harlequins!, Nabokov can be seen to be poking fun at these perceptions. V.V.'s final wife is simply addressed as "You", which parallels Nabokov's addressing his wife, Véra, simply as "you" in his autobiography Speak, Memory.
Pembroke Dock Harlequins Rugby Football Club is a Welsh rugby union team based in Pembroke Dock. The club is a member of the Welsh Rugby Union (WRU) and is a feeder club for the Llanelli Scarlets. They are known locally as simply the 'Quins'. The team was founded in 1880, a year before the creation of the WRU and the formation of the Wales national team.
Ian Prior (born 21 August 1990) is an Australian professional rugby union player who currently plays for the Western Force in World Series Rugby and the National Rugby Championship. He previously played for the Force, Reds and Brumbies teams in Australia at Super Rugby level, as well as for English club Harlequins. Prior's usual position is scrum-half but he can also play fly- half.
Amor started his rugby career at London Irish where he played as a junior before joining the senior squad. During the summer of 2002, Amor signed a professional contract with Gloucester. He has previously played for Harlequins, London Irish, Blackheath, Coventry and the Rugby Lions. Whilst at Gloucester he was a replacement in the 2003 Powergen Cup Final in which Gloucester defeated Northampton Saints.
Matt Symons (born 4 August 1989) is an English Rugby Union player who currently plays for Harlequins F.C. in the Aviva Premiership. Symons has had an interesting route to the top. He started out in the Saracens youth system before leaving to pursue a career in rowing. An injury to his forearm ended his rowing career and saw him make a return to rugby.
Milner played as a youngster for Stanley Rangers. Having come through the Tigers' academy system, he made his Super League début against Huddersfield Giants on Sunday 4 July 2010. Milner scored his first try for Castleford against Harlequins RL on 21 August 2010. He followed up his début try with another one in the following league game against St. Helens, in the last match at Knowsley Road.
He remained at Harlequins for a total of six years before joining the Llanelli Scarlets on a short-term contract in 2007. At the end of the 2007–08 season, he was allowed to leave the Welsh region and was quickly signed up by Esher. However, shortly after joining Esher, he left the club to pursue a career outside rugby in the United States.
Having lost 4 of the 5 games going into the Heineken Cup opener against Harlequins, Roberts returned to partner Tom Shanklin in the centre. The Blues claimed a 20–6 victory. Roberts set up the opening try for Tom James, as well as getting over the gainline, and also booting a 70-metre kick before halftime. The Blues then took on the Sale Sharks the following week.
Tamarua played for Queensland Reds, in Australia, from 1997 to 1999. He later played for NEC Harlequins, in England, for 2001/02 but missed a portion of the season due to injury. He then played for Swansea, in Wales, for 2002/03, moving to Northland, in New Zealand, in 2003. He moved again to Henley Hawks, in 2004, then to Rotherham, in January 2005.
He missed a couple of games due to injury but then returned and played ten consecutive games from Round 16 (Harlequins RL) to Round 25 (Wigan Warriors). A broken hand ended Herbert's Bulls career early. He also featured in the Challenge Cup game against Halifax. Herbert has scored against Huddersfield Giants (1 try), Salford City Reds (2 tries, 2 goals) and Hull Kingston Rovers (1 try).
Jessica Breach is an England women's national rugby union team international who also plays for Harlequins. Breach scored six tries on her international debut for England against Canada and scored five more on her second cap. Breach also played for England 7’s ahead of the 2018 Commonwealth Games. On February 10, 2019 Breach scored two tries as England ladies defeated France in the Six Nations Championship.
Swift featured in all six games, starting five of them, as Connacht were knocked out in the pool stages, finishing second in their group to the eventual winners of the tournament, Harlequins. The 2011–12 season saw changes for Connacht both domestically and in Europe. Connacht competed at the highest level of European club rugby, qualifying for the Heineken Cup for the first time.
By this time Beamish was no longer recorded as playing for North of Ireland, and had switched clubs to English side Harlequins. Although missing the opening loss to England, Beamish was back in the Ireland squad for the second game of the 1934 Home Nations Championship, against Scotland. He had again swapped club sides and was now turning out for Leicester, the same club as brother George.
Chris Bell (born 7 January 1983) is a retired rugby union footballer who played centre with Leeds, Harlequins, Sale Sharks and Wasps. During his time at Leeds he helped them win the 2004–05 Powergen Cup, in the final of which Bell scored a try. He is the older brother of London Irish player Tommy Bell. He retired in 2015 after a shoulder injury.
Clement had been a first choice selection, but Jones was a later choice following the withdrawal of Harlequins wing F.J.V. Ford.Hughes (1986) p.141 Despite playing in only 12 of the 24 matches of the tour, Jones finished as the tour's highest try scorer with ten, including the first British try against the South Africa team, in the third and final Test of the series.
A move to northern Italy was next for 2014-15 season as Luamanu joined Benetton Treviso to play in the Pro12 and European Rugby Champions Cup. Luamanu made his move to England to join Harlequins in the Aviva Premiership from the 2015-16 season. On 11 June 2019, Luamanu travels to France to sign for Bayonne in the Top 14 competition from the 2019-20 season.
Webb played top-flight rugby union during the game’s final years as an amateur sport. He attended the University of Bristol Medical School from 1982-1987, where he studied medicine and played for the university rugby union team. In 1985 Webb joined Bristol Rugby, while continuing his medical degree. The team reached the final of the 1987-88 John Player Cup, but were beaten by Harlequins.
In 1983, Jackson joined the St Kilda and Jackson kicked 41 goals in the first 10 matches, including 10 in one game against the Sydney Swans. Halfway through the season Jackson was sacked from the club for disciplinary reasons. He spent the remainder of the year playing for the Melbourne Harlequins rugby side. However, his 41 goals was still enough to be the Saints' leading goal kicker.
Zac Mizell (born September 1, 1988) is an American rugby union player for the Austin Elite in Major League Rugby, he previously played for the Ohio Aviators in PRO Rugby. His position is at fullback. He played amateur rugby for Dallas Harlequins and has represented the United States in rugby sevens. He signed with the Ohio Aviators for the inaugural PRO Rugby season in 2016.
Harriman was an exceptional exponent of the sevens game. He appeared for Harlequins in three Middlesex finals prior to 1992. In the 1991 event he scored seven tries in four ties. He played for and captained England in their victorious campaign in the inaugural Rugby World Cup Sevens in 1993, scoring two tries in the semifinal against Fiji and another try in the final against Australia.
This is a list of rugby league footballers who have played for Fulham, London Crusaders, London Broncos, and Harlequins RL. Players are listed according to their heritage number as allocated by the London Broncos Supporter's Association (LBSA) in the "London Roll of Honour", and separated by the season in which they made their début. "Hall of Fame members" are listed in bold, and current players in italics.
The 2005–06 Guinness Premiership was the 19th season of the top flight of the English domestic rugby union competitions, played between September 2005 and May 2006. The final was contested by the Sale Sharks and the Leicester Tigers at Twickenham. Sale Sharks won 45–20 to win the Premiership. Leeds Tykes were relegated, whilst Harlequins were promoted for the 2006-07 Guinness Premiership.
In May 2012 Booth left London Irish for Bath to work under new head coach Gary Gold as forwards' coach, two months after Smith's return to the Exiles as director of rugby. In November 2019 he joined Harlequins as assistant coach. It was announced in February 2020 that Booth would be joining Ospreys as head coach at the end of the 2019/2020 season.
In their first season Cavalieri ended the regular season at the fifth place of Super 10 2009–10 and achieved the right to take part in the European Challenge Cup. Cavalieri were drawn in Pool 1 Amlin Challenge Cup 2010–11 with Harlequins (ENG), Connacht (IRL) and Bayonne (FRA). The Cavalieri won their European debut against Connacht on 9 October 2010 by 23 – 21.
The multiple clubs, ranging from men's and women's clubs to collegiate and high school, are part of the Texas Rugby Football Union. Dallas was one of only 16 cities in the United States included in the Rugby Super League, represented by Dallas Harlequins. In 2020, Major League Rugby announced the Dallas Jackals as a new franchise. Australian rules football is also growing in Dallas.
Despite his England Sevens commitment, Josh was still named in Rugby Times' National League 1 Team of the Season for 2008/09, having scored 16 tries.2008/2009 National League 1 team of the season In his first season for Exeter Chiefs he had raced in for 22 tries, and it was that try scoring form that tempted Harlequins to bring him to the Guinness Premiership.
Herbert Oxley Hopkins (6 July 1895 – 23 February 1972) was an Australian-born English first-class cricketer who played 85 matches between the wars. The bulk of these games were for Worcestershire and Oxford University, though he also appeared once for Harlequins. In minor cricket, he played for both Federated Malay States and Straits Settlements, where he was working as a doctor. Obituary. Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1973.
At club level, he played for the UBC, UBC Old Boys, Harlequins and Bedford Blues and Dax. In 2018, Stewart was inducted into the British Columbia Rugby Hall of Fame.Hall of Fame BC RugbySince then he has been inducted to the British Columbia Sports Hall of Fame as a member of the 1991 Canadian World Cup Team and the Canadian Rugby Hall of Fame in 2019.
Originally from Auckland, Makalio started playing rugby at the age of 15 while attending Onehunga High School. He made his way through the Auckland club rugby scene and was named man of the match as his side, Grammar TEC lifted the Gallaher Shield in 2015. Unable to crack the Mitre 10 Cup team, he headed south to play for Marlborough based side Harlequins in 2016.
Jeremiah Paul Flannery (born 17 October 1978) is a former Irish rugby union player and current coach. During his playing career, Flannery, a hooker, played for Munster and Ireland, before being forced to retire in March 2012 due to injury problems. He went on to join Munster as a coach, before leaving in 2019. He is currently the lineout coach at English Premiership club Harlequins.
Paul Lasike (born 18 June 1990) is a New Zealand professional rugby union player for Harlequins in the English Premiership and previously with the Utah Warriors of Major League Rugby. In American football, he played as a fullback in the National Football League. In rugby, he plays for the United States national rugby union team. He played college football and rugby at Brigham Young University.
Here Bissill learnt the art of wood engraving, producing some of his finest work, and expanded his subject matter to include ballet dancers, harlequins, set designs and pictures of Paris life. Exhibiting his work at Le Nouvel Essor gallery he was again commercially very successful. On his return to London the Redfern Gallery issued a portfolio of his wood engravings, with an introduction by Arnold Haskell.
Cardiff Blues did not defend their title, as by winning the 2009–10 cup, they qualified for the 2010–11 Heineken Cup, and did not parachute into the Challenge Cup. Harlequins claimed the title with a 19–18 win over Stade Français, becoming the first team to win the Challenge Cup three times. The victory also sent Quins into the 2011–12 Heineken Cup.
Kyle Briggs (born 7 December 1987) is an English professional rugby league footballer who has played in the 2000s and 2010s. He has played at club level for Doncaster (Heritage № 978), the Featherstone Rovers (Heritage No. 929) (four spells, including the second on loan), the Bradford Bulls (Heritage No.), Harlequins RL (Heritage No. 515) (loan), the Dewsbury Rams (loan) and the Sheffield Eagles, as a or .
He scored against Leeds Rhinos, Crusaders and Harlequins RL. A shoulder injury kept him out for the rest of the season. Matt and Heath L'Estrange were appointed joint captains for the 2012 season. Diskin featured in two of the four pre-season games. He played against Dewsbury Rams and Hull FC. Matt featured in 15 consecutive games from Round 1 (Catalans Dragons) to Round 15 (Leeds Rhinos).
On 2 April 2017 Duke scored the winner in the 2017 Irish Senior Cup final as UCD defeated Cork Harlequins in the final. She was also captain of the UCD team. She captained the UCD team again when they defeated Pegasus 4–0 to retain the cup in 2018. Duke also captained UCD to further Irish Hockey League titles in 2016–17 and 2017–18.
Madigan played rugby union for Randwick Rugby Club (14 first-grade matches, two tries, 1950) and Eastern Suburbs Rugby Club (1951, 1957 and 1963). Outside Australia, he played Harlequins Rugby (1953) in London and Westchester Rugby Club (1960–1962) in New York. In 1960, he represented the United States Eastern Rugby Union against Quebec Province in Montreal.Columbia Rugby Club Will Tackle Westchester in Year's Last Match.
But with a competitive spirit growing, added to a developing skillset, the side started to play matches against other teams. Since then, the Harlequins haven't looked back. President Murdo Fraser paid tribute to the side after their title win. “Our women’s team have shown that anything is possible and we are all very proud of the team and what they have achieved,” he said at the time.
Ross Young is the CEO of USA Rugby. He succeeded Dan Payne in April of 2018. Young previously was the General Manager at Harlequins before serving as the General Manager to Rugby World Cup Limited, for the 2003, 2007, and 2011 tournaments. Originally from the U.K., Young moved to the United States in 2013, where he was the CEO of Serevi Rugby, later rebranded as ATAVUS.
He was rotated into different positions throughout his academy career, playing at centre for a repeat match against Leigh seven weeks later, as well as fullback against Harlequins RL the game after that. On both occasions, Ainscough scored tries, earning one and two tries in each game respectively. However, his first competitive hat-trick came playing on the left wing in a play-off game against Widnes. During his time with the academy in 2007, Ainscough also played two matches at senior level, once against Hull FC, and once against Harlequins RL, scoring a try in the latter fixture. His energetic style on the wing was noted by the club's coaches, and this continued to impress officials inside the club and out, leading to him earning a place for the England under-17s team during the Australian Institute of Sport's tour of the United Kingdom and France in 2007.
On 10 May 2017 it was announced Karl Dickson will join the Rugby Football Union's Professional Game Match Officials Team (PGMOT) next season following his retirement from rugby said a statement on the Harlequins official website. Dickson began his refereeing qualifications in January 2014 and continued to play for Harlequins while gaining experience officiating. This was made possible by the fact he never made the starting XV. Through the London Society of Referees he made his refereeing debut at the Reigate School 7s in March 2014 and since then has taken charge of a range of matches including schools, club juniors, sevens as well as local and national league clubs. Last season he became a member of the National Panel as one of the best 55 referees in the country and was appointed to his first National League 1 fixture in October when Old Albanians played Loughborough Students.
In 1961, Harlequins undertook a tour of East Africa in conjunction with Pretoria Harlequins from South Africa, as guests of the Kenya Harlequin F.C. and the Rugby Football Union of East Africa; the club won five and drew one. The tour is notable for two facts, it was the first time that three sister clubs of the Harlequin family all played each other in a coordinated series of matches and at 19 days it was the longest overseas tour undertaken by a British club up to that time. Despite this, the tour pales to insignificance when it is realised the Pretoria club spent four weeks in East Africa playing eight matches and another in Rhodesia on the way home. The London club arrived at Entebbe airport at dawn on 4 May and opened their tour with a 44–13 win against Uganda in Kampala on 6 May.
Memorial statue of the late Nick Duncombe, at The StoopNick Duncombe (21 January 1982 - 14 February 2003) was an English rugby union footballer who played for Harlequins and England. Earmarked as a promising youngster since his time in the England youth teams, Duncombe was the England senior team's youngest debutant scrum-half at the time of his debut and won two international caps before his death at age 21.
Despite his regular appearances and scoring record his final Tigers appearance was on 26 April 1997 in a 13–12 defeat to Harlequins at Welford Road. He moved to Moseley in the second division (styled Premiership 2 that season) for the 1997–98 season but featured in only 5 games before moving mid-season to fellow second division side Waterloo for the remained of the season and the following campaign.
The first union in British East Africa was the Rugby Football Union of Kenya (RFU-K), founded in August 1921 (although it did not become effective until 1923 with the formation of the first two Nairobi clubs - Nondescripts RFC and Harlequins R.F.C.);Campbell (1960) pp51 it was responsible for the administration of the game throughout Kenya, Uganda and Tanganyika which it carried out through various district sub-unions throughout the region.
Daren O'Leary (born 27 June 1973 in Harold Wood, England)Daren O'Leary player profile ESPN Scrum.com was a rugby union player who represented Saracens, Harlequins, Gloucester, Worcester and Moseley. Now retired, he is a professional rugby union agent with Top Marque Sports. Whilst at Gloucester he started in the 2002 Zurich Championship Final (the year before winning the play-offs constituted winning the English title) in which Gloucester defeated Bristol.
Chisholm started playing rugby at Haywards Heath RFC, his talent earning him a place in Harlequins Elite Player Development Group and then promotion to the senior Academy. He was selected to play in two senior pre-season matches in 2009 before making his first team debut later that year against Newcastle Falcons in the LV Cup. He continued developing and in January 2011 signed his first senior contract.
Harlequins, the second part of the Hampstead F.C. split, played at a number of grounds in London until the RFU invited them to play at Twickenham in 1906. The club acquired an athletics ground across the road from Twickenham in 1963, built today's Twickenham Stoop on the site, and have played there ever since. Quins have long been headquartered at Twickenham—first at the RFU stadium, and now at The Stoop.
Melbourne played a warm-up game against the Harlequins RL Super League team at the Twickenham Stoop. The match took place on Sunday 21 February - a week before the Storm played for the world title. The event was dubbed the World City Challenge – London Series. Melbourne were without Cooper Cronk, Brett White and Ryan Tandy, with both sides giving a number of youngsters a taste of first-team action.
Helens) to Round 27 (Wigan). He also played in the Challenge Cup games against Dewsbury, Leigh and Warrington. Whitehead scored against Castleford (2 tries), Hull Kingston Rovers (1 try), Leeds (1 try), Crusaders (1 try), Harlequins RL (1 try), Salford (1 try), Wakefield Trinity (1 try) and Dewsbury (1 try). In the 2011 season, Whitehead featured in 24 consecutive games from Round 1 (Leeds) to Round 24 (Hull Kingston Rovers).
Jono Kitto (born 30 March 1992) is a New Zealand rugby union scrum half who is currently playing for Worcester Warriors in Premiership Rugby; he has previously played for Leicester Tigers,Worcester Warriors and Harlequins in Premiership Rugby and Northland in New Zealand's domestic championship. He was born in Christchurch, New Zealand. His notable siblings include Matt Kitto, renowned New Zealand based graphic designer and owner of design studio – McCarthy.
Scottish turned professional in 1996. Tony Tiarks bought the club for £500,000 in 1996. In the summer of 1998 Scottish, co-tenants of Richmond at the Athletic Ground, were promoted to the top division via a play-off, and Tiarks forced through an ill-fated groundshare with Harlequins and London Broncos at the Stoop Memorial Ground. In the 1998–99 season, Scottish made their only appearance in the English Premiership.
Green made his Currie Cup debut on 24 August 2018, coming on as a second half substitute in the clash with the in which they won 62-41. He made his Super Rugby debut in round 5 of the 2019 Super Rugby season, starting at fullback against the in the 36-33 comeback victory on 16 March 2019. He joined Premiership Rugby side Harlequins ahead of the 2020–21 season.
The current club president is Irish- language enthusiast Linda Ervine who comes from a unionist background in the area. The team currently plays in the Down Senior County League. The 1999 Heineken Cup champions Ulster Rugby play at Ravenhill Stadium in the south of the city. Belfast has four teams in rugby's All-Ireland League: Belfast Harlequins in Division 1B; and Instonians, Queen's University and Malone in Division 2A.
The Pittsburgh Harlequins are an American rugby union founded in 1973. The team is a member of the USA Rugby Football Union, the Mid-Atlantic Rugby Football Union, and the Potomac Rugby Union. the team had 40 active players, and has had over 300 alumni members since its founding by University of Pittsburgh law students. They advanced to the Final 16 of the National Championships in 1999 and 2004.
During the 1909/10 season, while still with Bristol, Spoors was selected to trial for the England national team. He played in all three trials that season, playing on the winning team each time and scoring three tries. Despite his success in the trials, the England selectors failed to choose Spoors preferring instead to choose the entire Harlequins backs for the opening game of the 1910 Five Nations Championship.
Lucy Maddox calls Look at the Harlequins! “an oblique, satiric self-portrait” (144). In Speak, Memory, Nabokov had written that much of his own life had appeared in his fictional works in the past, and that he felt as though he had lost these memories as they were crystallized into text, abstracted into fictions. His thoughts on the inevitably autobiographical nature of fiction seem to manifest, playfully, here.
Humphreys joined Leicester Tigers in 2005 from Belfast Harlequins. His first outing in Tigers stripes was at the Middlesex Sevens Tournament at Twickenham in August. During October 2006 Humphreys was loaned out to first division Leeds where he made 4 appearances, scoring 2 tries and a drop goal. On his return to the Leicester first team he guided the Tigers to a victory away at Wasps with a mature display.
Tom Williams and Chris Robshaw scored the tries and Nick Evans scored 20 points through penalties and a conversion. Chris Robshaw was named man of the match. During this season, Harlequins played in the Heineken Cup thanks to their victory in the Amlin Cup the season before. However, they lost out on a quarter final spot in the last game of the pool stage after a defeat to Connacht.
Harlequins also made a poor start in Europe suffering a 26–33 home defeat against Scarlets before being beaten at Clermont Auvergne. They replied strongly with back to back wins over Racing Metro. They lost their next home game against Clermont after they lost a 13–3 lead. They did win their last game at Scarlets to secure a place in the second tier Amlin Challenge Cup competition.
Ambler made his full début with the Salford City Reds in August 2008. In December of the same year, following the expiry of his contract with the Salford City Reds, he signed on for a two-year contract with the Leeds Rhinos. He played for Harlequins RL during the 2011 Super League season, and moved to Halifax in 2012. Ambler made his Ireland début against Serbia in 2009.
Chad Damian Robinson (20 October 1980 - 22 December 2016) was an Australian professional rugby league footballer. Robinson spent several years in Australia's National Rugby League with the Parramatta Eels and the Sydney Roosters and a season with Super League side Harlequins RL. Robinson had been reported missing on 26 November 2016 but, less than a month later on 22 December 2016, he was found dead in his car.
He now works as a scrum coach and is training to be a doctor. He has a PhD in the Epidemiology of Rugby Injuries and set up the England Rugby Injury and Training audit, one of the world's largest injury databases. He has over 20 research publications, including articles in the BJSM, AJSM and BMJ. Brooks provides assistant commentary at some of Harlequins home games on BBC Sport, alongside Sara Orchard.
His highest score, 161, came against Gloucestershire, in an innings where the next highest score was his opening partner Brian Boobbyer's 28. Boobbyer would also partner Hofmeyr in the England rugby union team. Playing as a full-back, Hofmeyr appeared in three of England's four Tests in the 1950 Five Nations Championship, against Wales, France and Scotland. He played his club rugby for Harlequins and also represented the Barbarians.
Herbert Leo Price (21 June 1899 – 18 July 1943) was a sportsman and schoolmaster. He achieved the unusual feat of playing rugby and hockey for England on consecutive Saturdays. He also played first-class cricket with Oxford University and club rugby for Leicester Tigers and Harlequins. In rugby, Price, a flanker, won his first two international caps for England in the 1922 Five Nations Championship with appearances against Ireland and Scotland.
After playing for Exeter he also played for London Devonians, London Civil Service, Liverpool OBs and Harlequins. Kelly played a total of 12 matches for England, but only one as captain. He made his international debut on 13 January 1906 at the Athletic Ground, Richmond in the England vs Wales match. Of the 12 matches he played for his national side he was on the winning side on 5 occasions.
On 10 March 2018, Harlequins Women played in front of a crowd of 4,545 spectators during a game against local rivals Richmond Women at Twickenham Stoop, establishing a record attendance for a British women's club rugby match. The following season, on 30 March 2019, they beat their own record with an attendance of 4,837 for their last regular season league match of the Premier 15s season against Gloucester-Hartpury Women.
They also lack the eye stripes of mallard females. Drakes are also similar to a heavily frosted Mallard with a yellow/green bill and orange legs and feet. There is also a color variation known as "golden", popular in the UK, which replaces the black feather pigments with a light golden brown color.American Poultry Association Standard of Perfection, 2010 Welsh Harlequins have a unique, natural sex-linked characteristic.
Cardiff has numerous smaller clubs including Bridgend Street A.F.C., Caerau (Ely) A.F.C., Cardiff Corinthians F.C., Cardiff Grange Harlequins A.F.C., and Ely Rangers A.F.C. who all play in the Welsh football league system. In addition to men's football teams Cardiff City Ladies of the FA Women's Premier League Southern Division are based in the city. Teams in the Welsh Premier Women's Football League are Cardiff Met. Ladies, Cyncoed Ladies and Cardiff City.
His first club was Harlequins but he left to go to Loughborough University where he gained a Bachelor of Science degree in sports science followed by a Postgraduate Certificate in Education (PGCE). He then played as a centre for Leicester from 1979 to 1985. He made his England debut against on 19 January 1980, as a replacement. England won the Grand Slam in that season, winning all their games.
In later life, Bader was deemed to be so good that he was invited to play a trial (or friendly game) with the Harlequins, but it is not clear whether he actually played. Bader's sporting interests continued into his military service. He was selected for the Royal Air Force cricket team, to play a first-class match against the Army at the Oval in July 1931. He scored 65 and 1.
In 2014 Harlequins changed their name back to London Broncos after leaving The Stoop and looked for a permanent stay elsewhere. They moved to Edgware where they ground shared with Barnet F.C. at their new stadium. They spent two seasons there, during which time they were relegated from Super League for the first time. The record crowd for the Broncos in 2014 was against Wigan Warriors when 2,013 attended The Hive.
During the past three seasons the club have remained in Division One of the Anglian Combination. At present Holt United runs three sides, the first team playing in the Anglian Combination and the Reserves and colts teams in the North East Norfolk League. Holt Harlequins Hockey Club (formerly Cromer Hockey Club) plays at the astroturf ground at Gresham's School. Holt has a King George's Field in memorial to King George V.
Joseph Mbu (born 24 December 1981) is a Nigerian-born English rugby union player who played most recently for US Dax in the Top 14 competition in France. Joe Mbu's position of choice is on the wing. He has previously played for Bristol, Bath, Harlequins, London Wasps and Pau. After retiring from rugby due to injury, Joe decided to turn his hand to fundraising on an epic scale.
Davies was born in Pembroke, Wales, and originally played for Pembroke Dock Harlequins. Davies made his international debut on 4 January 1913 at Twickenham in the England vs South Africa match. He was part of the England team that won the Grand Slam in both 1921 and 1923. During his time playing he earned 22 caps, making him England's most capped fly-half until Rob Andrew overtook him.
Marsham himself played in 38 first-class fixtures, scoring a total of 782 runs and taking 6 wickets. His best innings were against Kent; against whom he scored both of his half- centuries. His obituary in the 1902 edition of Wisden Cricketers' Almanack described him as "a fine and powerful hitter, especially forward". An original member of the Harlequins, Marsham died at Pall Mall, London in 1901, following a short illness.
Bealham moved to Ireland in 2010 and initially played in his grandmother's native province of Ulster with the amateur side, Belfast Harlequins. Following the 2011 Junior World Cup, he was offered a place in the academy of Connacht, another province. Moving to the new province also meant moving clubs, with Bealham joining Galway Corinthians. Bealham was promoted from the sub-academy to the full academy ahead of the 2012–13 season.
After seeing Harlequins successfully through their first season back in the Premiership, he went to the ambitious Pro D2 club Toulon for the 2007–08 season. After Toulon won the title to secure an immediate return to the Top 14, he remained in Pro D2, moving to another ambitious side, Racing Métro. For the second straight season, his team won the Pro D2 crown and a spot in the Top 14.
George Harder (born June 22, 1974) is a Samoan former professional rugby union footballer of the 1990s and 2000s. He usually played at wing or centre for Harlequins. He joined Quins from Leeds Tykes in the summer of 2003. He made his league debut in the 33-27 victory over London Wasps but suffered a knee ligament injury the following week that would keep him out of action for three months.
Norman's 453 games place him fourth all time for most appearances, against Bath in on 5 September 1931 he became only the second player to play 400 games for the club. During the Second World War he was a member of the home guard and organised the Leicester Harlequins side, which became the base for the re-formed Tigers in 1945. He was president of Leicester Tigers between 1965 and 1968.
There are four faculties at Harris City Academy Crystal Palace, identified by a colour typically displayed on the stripe of their students' ties. They are: Arts (green) Communications (blue) Maths & Commerce (red) Science & PE (yellow) The academy also has post-16 provision, which contains Year 12 and Year 13 students. The sixth form teaches a variety of subjects, and is also part of a Rugby training school in conjunction with Harlequins.
Ben Jones-Bishop is a Jamaica international rugby league footballer who plays as a or for the Wakefield Trinity in the Betfred Super League. He played for the Leeds Rhinos in the Super League, and on loan from Leeds at Harlequins RL in the top flight. Jones-Bishop also spent a season with the Salford Red Devils. He has also played for the England Knights at international level.
Lasike first came to BYU on a scholarship to play college rugby. He was called into the United States national rugby union team for the 2018 Americas Rugby Championship, earning his debut against Chile. Lasike first started playing for Utah Warriors during the inaugural 2018 Major League Rugby season. On 3 August 2018, Lasike travelled to England to join Harlequins in the Gallagher Premiership from the 2018–19 season.
Diprose scored his first try for Quins in the Heineken Cup match away to Munster (5 January 2002) and for his efforts over the 2002/03 campaign, he was named 'Supporters Player of the Season.' Diprose retired at the end of the 2005/06 season and joined the coaching staff at Harlequins as the Academy Manager. As of January 2020 Tony is the head of sport at Canford school.
In December 1995, aged 18, Lacey made his debut for Munster in a friendly against Transvaal. On 7 September 1997 Lacey scored a try as he made his Heineken Cup debut in a 1997–98 pool stage game against Harlequins. Lacey scored four tries in six Heineken Cup appearances for Munster. He also scored five tries in six Irish Interprovincial Rugby Championship appearances as he helped Munster win two titles.
He played for his school, Winchester College, in 1873 and 1874, and then at university for his college, Trinity. Picked for the University team, he played in the Varsity Match against Cambridge in 1877 and 1878. Other first-class teams he played for were MCC, A.W. Ridley's XI, and Gentlemen of England. He also batted for Harlequins, Old Wykehamists, and finally Free Foresters, for whom he last turned out in 1893.
ESPN3 has worldwide broadband rights. Starting from 9 April 2009, all of the matches shown on Sky Sports are also available live online via Livestation everywhere in the world excluding the US, Puerto Rico, UK, Ireland, France, Monaco, Australia and New Zealand.List of Super League games available Livestation.com In the United Kingdom, BBC London 94.9, BBC Radio Wales and Radio Warrington cover Harlequins, Crusaders (home games) and Warrington (home games) respectively.
Mackay is a former chief executive of Sussex County Cricket Club and Operations Manager of Leicestershire. Between 2008 and 2010 Mackay was the Managing Director of Cricket of Surrey. In 2011 Mackay was appointed the CEO of the Harlequins RL.Harlequins announce former Zimbabwe Cricketer Gus Mackay as CEO rleague.com, 15 January 2011 He served as managing director of the Premiership Rugby team Worcester Warriors between 2017 and 2019.
At this time, the old Devonshire Arms Hotel was used as a base, and the club also changed its name to Bandon Harlequins. A friendly match against the British Army garrison in Camden Fort Meagher in the summer of 1938 was possibly the last rugby match played in Ireland between 'natives' and British soldiers, before the British left a few weeks later. Rugby was somewhat suspended during World War II due to the lack of petrol, but play resumed in 1946, with Bandon dropping Harlequins from its name. In 1952, Bandon won further O'Neill and County Cups, and in 1956 the club went on its first tour, playing Dublin side Old Wesley. In 1963, Bandon again completed an O'Neill and County Cup double, and in 1968 they reached the final of the Munster Junior Cup for the first time, losing to Highfield. During 1972–77, Bandon had the most successful junior side in Cork.
A number of Old Wellingtonians play professional rugby union, including: James Haskell (England), Paul Doran-Jones (England), Max Lahiff (Bath), Sam Edgerly and Christian Lewis-Pratt (both England 7s), Max Evans and Thom Evans (Scotland) Brett Herron (Bath), Sam Aspland-Robinson (Harlequins), Seb Adeniran-Olule (Harlequins), Conor Dolan (Wasps), Rory Brand (London Irish), Matt Williams (London Irish), Isaac Curtis-Harris (London Irish), Tom Parton (London Irish), Joshua Basham (Newcastle Falcons) and Madison Hughes (USA 7s). The school has one of only around 20 racquets courts in the UK, and until recently three Eton Fives courts, now a café bar as part of the sports club. The school has a clay pigeon shooting range on site, also having its first female captain of shooting in 2016: Amy Cribb. Wellington College has been named as number one golf college in the UK on a few occasions with wins in 2009 at St Andrews and 2012 at Carnoustie in the Independent Schools Golf Association (ISGA) National Finals.
An investigation by the European Rugby Cup and the Rugby Football Union revealed that blood injuries had also been faked by Harlequins to enable tactical substitutions on four previous occasions. These findings resulted in a 12-month ban for Williams (reduced to four months on appeal), a three-year ban for former director of rugby Dean Richards and a two-year ban for physiotherapist Steph Brennan, as well as a £260,000 fine for the club. Club chairman Charles Jillings subsequently tendered his resignation, while club doctor Wendy Chapman was suspended by the General Medical Council pending a disciplinary panel hearing into her cutting of Williams' lip to hide his use of the blood capsule.'Bloodgate' doctor is suspended BBC News, 16 September 2009 On 2 September 2009, it was reported that Harlequins had escaped being thrown out of the Heineken Cup following the scandal when the European Rugby Cup board said they approved of the penalties already handed out.
Harlequin Ladies Football Club was established in September 1995 when rugby playing Quins fan, Vanessa Matthews, bumped into a former Oxford University team-mate Kirstie Heslop, and the two decided that it would be a good idea to try to establish a Ladies side at Harlequins. With the help of the then Director of Rugby at Harlequins, Dick Best, and Harlequin Committee Member, the late Pat Currie, the idea soon grew into a team that was to win the league and go unbeaten in their first season. Since then, the Harlequin Ladies have established a highly successful youth side and formed strong links with the main club and the local community. Within just five seasons, Harlequin Ladies had reached Division 1. There have been many changes to the squad over the years, but with a number of new recruits and former youth team ‘graduates’ joining the senior side, the team has strengthened its position in this league.
Harlequins FC and Saunders SC soon joined. The trophies of the early tournaments were the De Mel Shield and the Times of Ceylon Cup. Football also became popular in the country's Southern Provence, where the planting and administrative community promoted the game. British planter T R. Brough in Deniyaya heavily promoted football in the south between 1910–1920, and British servicemen from the Navy wireless station in Matara also helped popularise it.
He left Saracens to join Harlequins in June 2000 and played in the Tetley's Bitter Cup final of 2001 against Newcastle Falcons. He played every game on the way to the final. Powell joined Worcester Warriors in 2003, and in 2007 penned a new three-year deal to commit himself to the club until 2010. He was involved in the Wales set-up for the last two games of the Six Nations in 2006.
In 1997 he retired from international rugby union and moved to England to play for Harlequins, and later coach it. During the 2002/03 season he played for Coventry in National Division One. He now plays amateur rugby union for Windsor Rugby Club in Berkshire, England. In 2011, while back in New Zealand for the 2011 Rugby World Cup, Brooke was inducted into the TVNZ This Is Your Life wall of fame.
McCarthy-Scarsbrook returned to London and in 2006 made his Super League début. By 2008 Harlequins coach Brian McDermott was tipping McCarthy-Scarsbrook for a place in England's World Cup squad. He was named in the England training squad for the 2008 Rugby League World Cup. He was named in the England team to face Wales at the Keepmoat Stadium, Doncaster prior to England's departure for the 2008 Rugby League World Cup.
After leaving Russia, twenty years passed before he was again offered a chance to design theatre sets. In the years between, his paintings still included harlequins, clowns and acrobats, which Cogniat notes "convey his sentimental attachment to and nostalgia for the theatre". His first assignment designing sets after Russia was for the ballet "Aleko" in 1942, while living in America. In 1945 he was also commissioned to design the sets and costumes for Stravinsky's Firebird.
Peter Browne (born 25 October 1987) was a professional rugby union player, having most recently played for Ulster Rugby, having left London Welsh at the end of the 2014–15 season. He was previously at Harlequins and Newcastle Falcons. Educated at Dean Close School, Cheltenham, Browne went on to become a theology student at Durham University. Browne made his first team debut for the Newcastle Falcons against London Wasps during the 2007/8 season.
Matt Hopper (born 29 January 1985) is a rugby union player for Harlequins in the Aviva Premiership. He primarily plays as a Centre but can also cover Fullback. Hopper started playing mini rugby at age 10 and continued through school and in the junior teams of the Exeter Chiefs, following in the footsteps of his father Keith who captained Exeter during the 1960s. He also played for Wessex and, while studying, for Cardiff University.
He had also been called into the England squad for the 1998 Six Nations championship but was injured. Potter played in 11 games as Leicester won the 1999 Premiership but towards the end of the season fell out of favour behind Craig Joiner. He featured only 5 times in the 1999-2000 league season where Leicester retained their title. His final match for the club was against Harlequins on 29 December 1999.
Herrington died on 26 May 2005 after a long battle with cancer, aged 44 years old. The manager of Caledonia Reds, Ian Rankin, called Danny 'Mr Indestructible'. He told the story of the time when 'Mr Indestructible' met 'The Fun Bus' causing not much fun at all for the English prop. This was in a European match against Harlequins, Danny had the then world's most capped player Jason Leonard 'squealing' in the scrums.
During the 2013–14 Heineken Cup, Clermont finished in seed 2 after the pool stage, winning five from six matches (lost against Racing Métro, won against Harlequins home and away, Scarlets home and away, and Racing Métro at home). Cotter led Clermont to their third consecutive quarter-final, beating Leicester Tigers 22–16. However, their third consecutive semi-final ended with a record losing margin of 46–6 to Saracens at Twickenham.
Lansdowne Park is one of the two home grounds for Mitre 10 Cup team Tasman, the other being Trafalgar Park in Nelson. It was also home to Marlborough until they merged with Nelson Bays to form Tasman, and is currently home to two Blenheim clubs, Harlequins and Central. It also served as Russia's training base for the 2011 Rugby World Cup, and hosted a 2016 pre-season Super Rugby match between the and .
Joseph Patrick Mellor (born 28 December 1990) is an English professional rugby league footballer who plays as a or for the Toronto Wolfpack in the Betfred Super League. He previously played for the Wigan Warriors in the Super League, and on loan from Wigan at Harlequins RL in the top flight and the Widnes Vikings in the Championship and the Betfred Super League. Mellor later joined Widnes Vikings on a permanent deal.
John Andress (born 20 January 1984) is an Irish former rugby union player. He played as a prop. During his career, Andress played for English sides Exeter Chiefs, Harlequins and Worcester Warriors and Scottish side Edinburgh. He returned to Ireland in 2016 to play for Munster, retiring due to a lack of game time in December of that year, but shortly after he came out of retirement to play for an injury-stricken Connacht.
He also made more than 100 appearances for London Irish and played for Bedford and London Welsh before ending at Leeds Carnegie. He played in the 2002 Powergen Cup Final at Twickenham, as London Irish defeated the Northampton Saints. Edwards retired from playing at the end of the 2007-2008 season to take up Coaching at Harlequins. Leeds profile In June 2009 he joined Newport Gwent Dragons as attack coach, replacing Lyn Jones.
Doran-Jones joined Gloucester Rugby for the 2009–10 season. But, after two seasons at the club it was announced that he will join Northampton Saints at the end of the 2010–11 season. On 29 January 2013, he left Northampton Saints to join Harlequins on a two-year contract from the 2013-14 season. On 28 January 2015, it was announced that Doran Jones would rejoin Gloucester Rugby for the 2015-16 season.
July 2011 Bradford Bulls announce the signing of NRL centre Keith Lulia from the Newcastle Knights on a 2-year deal. Also veteran winger Gareth Raynor signed a 1-year extension keeping him at the Bulls for the 2012 season. Raynor was later released for a severe breach of club discipline. Harlequins RL halfback Luke Gale signed a 2-year deal with Bradford making him the second new face at Odsal for 2012.
Oliver Wilkes (born 2 May 1980) is an English former professional rugby League footballer who played in the 1990s, 2000s and 2010s. He has played for the Sheffield Eagles, the Huddersfield Giants, the Keighley Cougars, the Leigh Centurions (Heritage № 1217) (two spells), Whitehaven, the Wigan Warriors (Heritage № 988), the Widnes Vikings (Heritage №), the Wakefield Trinity Wildcats (Heritage № 1258) (two spells), the Harlequins RL (Heritage № 494), Barrow Raiders and Workington Town, as a , or .
Gary Tasker warned of "the potential implications any failure to do so may have on their next application. Clubs need to be aware that we are raising the bar for the next licence period." "Showcasing Super League in high quality stadium facilities remains a key objective," he said. In 2009, at an end-of-season briefing given by the RFL's executive chairman, Richard Lewis, expressed his disappointment at the attendance figures for Harlequins home games.
He made his England international debut on 1 June 1985 against his former team, New Zealand, in Christchurch, losing 18-13. His last appearance for England was in the 1987 Rugby World Cup against Wales in Brisbane, losing 16-3. In total he won twelve caps for England in addition to his three for New Zealand. He played his club rugby with Harlequins, and after retiring had an executive role with them.
Steph Reynolds (born 23 October 1993) was a Welsh professional rugby union player who used to play for Gloucester. He is now in love and settled down in his home town of Chepstow. In the 2015 Singha Sevens Series he broke the record for most tries scored in the tournament’s history scoring his 20th try against Harlequins in the Cup Quarter-Final, only to be overtaken by Sale Sharks’ Paulo Odogwu a year later.
Caerau (Ely), Cwmbran Celtic and Penrhiwceiber Rangers were promoted to the Welsh Football League Division One. Bettws, Caerleon, Dinas Powys, Ely Rangers and Ton Pentre were relegated from the Welsh Football League Division One. Cardiff Grange Harlequins, Cwmbran Town, Llanwern, Porthcawl Town Athletic, Tredegar Town and UWIC were relegated to the Welsh Football League Division Three. Aberbargoed Buds, Abertillery Bluebirds and Cwmaman Institute were promoted from the Welsh Football League Division Three.
Literary criticism has weighed in on both sides of this debate, some even claiming that Vadim is both a parody and a double or Doppelgänger of Nabokov. For example, Nabokov's Lolita is acted out by the narrator of Look at the Harlequins! through his fondling of the nymphet, Dolly von Borg. The attribution of a string of wives to the narrator may be understood in the context of Nabokov's strictly monogamous life.
David Attoub played for Valence Sportif in Fédérale 1 from 2000 until 2003, when he signed for ASM Clermont Auvergne for the next season. He stayed there until 2005. Montferrand were finalists of the 2003-04 European Challenge Cup, but were defeated by Harlequins by one point, 27 to 26. He was included in France's squad for a test against the United States on 3 July 2004 but was not used from the bench.
Boyce made his debut for Yorkshire Carnegie against Rotherham in 2014 and made 22 appearances in the RFU Championship. Boyce was part of the side that were defeated by London Irish in the 2017 Championship play-off Final. On 14 March 2017 it was announced that Boyce would be joining Harlequins for the 2017–18 Aviva Premiership season. On 18 January 2019, Boyce signed for Premiership rivals Bath from the 2019-20 season.
Weighill played club rugby for Birkenhead Park, Waterloo R.F.C., Harlequins and Leicester. At representative level, he captained the RAF rugby team from 1945 to 1952, and captained the Combined Services side and the Notts, Lincs and Derbys county team. He made his international debut on 15 March 1947 at Twickenham in the England vs Scotland match (Calcutta Cup). Of the four matches he played for his national side, he was on the winning side twice.
Menter played his first international game on the South African tour of France in 1968. The Springboks won both games. He captained both the Universities of Witwatersrand and Pretoria in South Africa through his University career (1961–70) as well as playing for Guys' Hospital Rugby team and the Harlequins during his Fellowship years in London (1971–3). He also represented the South African Universities Cricket team against New Zealand in 1961.
The new clubhouse at Deramore was opened in June 2002 by the then club president, Alison Watt, along with Jack Kyle OBE and Gilbert Paton. On and off the field, all three sections of the Belfast Harlequins set-up have been successful. Pictures and memorabilia of both clubs and grounds is placed around the bar area and throughout the club. There is an active social scene, many parties and events take place throughout the season.
The Harlequin Football Club (Harlequins or Quins for short) is an English rugby union team that plays in the top level of English rugby, the English Premiership. Their ground in London is the Twickenham Stoop. They were one of the founding members of the RFU. Quins were crowned winners of the European Challenge Cup in 2011, the English Premiership for the first time in 2012 and won the Anglo-Welsh Cup in 2013.
Harlequins endured a mixed 2010–11 season, which was characterised by inconsistency. They finished seventh in the league, which was insufficient to ensure Heineken Cup qualification. However, they proved their potential with some inspiring performances on their way to the Amlin Cup final. This included a historic win away against Munster in the semi-final, where they became only the second club to beat the Irish province at home in a European Competition.
Bouza has so far scored nine test tries in his 38 appearances for Argentina. He played for Duendes Rugby Club in Rosario, Argentina where he was captain before moving to the English club NEC Harlequins in August 2005 in National Division One. He made only five appearances for the Quins in their promotion winning season. He joined Leeds Tykes for the National Division One 2006/07 season on a one-year deal.
Wigan faced their worst start to a season since 1966 after losing their opening three matches. Tomkins was brought into the squad and came off the bench against Harlequins for his league début during their fourth match of the season. Tomkins made a break early in the second half which allowed George Carmont to claim the equalising try. Tomkins took Tim Smith's starting place in the team for their next match against Bradford Bulls.
Lee Mitchell (born ) is an English rugby league footballer who plays as a forward for the Rochdale Hornets in the Betfred Championship. He has played at club level for the Warrington Wolves (Heritage № 1076), the Leigh Centurions (Heritage № 1331) (two spells on loan), Harlequins RL (Heritage № 512) (loan), the Castleford Tigers (two spells, including one on loan), Whitehaven, the Batley Bulldogs and Rochdale Hornets (two spells, including one on loan), as a , or .
Fa'asavalu played for Samoa at the 2003 Rugby World Cup. He was signed by the then St. Helens coach Ian Millward in the winter of 2003 after a series of outstanding performances playing at flanker for Samoa in the 2003 Rugby World Cup. On his return to rugby union, he also featured in the 2011 Rugby World Cup. Harlequins managed to lure the Great Britain (RL), and Samoann (RU) international back to rugby union.
Lloyd-Davies first came to note as a rugby union player as a youth playing for Wales Schools. He joined local club Ammanford RFC, before matriculating to Trinity Hall and representing Cambridge University RFC. He played in one Varsity match, converting two penalties to score all the match points in a 6–0 Cambridge victory. He is reported to have turned out for London Welsh RFC and then Harlequins while living in London.
Harlequins went on to eventually face Connacht, beating Duffy's former team in the semi-finals over two legs. Duffy himself started at fullback in both the first and second matches. He also started in the final, scoring a crucial try in a single-point victory over AS Montferrand. The club was relegated in the 2005–05 season, Duffy stayed with the team as they won the 2005–06 National Division One, England's second tier league.
Waine Pryce came through the Castleford Tigers Academy system as a youngster. He made his début for the senior team in 2000. He has scored 49 tries for CastlefordTigers in 110 starting appearances. During July of 2006's Super League XI, Pryce broke the tibia and fibula in his left leg away at Harlequins RL. The extent of his injury forced him to have a metal rod and screws inserted into his injured leg.
Diego Zarzosa Peña (born 25 December 1975 in Valladolid) is a Spanish rugby union hooker who plays for CR El Salvador in the División de Honor. Zarzosa represented Spain during the 1999 Rugby World Cup. In 2007, Zarzosa signed a six-months contract with English giants Harlequins after Samoan Tani Fuga was called to the World Cup squad and Chris Brooker suffered a shoulder injury. He was not able to debut in the Premiership.
A 19th century of animal-drawn carriages (whose occupants were not masked), the building of bonfires, pilgrimage to sanctuaries while carrying torches, the consumption of beverages such as aguardiente, “Yara” rum, natural fruit juices, chocolate, soup, beer, coffee, etc., the wearing of costumes and masks,Costumes were imported or made locally and worn by well-to-do attenders of masked balls. Parodies of famous people, living or dead, dominos, harlequins, etc. were popular.
McDougal posed for Toma in the creative process and the pedestal of each statuette bears her signature.Warrior Princess at the Nudes and Harlequins section of Bill Toma's official website. Retrieved February 7, 2007 In early 2004, McDougal appeared in a photo spread in the Italian edition of Vogue with fellow Playmates, Pamela Anderson, Audra Lynn and Tishara Cousino. It was a tennis themed men's fashion spread shot in Las Vegas by photographer David LaChapelle.
Scott Baldwin (born 12 July 1988) is a Welsh international rugby union player. He played as a hooker for the Ospreys and joined Harlequins prior to the 2019/2020 season. In May 2013, Baldwin was selected in the Wales national rugby union team 32-man training squad for the summer 2013 tour to Japan. He made his international debut in the 2nd test versus Japan on 15 June 2013, as a second-half replacement.
Edwards played club rugby for Rosslyn Park before moving on to Harlequins and then to Northampton.www.barbarianfc.co.uk Edwards made his international debut on 18 January 1992 at Murrayfield in the Scotland vs England match. Of the 6 matches he played for his national side he was on the winning side on 4 occasions. He played his final match for Scotland on 15 January 1994 at Cardiff Arms Park in the Wales vs Scotland match.
Along with numerous musical, dramatic and dance performances, she founded a traveling children's theater troupe, the Hug High Harlequins, which traveled to elementary school audiences all over Northern Nevada. In the 1970s and 1980s there was also a Shakespeare Club, active in organizing yearly fieldtrips to Shakespeare performances of professional theater companies under the supervision of English teacher Joanne Walen. This group was also commonly known as "Little Willy's Gang."Talon Yearbook.
Matt Cairns (born 31 March 1979) is a former rugby union footballer who played at hooker for Harlequins and has been capped for the England national side as well as representing England in the Saxons and Sevens teams as well as at several age group levels. He also played for a season with Sale Sharks and has had two spells with Saracens. He retired on 14 February 2012 due to medical advice.
Conor O'Shea () (born 21 October 1970) is an Irish rugby union coach and former player. He was the head coach of the Italy national team from 2016 to 2019. He played as a full back and occasionally at out-half and centre for Ireland, Lansdowne and London Irish. He has also coached London Irish and Harlequins, and held management positions with the English Rugby Football Union and the English Institute of Sport.
Dal Shabet's eighth EP, Joker Is Alive, was released on April 15, 2015. The title track, "Joker", is a swing jazz dance song. In the music video, Dal Shabet portray female Harlequins who seduce the Joker, played by Lee Seung-ho. The music video was banned by KBS because of its explicit choreography, and the song's lyrics were censored by the network because the English word "joker" sounds similar to a Korean expletive.
In November 2017, Harlequins unveiled plans to build a new state-of-the-art 25,000-seat stadium on the same Twickenham site. The project is being led by architects Populous, designers of the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium – the largest club stadium in London. The redevelopment is expected to cost in the region of £50m. Concrete plans have not yet been released, and consultation with the local community and Richmond Council is currently ongoing.
George Merrick (born 4 October 1992) is an English rugby union player who plays for Clermont Auvergne in the Top 14. Merrick made his senior debut for Harlequins against Wasps during the 2013 London Double Header held at Twickenham Stadium. He was part of the England U20s squad that won the 2012 Six Nations Under 20s Championship. He then travelled to South Africa that same year for the 2012 IRB Junior World Championship.
As a result, on his return from injury, his peers voted him the winner of the 2005 Rugby Cyborg of the Year. McMillan made a successful return to rugby at the start of the 2005–06 season, and continued playing for Ulster for two more seasons. He is well known for his work-rate and his all-action style of play. McMillan signed for Harlequins FC from the start of the 2008–2009 Season.
Best returned home to join Belfast Harlequins in 2002 where he captained the team and gained his first Ulster contract in 2004. He made his debut for Ulster as a replacement at home to Munster in the 2005 Celtic League. He replaced his brother (now retired Ireland and Ulster prop Simon) as Ulster captain for the 2007/08 season and continues to hold the position. He is renowned for his abilities as a scrummager.
In season 2002–03, Seib was called up to Glasgow Warriors back up squad. Such was his form for club side Aberdeen, there was much talk of Seib's move to the provincial Glasgow side being made permanent, however, work commitments prevented him joining Glasgow full-time. He played in the Warriors' match against Harlequins on 9 August 2002. Seib won the Player's player of the year for the BT Premiership in 2003–04.
Despite retiring from the international game after the 1999 World Cup, he returned to play in the 2003 World Cup. In 1998, Lougheed signed for Leicester Tigers, playing his debut against Harlequins. In 2000 he announced his retirement, however shortly afterwards signed a one-week contract with injury stricken Gloucester. Lougheed now lives in Calgary, Alberta and coaches the 2006 Western Canadian University Rugby Champions, the University of Calgary Dinos Rugby team.
He then claimed two more braces in consecutive matches, firstly against Barrow Raiders in the Challenge Cup fourth round, then against Harlequins in Round 14 of 2011's Super League XVI. Leuluai was selected for the Exiles squad for the Rugby League International Origin Match against England at Headingley on 10 June 2011. Leuluai played as a hooker in the 2011 Challenge Cup Final victory over the Leeds Rhinos, scoring a try at Wembley Stadium.
Having qualified for the 2012-13 Heineken Cup on the virtue of their 2012 Aviva Premiership title, Harlequins produced a strong showing in the pool stage, remaining unbeaten in pool 3 against Biarritz Olympique, Connacht Rugby and Italian newborn Pro 12 franchise Zebre to be granted #1 seed for the quarter finals. However, they lost to #8 seed Munster at home 12–18 in the quarter final, despite leading 9–6 at half-time.
Owen plays flanker. He previously played for Nottingham R.F.C, and Leicester Tigers. On 28 January 2017 Owen made his Tigers debut as a substitute in an Anglo-Welsh Cup match against Northampton Saints and was also an unused substitute against Harlequins in an Anglo-Welsh Cup game in January 2014. He has also played for Doncaster Knights on loan during the 2015-16 RFU Championship season, making 7 appearances for Doncaster during this spell.
David Devant, Wylie's first artiste Julian Wylie began his career as an accountant. His earliest contacts with the world of entertainment came through his younger brothers, Lauri Wylie, who was first active as an actor in the late 1890s, and G. B. Samuelson, who operated cinemas. About 1910, Julian Wylie became the business manager and agent of David Devant, a leading illusionist.Albert Edward Wilson, Pantomime pageant: a procession of harlequins, clowns, comedians (1946) p.
He played No.8 in a rugby career with London Wasps, Harlequins and London Irish, during the course of which he secured seven caps for England national rugby union team, and a notable place in the England rugby union Sevens squad that won the Sevens World Cup in 1993. He started in the 2002 Powergen Cup Final at Twickenham, as London Irish defeated the Northampton Saints. He also played for the Effingham & Leatherhead Eagles.
Sale's Heineken Cup campaign also ended in disappointment, although they did challenge the group favourites Toulouse and the Cardiff Blues. The highlights of the campaign were a stunning 27–26, win at home to Cardiff and wins home and away against Harlequins. Towards the end of the season, there were changes made in the coaching staff. Keith-Roach stepped down from his duties after deciding he could not commit to a full-time role.
Leicester Tigers 9–5 victory over Toulouse ensured that Munster qualified as the second-best runner up, and they played Harlequins in the quarter-finals. Munster won the quarter-final 12–18, advancing to the semi-final, which they lost 16–10 to ASM Clermont Auvergne on 27 April 2013. Munster finished sixth in the 2012–13 Pro12. Munster were drawn in Pool 6 for the 2013–14 Heineken Cup, alongside Perpignan, Edinburgh and Gloucester.
Roux's work was added to the prestigious Phillips Collection in Washington, DC, in 1988, and he contributed one of four new frescoes that were added to the cupola of the shopping arcade, Galerías Pacífico, when it was reopened in 1991.Galerías Pacífico Roux created his own teaching workshop in 1997; his themes include still life, harlequins, Italian actors and geometric shapes; they are often surrealistic. He was named Illustrious Citizen of Buenos Aires in 2007.
In the playoffs, the club routed the Dallas Harlequins in the quarterfinals, notched an injury-time win over the Denver Barbarians in the semifinals, and won its first championship by defeating Life 23–13 in the RSL final. In 2010, SFGG returned to the final but lost to NYAC. In 2011, SFGG reached the finals for the third consecutive year, this time defeating Life for the championship."Keeler Stepping Down from SFGG Post" , Rugby Today, July 20, 2012.
McCarthy joined the Irish side Connacht in 2003. He made his debut from the bench in a Celtic League match away against Welsh side Cardiff Blues on 13 September. McCarthy played 16 times in total in the 2003–04 Celtic League, scoring two tries. He also made 8 appearances in the 2003–04 European Challenge Cup as Connacht made it to the semi-finals, where they were narrowly beaten by eventual winners Harlequins over two legs.
This was contested between the first round losers from the European Challenge Cup. As there were only 28 teams involved, the 2 "best" 1st Round losers were reprieved and proceeded to the 2nd Round. The defending champions, England's NEC Harlequins, did not have a chance to defend their crown because they qualified to play in the Heineken Cup. Sale Sharks claimed a comfortable victory over Pau in the final and picked up their second piece of European Club silverware.
On 1 November 2014 Bryant made his Leicester debut away to London Irish in the Anglo-Welsh Cup. Later that season Bryant was called in the England U-20s squad. On 19 February 2016 Bryant made his Premiership debut against Harlequins scoring 9 points and impressing in a 25-19 loss. On 17 May 2017 it was announced that Bryant was to leave Welford Road and sign for Jersey in the RFU Championship from the 2017-18 season.
Croft's best position was blindside flanker, he was known for his line-out agility and unusual speed for a forward; one of the quickest players in the Tigers squad his coach Aaron Mauger described him as the " fastest loose forward he had ever seen". After scoring two tries against his Harlequins side in 2008 Dean Richards described Croft as an "outstanding talent" who "has everything", Martin Corry said have never had a player blessed with Croft's abundant abilities.
Stan South (born 24 July 1996) is an English professional rugby union player who plays lock or flanker for Edinburgh on loan from Exeter Chiefs. South began his career at Harlequins and made his professional debut against Gloucester in the Anglo-Welsh Cup in 2015. He joined Exeter Chiefs on a one- year deal in 2019, despite having initially signed for Coventry. He joined Edinburgh on loan in February 2020 as cover during the Six Nations.
His adaptation of a French operetta by Émile Jonas called The Two Harlequins opened the new Gaiety Theatre, London in 1868, together with his distant cousin, W. S. Gilbert's, Robert the Devil and another piece. Beckett's pieces include numerous burlesques and pantomimes, the libretti of Savonarola (Hamburg, 1884) and The Canterbury Pilgrims (Drury Lane, 1884) for the music of Dr. C. V. Stanford. With the composer Alfred Cellier, Beckett wrote the operetta Two Foster Brothers (St.
However, within a minute of stepping on the field Jean-François Tordo gave him a crack and broke his nose. That was nothing compared to the rest of the injuries he sustained through his career. He once suffered a suspected broken neck playing in a Seven-a-side game for Harlequins. On another occasion on the Friday before an international against Wales, he tore a hamstring in training, denying him the chance to play at Twickenham.
He also scored a try in his first match for them in the 2015 Vodacom Cup, helping the side to a 27–17 victory over Eastern Cape rivals the in East London. He joined English RFU Championship side Jersey in January 2016. On 21 February 2017, Kerrod makes move to the Aviva Premiership with Worcester Warriors from the 2017-18 season. On 21 March 2019, Kerrod sign for Premiership rivals Harlequins from the 2019-20 season.
With several of these he played in the Northwest Counties team that in 1972, at Workington, became the first regional team to defeat a New Zealand All Black's touring team. He also played in the North of England provincial team that beat the All Blacks in 1979. He toured New Zealand in 1971 with the victorious British and Irish Lions, playing in the first, second and fourth test matches. At that time he played club rugby for Harlequins.
In 2005 the buildings were extended and revamped. A new media center; art studio; technology and design studio; and Grade 8 and 9 drama classroom was built. The school has numerous sporting facilities including: basketball courts with tennis nets in the middle, a large field, a cricket field, a swimming pool and the Harlequins Field adjacent to the campus. The school does well on the swimming front, winning the Co-ed Inter-High Gala in 2005, 2006 and 2007.
London Griffins were formed in March 2005 as the supporters team of London Broncos and are now the Harlequins RL supporters team. The club was formed as a social team to play against other such supporters teams. The Griffins name came from the London Broncos former home ground at Griffin Park. The ground took its name from the Griffin in the logo of Fuller's Brewery, which at one point owned the land on which the stadium was built.
Chick signed his first professional contract with Newcastle Falcons at the conclusion of the 2014/2015 season. From there he went on to captain the Falcon's Rugby Sevens side. Chick made his Aviva Premiership debut on 28 October 2016, against Wasps, going on to make 15 starts in all competitions in the 2016/2017 Falcons season. On 24 February 2018, Chick scored his first Aviva Premiership try after coming off the bench, in a Newcastle away win at Harlequins.
Carroll scored 403 runs in his fourteen matches, at an average of 16.12 and a high score of 60 not out, his only first-class half century. Besides playing first-class cricket, Carroll also played rugby union as a fullback at domestic level in both Australia and England. His teams at domestic level included Northern Suburbs in Australia and Harlequins and Oxford University. He made one appearance for the Barbarians, against Penarth RFC in April 1971.
Glasgow Warriors: Oli Kebble, James Malcolm, Darcy Rae, Scott Cummings, Johnny Gray, Bruce Flockhart, Chris Fusaro, Matt Smith, Nick Frisby, Brandon Thomson, Lelia Masaga, Paddy Kelly, Sam Johnson, Robbie Nairn, Rory Hughes Replacements (all used): Kevin Bryce, Grant Stewart, Alex Allan, Adam Nicol, Greg Peterson, Rob Harley, Thomas Gordon, Kaleem Barreto, Adam Hastings, Ratu Tagive, Stafford McDowell, Alex Dunbar, Niko Matawalu, Joe Reynolds, Ruaridh Jackson, Adam Ashe Harlequins: 15. James Lang, 14. Nathan Earle, 13. Joe Marchant, 12.
Deramore Park has one squash court, three rugby pitches, one cricket pitch, one synthetic hockey pitch, a two-bedroom apartment and one bowling green which Belfast Bowling Club owns and plays on. In the summer of 2006, Belfast Harlequins hosted several sports in the Special Olympics Ireland Games. The games were held in Belfast for the first time in their history. Deramore Park was a venue for the 2007 Under 19 Rugby World Championship, which was hosted in Belfast.
After twenty games without a try, Kvesic scored his first points for the club after crossing the line against Harlequins in February 2014. In October 2014, he signed a two-year contract extension to keep him with the club until the end of the 2016–17 season. On 12 January 2017 it was announced that Kvesic would leave Gloucester at the end of the season to join local rivals Exeter Chiefs on a three-year contract.
Kershaw returned to the bar after the war. He also served as a member of the London County Council from 1946 to 1949, and as a councillor on the Westminster City Council from 1947 to 1948. He played rugby union for Harlequins. Kershaw contested Gloucester in 1950 and 1951. He was elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for Stroud in 1955, remaining in that position until his retirement at the 1987 general election, with a substantially increased majority.
Coutts only first-class cricket experience was for Oxford University, as a right arm medium-fast bowler. From 15 matches he took 33 wickets at 35.75. He also later turned out for a number of other sides, including the Harlequins cricket team in 1953, as well as the Free Foresters in the same year. From 1957 to 1959 he played a number of times for the Cryptics and he also turned out for the Old Alleynians cricket side.
The school has played hockey since the 1890s. One of the earliest matches was when a Collegians ladies' team beat the schoolgirls 4–0 in 1896.Belfast Newsletter 22 October 1896 Page 3 The College possesses its own artificial turf pitch, located at Belfast Harlequins on the Malone Road. The Boys' 1st XI were the Burney Cup winners in 1999 with the cup being presented to the team by Ulster Branch president and ex-pupil Peter Wood.
Ben Daly is an Australian former rugby union player. He played his club rugby for various clubs including Glasgow Warriors, Worcester Warriors and Newport Gwent Dragons. Scottish-Qualified as both his parents are Scottish, Daly had a training contract with the New South Wales Waratahs when he decided to move to Scotland to play rugby, in the home city of his parents. He signed for Glasgow Warriors in 2002 making his debut in the pre-season match against Harlequins.
Cornelian Bay is home to many sports fields and sports headquarters. The Tasmanian Rugby Union oval at Rugby Park is the home ground for Hobart Harlequins Rugby Union Club, Hobart Lions Rugby Club and Taroona Rugby Club. The headquarters of Hockey Tasmania is at the Tasmanian Hockey Centre, the location of all Hockey South roster matches. Hockey Tasmania has two teams in the Australian Hockey League, the men's Tasmanian Tigers and the women's Tasmanian Van Demons.
Max Edwards (born 29 November 1990), also known by the nicknames of "Max-E" and "Maxi", is an English professional rugby league and rugby union footballer who has played in the 2010s. He has played club level rugby league (RL) in the Super League for the Harlequins RL (Heritage № 498), as a , and has played club level rugby union (RU) in the New South Wales Suburban Rugby Union for the Lindfield Rugby Club, as an outside centre.
Jamie Huw Roberts (born 8 November 1986) is a Welsh rugby union player, who plays for the Dragons. His usual position is centre. Beginning in 2005, Roberts has played for Cardiff RFC, Cardiff Blues, Racing Métro, Cambridge University, Harlequins, Bath and the Stormers, and joined the Dragons in 2020. He won 94 caps for Wales between 2008 and 2017, and 3 for the British and Irish Lions on their tours to South Africa in 2009 and Australia in 2013.
John Brooks born 11 November 1977 was a rugby union player for Harlequins in the Guinness Premiership. He also played for the England Saxons, including starting all the matches in the victorious Churchill Cup team of 2007, beating the New Zealand Maori in the final. One of his career highlights was playing understudy to Brendan O'Reilly in the Loughborough University League team, a player from whom he learnt a great deal. Brooks' position of choice was as a prop.
This followed a hat-trick in the previous week against Worcester Warriors. On 10 February 2017, Varndell scored for Bristol against Harlequins to surpass Cueto's record. He scored once more for Bristol to finish the 2016-2017 Premiership Rugby season with 92 tries. In 2018, following a brief stint in Wales with Scarlets, Varndell moved to French second division side Soyaux Angoulême XV Charente on a two-year contract scoring once in a 31-18 loss to Brive.
Dan Murphy (born 27 October 1985 in Romford, Havering, England) is a rugby union player for Harlequins in the Aviva Premiership. Murphy's position of choice is as a prop. He joined Gloucester Rugby for the 2011/2012 season.Gloucester sign London Irish prop Dan Murphy for next season On 2 April 2013, it was announced that Murphy had signed a two-year contract extension to keep him at Gloucester until the end of the 2014–15 season.
On 15 January 2015, Murphy signed a new three-year contract extension to stay with Gloucester until the end of the 2017-18 season. However, Murphy announced he parted ways with Gloucester, after granted his early contract release, where he would officially join Harlequins from the 2016-17 season. On 13 June 2017, Murphy returns to the South West of England to join Gloucestershire based club Hartpury RFC in the RFU Championship from the 2017-18 season.
After graduating from the Connacht academy, O'Halloran was signed on a development contract for the 2011–12 season. That season saw Connacht qualify for the Heineken Cup, Europe's premier club competition, for the first time. On 11 November 2011, O'Halloran scored Connacht's first ever try in the competition against Harlequins in the opening round. He also featured for Connacht in the 36–10 defeat to Toulouse in and the 23–19 loss against Gloucester, scoring another try against Gloucester.
Wilbur earned a masters in business administration from the University of California, Los Angeles while playing for the Dallas Cowboys. Through his time at Stanford, Wilbur developed a keen appreciation for rugby football. As his years in the NFL wound down Wilbur became a ringleader of the Hawaii Harlequins Rugby Football Club, and continued to enjoy the social aspects of rugby long after hanging up his boots. Wilbur was a "regular" at the Aspen Ruggerfest until the end.
This group included entertainers, harlequins and musicians performing in a carnival-like atmosphere while Eisenbarth plied his trade. The spectacle drew large crowds, and the loud music and revelry helped drown out the cries of pain from his patients. Eisenbarth designed his own medical instruments, including a cataract needle and a polypus hook. From his home in Magdeburg, the Zum goldenen Apfel, he manufactured and marketed his own medicine, selling his homemade remedies on a large scale.
Cardiff Grange Harlequins (known as the 'Quins') were a Welsh football team originating in Grangetown, Cardiff. The team's first choice strip was red shirts, black shorts and red socks. Their second strip was gold and black shirts, black shorts and black socks. They used to play their football at Cardiff Athletics Stadium in Leckwith. The Quins were formed in 1935, and progressed in the 1990s from 'parks' football into the Welsh League, via the FAW Pyramid system.
On 2 May 2009, Croke Park was the venue for a Heineken Cup rugby semi-final, in which Leinster defeated Munster 25–6. The attendance of 82,208 set a new world record attendance for a club rugby union game.Leinster 25–6 Munster. BBC Sport (2 May 2009) This record stood until 31 March 2012 when it was surpassed by an English Premiership game between Harlequins and Saracens at Wembley Stadium which hosted a crowd of 83,761.
The loose-head prop was a regular on the bench during the 2003/04 campaign and made a handful of starts during the World Cup period. After a couple of consistent seasons, Wood is a regular in the first team. He made 20 starts and 6 substitute appearances during the 2006–07 season for Gloucester Rugby and he scored 1 try against Harlequins at Kingsholm. Wood played in the League final that season, losing to the Leicester Tigers.
On 27 October 2015, it was announced that De Villiers would join Leicester Tigers from December 2015. His first game was on 19 February 2016 against Harlequins in a 19–25 loss at The Stoop. He scored his first try in the following and De Villiers' final game against London Irish at Welford Road. In April 2016, De Villiers was announced as being set to leave Welford Road at the end of the 2015-16 season.
The stadium also hosted the 2012–13 LV Cup final on 17 March 2013. Harlequins defeated Sale Sharks 32–14 in front of 8,100 spectators and gained a place in the 2013–14 Heineken Cup as a result. The stadium has also hosted the Britbowl, the championship game of British American Football twice, in 2010 and 2016. London Blitz played in both finals, beating Coventry Jets 34–20 in 2010 and losing to London Warriors 36–15 in 2016.
Ethan Charles A. Waller (born 13 August 1992) is an English rugby union prop who plays for Worcester Warriors. He came through the Northampton Saints academy system and made his debut in November 2012 against Harlequins and is the younger brother of Saints prop Alex. He has previously spent time at Coventry and Moseley on dual registration agreements. The young prop's breakthrough season came in 2013/14 while fell Saints Alex Corbisiero was unavailable due to injury.
In spring 2012 Richards was named Director of Rugby at Newcastle Falcons when his ban ended in August and, as he had with Harlequins, led Newcastle to promotion back to the Premiership at the first attempt. Richards led the Falcons to an 8th-place finish in the 2016-17 Aviva Premiership, with Falcons ending up just 3 points off the top 6. This was their best finish in 11 years, and their biggest number of wins in 15 years.
Joe Gray (born 5 August 1988) is a rugby union player for Harlequins in Premiership Rugby. He plays as a hooker, and previously played for the Northampton Saints and Saracens. Gray started his Rugby career at Nottingham RFC, he was part of the Nottinghamshire County Schools Rugby Club and also played with Three County Rugby Club which consisted of Nottinghamshire, Lincolnshire and Derbyshire. Gray took part in a tour of Australia with Three Counties at the age of 15.
The name of the cup was changed to the Pilkington Cup for the 1989 tournament. Bath picked up from where they left off in the late 1980s, going onto win another six times from 1989 to 1996. Harlequins won their second title in 1991, and Leicester added to their three championships in 1993 and again in 1997. The cup changed its name again after Leicesters' 1997 victory, becoming the Tetley's Bitter Cup for the 1998 season.
Andrew Dunne born 18 October 1979 in Castleknock Dublin, Ireland is a former professional rugby union player for Leinster Rugby, NEC Harlequins, Bath Rugby and Connacht. He retired in 2009 following a ten-year career. He was educated at Belvedere College in Dublin where he won Schoolboy International caps in both rugby and cricket. He progressed to a Commerce degree in UCD on a sports scholarship, winning a Colours match in 1999 playing with Brian O'Driscoll.
Off the field the club were beginning to develop commercially, signing a 5-year sponsorship with brewers Ind Coope in 1984. In 1985 the penultimate step towards league rugby was taken as the John Smith's Merit Table A was launched. It was a national competition that featured the best sides from the four regional merit tables but was still based on old traditional fixtures; Tigers played 10 counting games in the first season whilst Harlequins played only 4.
In spite of this, he rushed two other machine guns which were holding up the advance, and continued to lead his battalion forward until he was again seriously wounded by machine-gun fire in three places. He showed splendid courage and determination.'London Gazette,3 October 1919 By 1914,Hudson had already shown considerable promise as a RU running standoff half and Centre threequarter. He played for Harlequins and Cambridge University and seems to have narrowly missed a Blue.
Four years later, at a corrida in Arles, he showed his photographs to Spanish painter Pablo Picasso who, though subdued, asked to see more of his work. Within a year and a half, young Clergue worked on his photography with the goal of sending more images to Picasso. During this period, he worked on a series of photographs of travelling entertainers, acrobats and harlequins, the « Saltimbanques ». He also worked on a series whose subject was carrion.
David Vaealiki was expected to join the Harlequins RL when his Wigan Warriors contract expired at the end of 2007's Super League XII and it was not known if he was offered a new contract. During September 2007 he was linked with a move to French rugby union side Sporting Club Albigeois. Instead Vaealiki joined the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles on a one-year deal and played two games for the club in early 2008.
Mike Worsley joined Harlequins from Zurich Premiership rivals London Irish in the summer of 2003 and was part of the Quins side that defeated London Wasps 33-27 on the opening day of the 2003/04 season (13 September 2003). Injury forced his retirement at the end of the 2005/06 season. In September 2009, he became a teacher at Cranleigh School teaching Business Studies as well as being a tutor in one of the houses.
Liley moved to Leicester Tigers in 1996 to join his brother John. He made his debut on 25 August 1996 against Boroughmuir at Welford Road and scored 27 points, a club record for a player on debut. He was Leicester's starting fly half in every game during the 1996-97 Heineken Cup, scoring a try in the quarter final victory over Harlequins. Liley started the 1997 Heineken Cup Final for Leicester as they lost 28-9 to CA Brive.
Dinwiddy was the son of Major C. H. Dinwiddy. He captained both the Cricket XI and the First XV at Radley College in 1931, and went up to Pembroke College, Cambridge in 1932. At Cambridge Dinwiddy also won a Blue for rugby and played for Harlequins, being trialed for England in 1936. After graduation Dinwiddy taught English and rugby at Ampleforth College until the outbreak of the Second World War, when he enlisted in the Royal Navy.
The Ajax Wanderers Rugby Club can lay claim to being the founding club for rugby in post-war Ontario. The club was formed by a group of English immigrants who missed their favorite sport from back home in 1949. The early years saw games against the University of Toronto and McGill University. The Toronto Nomads, Aurora Barbarians, Markham Irish Canadians and to a lesser extent the Brantford Harlequins all owe their existence to those early Wanderers.
Mark Cueto over took former Sale teammate Steve Hanley, as top try scorer in the premiership, with his 76th try. Their first win of the season was against Cardiff Blues in the Heineken Cup, which was their only win in that year's Heineken Cup, where they finished bottom of their pool. In the LV Cup in the knock-out stages, they beat Saracens in the semi final, but lost in the final to Harlequins 14–31.
The Duffus Park-based club have barely been in existence a few years but have been making massive strides in the women's game. In 2017, they won the BT National Division 2 Championship which promoted them into National 1. With the recent changes to the women's league names, they now start the 2018 season in the Tennent's Women's National League 1. The Harlequins originally got together as a way for women to keep fit through rugby.
The Quins were winning 16–12 with just a couple of minutes to go when Catalan were over the line with ball in hand, but Will Sharp stripped the ball from the Dragons player and Quins held out for the win. The last ever game under McDermott saw Harlequins lose to Warrington at home; 7 wins from his last 38 games – and positions which worsened by the table – seeing no contract renewal on the table. It was a shock to Harlequins RL supporters to see McDermott's assistant take over and this bizarre decision seemed to be warranted as Rob Powell oversaw three wins from their first three matches placing them at the top of the ladder. Away wins at Leeds Rhinos and St Helens seemed to herald a new dawn, however, the club's run of success was ended with a club record 82–6 defeat to Warrington Wolves on 20 March 2011 and the team were within a try of losing by the all-time Super League record margin of −80 held by Salford City Reds.
Unfortunately the story is not true, insurance companies have never been so naïve concerning weather conditions in tropical climes. In fact the loan and its interest was repaid entirely from the annual subscriptions of the members of the Rugby Patrons Society. Kenya Harlequins, the tenant club, and Impala RFC, on the neighbouring ground, between them paid for the drilling of a bore-hole on the Impala grounds, the water from this well being used to irrigate the pitches on both grounds.
He also played as they won both the 2002–03 Premiership Final and the 2003–04 Premiership Final. After winning both the Zurich Premiership and Heineken Cup with Wasps in 2004, he headed across the Channel to play for Castres Olympique in France. He then returned to play for and captain Wasps' London rivals, Harlequins, and in 2008 signed a 2-year deal to play for RFU Championship side London Scottish. Volley was educated at Lord Williams School in Thame, Oxfordshire.
Prior to signing with Harlequins he played for London Irish. He has also represented Argentina Sevens at the IRB Sevens event in Los Angeles. He also played for Buenos Aires Rugby Union in 2005 and previously represented Argentina at both under-21 and under-19 level. He was part of the Argentine squad for the 2007 Rugby World Cup which succeed in gaining Argentina's highest world cup finish of third place and Argentine squad for the 2011 Rugby World Cup in New Zealand.
Odogwu rose to fame after his performances for Sale in the Aviva Premiership Singha 7s tournament, scoring 8 tries in the group stage, breaking the record of 7 set by Christian Wade the previous year. This earnt him the man of the round award. He made his senior debut for Sale in the second round of the Aviva Premiership season against Harlequins, impressing onlookers with footwork, pace and power. His first try for the club came against former club Leicester in round 5.
Lahiff qualifies to play international rugby for through his father. On 30 January 2015, Bath Rugby confirmed the signing of Lahiff with immediate effect. Rejoining Toby Booth and Neal Hatley, who were coaches at London Irish during his spell there, Lahiff was named in the squad to play Harlequins in the LV= Cup the next day. Lahiff signed for French Top 14 side Clermont as cover during the 2019 Rugby World Cup, but the deal was called off due to a medical issue.
He moved to Leicester Tigers for the 1992/93 season and, although scoring some spectacular tries at Welford Road and again representing England 'B', overall he had a mixed season losing another Pilkington Cup semi-final against Harlequins in a team transitioning into the major force it was to become later in the 1990s. He returned to Orrell in September 1993, and played his last game in April 1995, the final Courage League game of the 1994/95 season versus Wasps at Sudbury.
On 17 December 2015 it was announced that Gustard had been appointed as the England Rugby team's defence coach, supporting the recently appointed team coach, Eddie Jones. Jones noted that "He has overseen Saracens' growth as a team, he has produced an aggressive defence system there and we are hoping he can do the same for England." On May 21, 2018 it was announced that he will be the new Head of Rugby at Harlequins ahead of the 2018–19 season.
He has also featured in the Challenge Cup games against Halifax and Wigan. He scored tries against Leeds (3 tries), Wigan (2 tries), Warrington (1 try), Harlequins RL (1 try) and Halifax (1 try). In August 2011, Whitehead received a five-game suspension after being charged with biting Hull Kingston Rovers forward Jordan Cox. In the 2012 season, Whitehead missed Round 1 due to suspension. Whitehead featured in 26 consecutive games from Round 2 (Castleford) to Round 27 (Catalans Dragons).
Stoop is widely credited with revolutionising back play. Previously, the two half backs were designated as "left and right", but Stoop incorporated ideas already being used in Wales and New Zealand to introduce the concept of the Scrum Half and Outside Half. He used these ideas to great success for both Harlequins and England. As well as being club captain from 1906–1914, Stoop was secretary from 1905–14 and from 1920-38 as well as president from 1920–1950.
An influx of players from Tanganyika due to a flight of expatriates would boost the Kenyan game. During the early 1970s, a number of English clubs began touring Kenya, playing unofficial test matches against the Tuskers. This included Harlequins RFC nearly being beaten, only for the Tuskers to lose 20–15. After an invitation in the local dailies to black African rugby players, Miro RFC was formed as an invitational side; rather like the Barbarians or local equivalents, Scorpions RFC.
Narbonne made it three in a row after winning the 1991 Challenge Yves du Manoir, defeating CA Bègles 24 to 19 in the final game. Narbonne came close to winning the Challenge Yves du Manoir four times in a row, but lost to SU Agen 23-18 in the final. In 2001 Narbonne were runners-up in the European Challenge Cup, losing to the Harlequins 42 to 33 in the final. The Club has been owned by an Australian Consortium since 2012.
Born in Redhill, Surrey, Arnold moved to Kent aged five and attended a state school until sixth form, when he earned a rugby scholarship at Cranleigh School. Harlequins had shown interest in Arnold joining their academy, but as a scrum-half rather than a centre. Arnold, who wanted to play as a centre for Ireland, instead decided to join Ulster. He qualifies for Ireland through his mother, who is from Wexford – he also has a grandfather from Bere Island, County Cork.
His last match for Fiji was against Japan, at Tokyo, on 4 March 1990. He also had the privilege to play for Eastern Province Rugby during his career in the Eastern Cape, Port Elizabeth in 1992 alongside fellow Fiji teammate Leveni Duvuduvukula. During his time for Eastern Province he also played for the PE Harlequins on club level. After retiring from his player career, Naituku coached the Natabua High School Boys Section team, who won the Coca-Cola Games in 2015.
London Skolars announced that James Massara, a Hammersmith-born thirty-two-year-old would take the reins as head coach at New River Stadium in 2010. In October 2010 the London Skolars appointed former Harlequins RL player Joe Mbu as their head coach. In 2013, London finished 4th in the 2013 Championship 1 season. That was the first time they finished in the play-offs in their Championship 1 venture, although they didn't achieve promotion after being knocked out in the semi-finals.
However, in the 2010–11 European Challenge Cup, Stade Français clinched top seed after the Pool stage, winning all 6 of their matches. Their pool, however, did include Leeds Carnegie, Bucureşti Oaks and Crociati Parma, with the latter two being semi-professional sides. Stade won the quarterfinal beating Montpellier 32–28. Cheika's team beat Clermont, who had dropped down from the Heineken Cup, by 29–25 in the semifinal, but narrowly lost to Harlequins 19–18 in the final at Cardiff.
On 27 May 2017, Saili made his final appearance for Munster when he started against Scarlets in the 2017 Pro12 Grand Final in the Aviva Stadium, Dublin. On 21 June 2017, it was announced that Saili had signed for English Premiership side Harlequins. Saili played in his first senior game after recovering from an injury on 14 October in a European Champions Cup game against French side La Rochelle. He came on as a substitute in a 34–27 loss.
Ironically, he never captained his club-side. However, he never lost his place in the Harlequins side and was part of the generation that witnessed the move to the new Twickenham Stadium. He played in the inaugural match on 2 October 1909, at what is now the home of English rugby. In this match he had the distinction of scoring the first try at the new stadium, echoing his father's distinction of having scored England's first ever try in 1871.
For the 2008 tour to New Zealand, England coach Martin Johnson selected four Harlequin players to play for the tour, Nick Easter, David Strettle, Mike Brown and Danny Care. Also five Harlequin players were selected for the England Saxons Barclays Churchill Cup matches to the United States and Canada. Tom Guest, Chris Robshaw, Adrian Jarvis, Ugo Monye and Will Skinner were all selected with Will Skinner chosen as captain for the side. Harlequins in a huddle during the 2008–09 season.
After the removal of the Force from the Super Rugby competition in the latter half of 2017, Prior signed a short term deal to play for English club Harlequins, and then rejoined the Force as captain for the new World Series Rugby season in 2018. Later that year he was also targeted as a potential player for Zimbabwe, but took no part in their Africa Cup campaign. Prior remained captain of the Western Force for the 2018 National Rugby Championship.
In round 19, again against Harlequins, Tomkins marked his first league appearance as a with the game's first score and a try-saving tackle on Lamont Bryan. The Daily Mirror reported Maguire as saying, "Sam wanted a go at fullback and played very well. He's a quality kid in any position." He remained in that position for the rest of the season, including the Grand Final, except for one match against Warrington in round 22 where he was reverted to stand-off again.
Fozzard about to tackle Zeb Luisi against Harlequins RL at the Twickenham Stoop Born in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England, Fozzard started his career with Leeds, and went on to play for Huddersfield Giants and Warrington Wolves before joining St Helens in 2004. As 2006 Super League champions, St Helens faced 2006 NRL Premiers the Brisbane Broncos in the 2007 World Club Challenge. Fozzard played as a in St. Helens' 18–14 victory. He was selected in the 2007 Super League Dream Team.
David Kenneth Brooks (12 March 1924 – January 2002) was a rugby union player who played for Harlequin F.C. in Twickenham, Middlesex. He managed the British Lions on their 1968 tour to South Africa and presided the RFU for a short time from 1981 to 1982. He became life president of Harlequins Rugby Club in 1991. "Wrecker", as he came to be known, led the Lions to South Africa in 1968 where they began their tour with 6 opening provincial wins.
He toured the British Isles and France 1963-64 and 1967, and played against Australia and France in 1968, Wales in 1969 and South Africa in 1970. He was born in Taumarunui and educated at St Joseph's Convent School, Upper Hutt and St Patrick's College, Silverstream. He studied at the University of Otago and played for Otago. In 1971 he took a postgraduate dentistry course in England and played for the Harlequins, Middlesex and the Barbarians (and was also a selector-coach).
Duffy has played for the Ireland sevens team. He played in the Dubai Sevens in 2000. In November 2001, he won his first Ireland A cap against New Zealand at Ravenhill and his performances for Harlequins in the 2003–04 European Challenge Cup saw him called into the senior Ireland squad for the first time for the 2004 tour to South Africa. He won his first cap on that trip when coming on as a replacement during the second test.
Lenagan is a huge rugby league fan. His successful business ventures have allowed him to become involved in the sport and in July 2005 he took over as chairman and majority shareholder of Harlequins RL, buying 65% of the shares and also taking a place on the board of directors. He also became a major shareholder in Oxford United, who were controlled by long-time friend Nick Merry. In July 2012 he replaced Kelvin Thomas as chairman of the League Two club.
Coldrick played for several teams, including a single game for Harlequins and represented Monmouthshire at county level, before being selected by Newport in 1909. Coldrick gained his first international cap in a game against England as part of the 1911 Five Nations Championship. Under the captaincy of Billy Trew at the Swansea's St Helens Ground, Wales won the game 15–11. Coldrick was re-selected for the next game against Scotland, but failed to appear in the inaugural match in Paris.
In 2002, Joe was loaned out by the London Broncos to the Huddersfield Giants to gain experience in their Senior Academy side. He started the 2003 season with a similar loan-out at Leeds Rhinos before being recalled to the London Broncos to make his Super League début. Mbu played in the Super League for the London Broncos/Harlequins RL from 2003 to 2006. He became a crowd favourite amongst the London Broncos fans for his solid and dependable performances for the club.
A commanding figure when locking the scrum or in the second row, Worrincy is a supreme athlete who is both forceful and nimble in the pack. With his good footballing skills, Worrincy is a hugely promising player. The was selected to play for the Harlequins Rugby Union side for the Middlesex Sevens at Twickenham Stadium. He guested for club's sister rugby union team in the tournament as Tony Clubb was called on to replace the unavailable Paul Sykes in the match against Wigan.
In the Championship the following year, Price helped his country to claim the Grand Slam and scored tries when England played Wales and Ireland. Price played 17 games for Leicester Tigers between 1922 and 1927, and though injury disrupted his career he continued playing for the Harlequins until 1932. The talented sportsman played two first-class cricket matches during the 1920s, both for Oxford University. He debuted against the Army in 1920, opening the batting and made 14 followed by a duck (zero).
O'Halloran then played in the 24–3 loss against Toulouse but played in the province's first ever Heineken Cup win when Connacht beat Harlequins 9–8. In the 2011–12 Pro12 O'Halloran scored tries in both games against the Cardiff Blues along with tries Leinster and Glasgow Warriors. In Round 20 of matches, O'Halloran scored a try in a 26–21 victory over Ulster to take his tally of tries to five in the Pro12 and seven in all competitions.
The region looked to Harlequins backs coach Paul Turner, a Welshman, as their new head coach. Turner would also have to contend with Percy Montgomery returning to South Africa and Newport RFC stalwart Rod Snow retiring. Munster and Sale Sharks proved too strong in the 2005–06 Heineken Cup. After finishing 8th in the Celtic League, a 24–15 defeat Overmach Parma in a play-off for a place in the following seasons Heineken cup proved a new low for the region.
Williams did not play: the Welsh Rugby Union requested that Cardiff field Willie Llewellyn of Pennygraig and Teddy Morgan of London Welsh, who would be representing Wales against New Zealand the following week, alongside Cardiff's centres Nicholls and Gabe. Instead, the same day, Williams took the place of Morgan at London Welsh against Harlequins. Wales won 3–0 against New Zealand, and became the first team in 27 games to beat the tourists. Cardiff then faced the New Zealanders on Boxing Day 1905.
Warhammer is also unique in the aspect that Warhammer 40,000, the science fantasy version of the game, features space faring elves under the name of Eldar (a term borrowed from Tolkien) – an ancient race that once served the Old Ones and in the aftermath of a great catastrophe have split into four distinct groups, the Craftworld Eldar, the rustic Eldar Exodites (dinosaur riding eldar in self-imposed exile) the mysterious and acrobatic Harlequins and the fallen kindred, the Dark Eldar.
For the Welsh cyclist see Luc Jones Luc Jones (born 12 May 1994) is a Welsh rugby union player who has recently played for Jersey Reds in the RFU Championship as a scrum half. Prior to that he played one season for Harlequins, Richmond and three for the Dragons regional team, having previously started his career at Neath RFC. In January 2014 he was named in the Wales under-20 squad for the 2014 Under-20 Six Nations Championship and World Cup.
One match was played against the Barbarian F.C., the other, against another London rugby union club, the Harlequins. The 1980s saw what was, at that point, an all-time high representation of Wasps players in the England national side. In 1986, Wasps Football Club made their first appearance at the final of the John Player Cup knock-out competition, which originated in 1972. Wasps were defeated by Bath in a close game, where Bath emerged as winners, 25 points to 17.
Martinelli returned in 1621 to play for the court of Louis XIII and remained in Paris through 1624, going so far as to accompany the King to Fontainebleau and back. His company is recorded to have had 10-11 members in 1621. I Fideli, likely the last company Martinelli worked with, lasted into the 1640s included among its ranks Francesco Andreini's first wife, Virginia Ramponi. Martinelli is known to have addressed himself later in life as Dominus Arlequinorum (Greatest of the Harlequins).
At six years old, he took violin lessons from Muriel Carmen (his aunt), a violinist of the Cleveland Orchestra. By age 11, he was playing piano and dreaming about writing his own songs. The arrival of the Beatles and the Rolling Stones altered his dream slightly. By the time he was a sophomore at Charles F. Brush High School, Carmen was playing piano and singing in rock 'n' roll bands including the Fugitives, the Harlequins, the Sounds of Silence and the Cyrus Erie.
Harlequin is a pure spectral color at approximately 552 nanometers on the visible spectrum when plotted on the CIE chromaticity diagram. Silver Patron tequila is sold in harlequin-colored boxes. Harlequin is also an adjective used to describe something that is colored in a pattern, usually a diamond-shaped pattern, as in the dress traditionally associated with harlequins. Similarly, it can mean anything multicolored or prismatic, such as opals or other precious gems which are highly variegated in color and hue.
Born in Newcastle upon Tyne in the North of England, Graham had left Tyneside to find work in Newport. While in Newport he joined the rugby club, making his debut on 15 October 1886 against the Cardiff Harlequins.1887–1888 season Newport RFC In 1888, Graham was part of the Newport team to face the first Southern hemisphere touring team the New Zealand Māoris. Led by Theo Harding, Newport were out-muscled by the Māoris, losing three tries to nil.
Spennymoor Town started in the first round against Bridlington Town, winning 5–1. In the second round, they were drawn at home to Newcastle Benfield and winning 5–1. In the third round Spennymoor played fellow Northern Football League team, Billingham Synthonia winning 2–0. They were then drawn against Lordswood in the fourth round, winning 3–1. In the fifth round, they played Bemerton Heath Harlequins winning 4–2. In the quarter finals, Spennymoor drew Gornal Athletic where they won 3–1.
He went on to make over 50 appearances for Harlequins amassing over 270 points before being lured back to Newcastle Falcons by Dean Richards. During the period January–April 2013, he was loaned to Leeds Carnegie where he played 8 games amassing a total of 80 points. Clegg joined the Falcons ahead of the 2013–14 Aviva Premiership following their promotion from the RFU Championship. His contract with the Falcons ran out at the end of the 2014–15 season.
A junior for the Canterbury- Bankstown Bulldogs, Weisner played in their 2000 Jersey Flegg Cup team alongside Braith Anasta and Roy Asotasi. In England, Weisner played for the Leigh Centurions, Halifax, Harlequins RL, Barrow Raiders and Hull Kingston Rovers. In 2005 he was named in The Championships dream team of the year as Loose Forward. In 2010, the Manchester Evening News reported that Weisner left the Raiders, after he abandoned a club car at Manchester Airport, leaving Barrow with a £1,500 bill.
Skivington joined London Wasps in 2001, In 2008 he signed a contract keeping him at the club until 2010. On 14 April 2010, it was announced that he would be moving away from Wycombe to join Premiership rivals Leicester Tigers at the end of the season. His final game for Leicester was the Premiership final at Twickenham against Harlequins. On 23 January 2012, it was announced that he would be joining London Irish from the start of the 2012/2013 season.
The North Stand The North Stand is a temporary structure with an estimated life of 10 years, and is the most recent to be developed for the 2011–12 season. It houses approximately 2,000 and is the only stand with supporting pillars. There is a time clock to the top left of the stand. The corner of the North and IG Stand has a memorial for Nick Duncombe who was a promising scrum half for Harlequins and won two caps for England.
Hull's 13 match winning streak came to an end at Harlequins in round 22 but 2nd place rivals Leeds lost to leaders St Helens, who had Jamie Lyon sent off. Wigan's recent revival was halted by Warrington. In round 23, Wakefield Trinity re-ignited the relegation battle with a win against local rivals Castleford, despite being reduced to 11 men by the end of the game. Leeds lost the battle for second place, and their third league match in a row.
Ross Harrison (born 3 September 1992 in Bolton, England) is a rugby union player for the Sale Sharks in the Aviva Premiership. He plays as a prop. He was called up to the England Saxons squad in January 2015 and made his 100th appearance for Sale Sharks against Harlequins on the 6 November 2015. Harrison was selected for the England squad to face the Barbarians in the summer of 2014 and toured South Africa with England Saxons in the summer of 2016.
In 2017, Vunipola played for Saracens under-18s in the Aviva Premiership under-18s finals day. Vunipola then played for Saracens Storm, the A team of Saracens, and also played on loan for Bishop's Stortford. Vunipola made his Saracens debut in January 2019, in a 2018–19 Premiership Rugby Cup match against Harlequins. He made his Premiership Rugby debut in a 2018–19 match against Exeter Chiefs, and later made his first Premiership Rugby start in a match against Worcester Warriors.
Richards quickly made his first team debut for London Irish against Leicester Tigers before joining Harlequins for the 1999–2000 season. He left two years later and spent a year in Italy playing for Benetton Treviso, then returned to join Bristol Shoguns. He moved again, to Wasps at the start of the 2003–04 season, when the Shoguns were relegated from the Zurich Premiership. He was a replacement when Wasps won both the 2003–04 Premiership Final and the 2004 Heineken Cup Final.
Among the players to depart the province was first choice tighthead prop, Jamie Hagan, leaving a position open on the starting team. Initially this spot was filled by Rodney Ah You. Loughney made his Heineken Cup debut away to Harlequins on 10 November 2011, coming on as a replacement for Wilkinson. Ah You struggled with his new status as first choice however, and on 10 December 2011 Loughney started his first ever Heineken Cup game, at home to Gloucester in the Sportsground.
Diprose has won ten full caps for England and has a reputation of being one of the most talented footballing forwards of his generation. He won his first cap against Argentina in 1997 and scored a try. In 1998, Diprose captained England against after Matt Dawson was forced to withdraw through injury. Diprose signed for Harlequins from Saracens in April 2001 and made his début in the pre-season friendly against Bedford at Goldington Road four months later (18 August 2001).
In March 2012 May was named as the inaugural winner of the LV= Breakthrough Player Award. May was named Gloucester's Young Player-of-the- Year for 2011/2012, and his stunning solo effort against Harlequins was named Try-of-the-Season at the Aviva Premiership Awards. In December 2012, May signed a two-year contract extension with Gloucester until the end of the 2014–15 season. On 24 October 2014, May signed a new long-term contract with Gloucester Rugby.
No Italian team made the knockout stage; France's only representative in the knockout stage; Toulouse, went out in the quarter-finals. The four Premiership semi-finalists—Leicester, Harlequins, London Irish, and Bath—plus Sale Sharks and Gloucester secured Heineken Cup berths. The seventh berth was secured by Northampton Saints when they defeated French side Bourgoin in the European Challenge Cup final on 22 May. The remaining clubs that will compete in the 2009–10 Premiership will compete in the 2009–10 Challenge Cup.
In 2009–10, together with Cecelia and Isobel Joyce, Emer Lucey and Kate McKenna, Evans was a member of the Railway Union team that won the Women's Irish Hockey League title. Evans scored as they defeated Cork Harlequins 4–1 in the final. Evans also played for Railway Union in the 2010 Irish Senior Cup final as they lost to Loreto after a penalty shoot-out. Evans was a Railway Union player when she made her senior debut for Ireland.
Howell made his first grade début for the St George Illawarra Dragons in 2003, where he made 12 NRL appearances before joining the Canberra Raiders in 2005. He was released from the final year of his contract with the Canberra Raiders to join the London-based Harlequins. The Raiders told Howell he would not have a spot in the team after 2008 when his contract terminated. Howell scored 15 tries in 48 games for Canberra during the last three seasons.
He was the 1996 Bradford Bulls season's top try scorer and still holds the record for most tries scored for the Bulls. Paul went into his winter loan spell with rugby union club Harlequins. Paul played for Bradford Bulls as his brother Henry's halves partner in the 1999 Super League Grand Final which was lost to St Helens R.F.C.. Paul was selected for the New Zealand team to compete in the end of season 1999 Rugby League Tri-Nations tournament.
Louie McCarthy-Scarsbrook (born 14 January 1986), also known by the nickname of "LMS", is an English professional rugby league footballer who plays as a or for St Helens in the Betfred Super League. He has played for both England and Ireland at international level. He came through the London Broncos academy, but only played for the first team when it was named Harlequins RL in the Super League. LMS is contracted to play for St. Helens until 2020, which will be his testimonial season.
Howard started his career in the amateur era playing for the Queensland Reds while at Queensland University, he made his international debut for Australia on 17 July 1993 against New Zealand at Carisbrook, Dunedin. In 1996 Howard signed for the ACT Brumbies in the inaugural Super 12 season. Howard made the last of his 20 test appearances on 22 November 1997 against Scotland at Murrayfield. In 1998 he signed for Leicester Tigers, displacing Will Greenwood, who was forced to return to Harlequins for first team rugby.
In 2016, immediately after confirming his retirement as a player, Easter became Harlequins' defence coach. He left his position in July 2018, following a change of management, ending his fourteen-year association with the club. He then joined the Natal Sharks in South Africa as forwards and attack coach for the Currie Cup campaign in 2018 which they won beating Western Province in the final 17-12. He re-signed with the Sharks for Super Rugby & Currie Cup 2019 as forwards and defence coach.
A number of public figures and celebrities were students at Peter Symonds College in Winchester, including TV presenter and model Alexa Chung, singer-songwriter and drummer Andy Burrows, glamour model Lucy Pinder, comedian Jack Dee, Magician Ben Hart and singer/actress Gina Beck. Harlequins rugby and England rugby player Joe Marchant. Actor Colin Firth is from Winchester and was educated at Montgomery of Alamein School (now Kings' School). The adventurer and model Laura Bingham was born and brought up in the local area attending The Westgate School.
Harlequin ducks adhere to a monogamous mating system, during their winter mating season with form multi- year pair bonds, though the males rarely participate in paternal care. Young ducks begin courtship in their first winter, females will find success by the second year, yet the males will rarely form a persistent bond before their fourth winter. Harlequin males will have an alternate plumage during this winter mating season. Both female and male harlequins exercise mate-choice preference and pair-bond defense, to demonstrate fidelity to their partner.
Mark Easter (born 19 October 1982 in Mbabane, Swaziland) is a retired rugby union footballer who played at No. 8 or Flanker for Sale Sharks and Northampton Saints. He is the brother of former Harlequins and England player Nick Easter. Mark is a former pupil of Dulwich College and was a member of the winning Old Alleynian 2003 team. On Tuesday 8 March 2011, Sale Sharks announced that he had signed a two-year contract to play for them from the 2011–12 season.
After a strong pre-season and with the Rugby World Cup in progress, Kruis has now grown into a secure first team player at the North London club. He has already made 14 first team appearances in the 2011 season to date (January 2012) underlining his growing reputation within Saracens and England. Kruis started in the 'Big Game 4' against Harlequins at Twickenham. It was watched by 82,000 people, creating a new world record for the largest attended regular season rugby match in the world.
Summers later revealed that he had considered quitting football earlier in the season after struggling to maintain his enthusiasm for playing. He commented, "I wasn't enjoying my football and was on the verge of jacking it all in." However, discussions with his wife and Cwmbrân manager Brian Coyne prompted him to continue. After a second spell with Carmarthen, Summers dropped out of the Welsh Premier League to join Pontypridd Town but returned at the start of the 2005–2006 season to sign for Cardiff Grange Harlequins.
The Ireland squad for the 2012 Six Nations was named on 18 January 2012. He was ruled out for the remainder of the 2012 Six Nations after a knee injury sustained in the game against France, which required a recovery period of 3–6 weeks. O'Connell injured ligaments in his ankle during a Celtic League match against Leinster on 2 April 2011, and was out for four weeks. He made his comeback against Harlequins on 30 April 2011, in the 12–20 Amlin Challenge Cup defeat.
Entering the start of the professional era of rugby union in Wales, Jones led Neath to qualification of the Heineken Cup. Their European form proved an advantage in the Welsh leagues, with Neath winning both the Premiership and Welsh Cup in 1996, the latter title one they reclaimed in 2001. In Neath debut season of the 1996–97 Heineken Cup, Neath narrowly missed out on a knock-out spot behind Brive and Harlequins. Jones' time at Neath saw him unlock a number of later World Class international.
Tonetti's next game for the province came in the Heineken Cup, where he played for Connacht in their Pool 6 match at home to Gloucester. He played against Harlequins, starting at outside centre in a 9–8 win, Connacht's first ever victory in the competition. By the end of the season, Tonetti had made 16 appearances for Connacht, 12 in the Pro 12, and 4 in the Heineken Cup. Tonetti was forced to retire from rugby on 19 March 2014 due to a long- standing ankle injury.
Finch first played senior rugby for local team Pembroke Dock Harlequins before moving to first class team Llanelli in 1922. Finch was first selected for Wales in the late game of the 1924 Five Nations Championship in an away game to France. Although Wales won, it was a messy Welsh performance caused by the decision of the Welsh Rugby Union officials to suspend Welsh player Ossie Male on the trip to Paris. The squad was thrown into turmoil, with several players being forced into unfamiliar positions.
Wilkinson played for the Harlequins against Oxford University in 1927, for the Army against New Zealand the same year, and for the Free Foresters against Oxford University in 1929. The Army's match against the Royal Air Force was also first-class in 1928 and 1929. In 1927, Wilkinson went on a tour of Egypt with the Free Foresters, playing twice against the Egyptian national side. In 1930, after playing for the Army against the RAF and the MCC, he played for the MCC against Wales.
Of the 4 matches he played for his national side he was never on the winning side. He played his final match for England on 20 March 1976 at Parc des Princes in the France vs England match. The bulk of his club career was with Harlequins whom he skippered to Middlesex Sevens success in 1978. He ended his first class career with Northampton before stepping down a level to play for Bletchley whom he helped reach their first Buckinghamshire Cup Final in 1981-82.
Andrew would remain as Director of Rugby. Hall sold the Falcons for a 'nominal' sum in 1999 to local businessman Dave Thompson, under whom the Falcons won two Powergen Cups: in 2001 the Falcons beat Harlequins FC 30–27; and in 2004 the Falcons beat 37–33 against Sale Sharks. In 2004, legendary Wallabies full-back Matt Burke signed for the Falcons. For the Falcons, Burke played alongside former English rival Jonny Wilkinson (his opposite kicker in the 2001 British and Irish Lions tour of Australia).
Whiteley began playing rugby for Rosslyn Park's junior sides age 7, he went to Millfield School and played full back in academy sides for Bristol and Harlequins but was considered too small and released. He switched to scrum-half and after impressing at the Rosslyn Park 7s tournament signed a professional contract with Saracens. After spending time on loan in the national leagues Whiteley made his first start for Saracens on 13 April 2019, scoring a try in a 23-21 defeat to Bristol Bears.
Hicks signed for the Warrington Wolves in the Super League for the 2008 season. At 30 years old he joined Manly team-mate Michael Monaghan in moving to the Wolves for the 2008 season. In his first season with Warrington, he scored in every single game after adopting kicking duties for the Wolves. The first time he failed to score in a Warrington game came in a 60–8 defeat away at Harlequins on Saturday 24 March 2009, 5 games into his second season with the Wolves.
Edwards made his first grade début for the Harlequins RL in 2010's Super League XV he played in the 4-62 defeat by Leeds Rhinos at Headingley Rugby Stadium, Leeds on Saturday 6 March 2010. Edwards made his first-team début against the Melbourne Storm at the Twickenham Stoop in the World City Challenge in 2010. Edwards has played rugby union as an outside centre for Lindfield Rugby Club in Sydney's 2nd Division Suburban Rugby Competition. Edwards is renowned for his "no nonsense" style of play.
On 15 January 2005 Clancy made his Heineken Cup debut when he took charge of a 2004–05 pool stage match between Bourgoin and Bath. He was originally supposed to be the touch judge for this match but after the original referee went sick, Clancy was called upon to replace him. On 22 May 2009 Clancy refereed the 2008–09 European Challenge Cup final between Northampton Saints and Bourgoin. He also refereed the 2010–11 European Challenge Cup final between Harlequins and Stade Français.
In an exciting game Worrincy charged on to the ball from 40 yards out and ran brilliantly through the defence to register his first ever four points for the club. Quins RL won 30–28 with Warrington scoring three tries in the last twelve minutes to bring the sides close despite a dominant performance. Worrincy's last appearance of the season came in round 22 when Harlequins defeated Hull F.C. 18–16 in another close game. Similar to Worrincy's previous appearance the opposition ran in three late tries.
These were the two heaviest defeats of the season and Mike quickly found himself out of favour despite it being obvious that others had played poorly. During his time on the sidelines he obtained his first personal sponsorship in June 2007, with Kate Rammond sponsoring him for home games and Mark Rammond sponsoring him away from home (cited in Harlequins RL matchday programme). A spate of injuries in the side including Purdham, Heckenberg, Paul and Hill saw Worrincy return to play rounds 15, 16, 17 and 18.
Walker started the 2010 season on a dual registration loan from Wigan Warriors to Blackpool Panthers, but only made one appearance for them before being recalled by Wigan Warriors to make his début in the home defeat by Harlequins. He made no further appearances for Wigan, and joined Barrow Raiders in 2011 on another dual registration deal. He signed for Batley Bulldogs in 2012. Walker was forced to retire after failing to recover from a series of head injuries suffered during his first season at Batley.
Bristow was born in Hong Kong, and attended Tomlinscote School and Sixth Form College in Frimley. In 2018 Bristow graduated from Northumbria University with a BA (Hons) in Leadership and Management. In May 2012 Bristow was part of the Surrey team which won the County Shield, beating Leicestershire 43–12 in the final at Twickenham. The loosehead's abilities were spotted by Harlequins and in October 2011 he was called up by Quins to play in the Aviva A League against Saracens at Woolam Playing Fields.
Douglas "Dan'l" Lambert (4 October 1883 - 13 October 1915) was an English rugby union footballer for Harlequins, , and the Barbarians. He won 7 caps for England between 1907 and 1911, notably scoring 5 tries on debut against France (not bettered until 1995), and 22 points in another match against France. Lambert was all round sportsman: he was a scratch golfer, played football (soccer) for Corinthian Casuals, and kept wicket (cricket) for Hertforshire. He was killed in action at the Battle of Loos on 13 October 1915.
Luke Cowan-Dickie has played 116 times for Exeter Chiefs in the Aviva Premiership including starting in the 2016 Aviva Premiership final. In addition Cowan-Dickie has also featured in the LV Cup for the Chiefs, the Premiership A-league, Amlin Challenge Cup and European Champions Cup. Cowan- Dickie debuted in 2011 for the Chiefs at just 18 years of age. He made his Premiership debut in 2014 and has since scored 8 tries in the competition including a hat-trick against Harlequins in 2016.
In total, his first season saw him make eight Pro 12 appearances and feature in two Heineken Cup games for the province. Buckley became part of Connacht's senior squad the following season and played more regularly for the team, starting seven matches in the 2012–13 Pro12 and making 15 appearances in the competition overall. He also featured in five of the team's six matches in the 2012–13 Heineken Cup, starting in the game away against Zebre, and in both ties with Harlequins.
Welsh Harlequin Duck, only truly Welsh breed of duck Today, the Welsh Harlequin is a light-weight duck breed known for its vivid plumage and egg laying ability. Over the years the colour and conformation of the breed has changed, indicating that likely new blood of another breed has been introduced. Welsh Harlequins weigh 4.5 to 5.5 pounds (2-2.5 kilos). Females have a black bill and brown legs and feet, and their plumage is similar to a mallard but heavily frosted with white.
McSharry joined Connacht ahead of the 2011–12 season, having previously been in Leinster's Academy. McSharry made his debut for Connacht on 5 November 2011, starting against Ulster in the 2011–12 Pro12 and playing the full 80 minutes. McSharry made his European debut for the side with a start against Harlequins in the 2011–12 Heineken Cup on 11 November 2011, the province's first game in their first ever season in the competition. He made four more appearances in the competition, starting on each occasion.
Alex Thompson (born ) is an English former professional rugby league footballer who played for the North Wales Crusaders in Betfred League 1. He is by preference a . He made his first-grade début in Warrington's 44-34 win at home to Harlequins RL in round 27 of 2009's Super League XIV, in which he came off the bench to score a try. In 2011 Thompson signed a deal with Oldham R.L.F.C.. Thompson was a target for Oldham R.L.F.C. for there 2012 team building operation.
Claude Brian "Stack" Stevens (2 June 1941 - 10 October 2017) was an English rugby union player from Godolphin, Cornwall, who played prop for Penzance and Newlyn, Harlequins, Cornwall (with 83 caps, and captain from 1973–75) and England 25 times at international level between 1969 and 1975, captaining them for a match in 1971. He also toured with the British and Irish Lions to Australia and New Zealand in 1971. Stevens had suffered from a rare and serious neurological condition. He died on 10 October 2017.
Louis Sheriff (born 6 September 1992) is an English rugby league footballer who plays as a or er for Keighley Cougars in the Betfred League 1. He has played for Hull Kingston Rovers, the Redcliffe Dolphins in Australia, Dewsbury Rams, Gateshead Thunder (two spells, one as a loan) and Doncaster. Sheriff came through the youth setup at Hull Kingston Rovers. Sheriff made his first team début for Hull Kingston Rovers on 25 April 2011 at home to Harlequins RL, deputising for the injured Shaun Briscoe.
Allen was educated at Methodist College Belfast. He twice won the Ulster Schools' Cup, scoring several tries in the 2009 Semi- Final as the school won the cup two years running, beating Regent House in 2008 and R.B.A.I in 2009. He attended his first rugby match at only two weeks old to watch his father play for what is now Belfast Harlequins and spent his childhood at the club. Allen's mother, Corinne, is a former Northern Ireland Netball international and his sister also excelled at the sport.
Oxford Harlequins RFC is the city's main Rugby Union team and currently plays in the South West Division. Oxford R.F.C is the oldest city team and currently plays in the Berks, Bucks and Oxon Championship. Their most famous player was arguably Michael James Parsons known as Jim Parsons who was capped by England. Oxford University RFC are the most famous club with more than 300 Oxford players gaining International honours; including Phil de Glanville, Joe Roff, Tyrone Howe, Anton Oliver, Simon Halliday, David Kirk and Rob Egerton.
Mark Evans, chief executive of Harlequin FC said: Richards resigned from his post at Harlequins over the incident in which it was acknowledged that he had orchestrated and had "central control". He was given a three-year suspension from coaching as punishment. The International Rugby Board (IRB) also confirmed that they would apply the ban to rugby union worldwide. Dr Chapman, the medic who cut Williams' lip, appeared before the General Medical Council charged with alleged conduct likely to bring the profession into disrepute.
The college is currently involved in a redevelopment project of its existing 22-acre estate. This project will result in a state-of-the-art college of further and higher education; a new 11–16 secondary school (Richmond upon Thames School) sponsored by Richmond upon Thames College, Richmond Council, Achieving for Children and Harlequins Football Club; purpose-built accommodation for Clarendon School's secondary pupils; and Haymarket's new "tech hub" and digital media incubator. The first phase of this project should be completed in 2020.
Calderwood signed for Hull F.C. for the 2009's Super League XIV Following his departure from Hull FC, he was linked with the likes of the Wakefield Trinity Wildcats, the Crusaders RL and the Salford City Reds, however, no deal was reached. With John Kear the coach at Wakefield Trinity Wildcats, they were the favourites to secure his signature for 2011. However, he accepted a contract at Harlequins RL following a month-long trial. During May 2012, he signed for Co-operative Championship 1 club Workington Town.
The relegation battle went down to the wire as Wakefield Trinity beat Bradford while Castleford lost to Salford in the penultimate round of the season. The two clubs at risk of relegation, Wakefield Trinity and Castleford, were scheduled to meet in what had become a relegation decider in the last match of the regular season. St Helens receive the League Leaders' Shield for a second successive year as recognition for finishing top of the competition league table for the regular season. Harlequins secured survival after beating Wigan.
Connacht Rugby announcement Mar 2010. Elwood was in charge of Connacht for their Heineken Cup appearance in the 2011–12 competition, thanks to Leinster winning the 2011 Heineken Cup Final. Connacht lost their first five matches in the pool stages, claiming losing bonuses in both of their ties with Gloucester. In the final game of their pool, however, they managed an upset, beating Harlequins 9–8 in the Galway Sportsgrounds, which prevented the Premiership club from topping the group, and knocked them down into the Amlin Cup.
Prinsep was named in the Māori All Blacks squad for their northern hemisphere tour in November 2016. He debuted in the number 6 jersey in a 27–14 defeat to Munster on 11 November 2016, playing the full 80 minutes with the exception of a 10-minute spell in the sin-bin for a yellow card offence in the 30th minute. One week later he played the second half as a replacement for Shane Christie as the Māori overcame Harlequins by a score of 26–10.
Bruce Andrew Ferguson Douglas (born 10 February 1980) is a Scottish rugby union rugby player. He plays as a prop, and had been signed with French top 14 club Montpellier from July 2008 up until March 2010 when it was confirmed that he was signed with Worcester Warriors. He has represented Scottish Schools, Scottish Districts and Scotland at under-16, under-18, under-19 and under-21 levels. Douglas began his career at Harlequins, before moving back north to the newly formed Border Reivers in 2002.
Also, it takes place along the Vía 40 avenue too, but there are no floats participating in it. This parade shows the dance and the music in their more traditional essence since there are no floats neither high loudspeakers present in it. For the year of 2013, around 300 dancing groups were counted as participants. The dancing groups participating in this parade are the ones called as popular dancing groups, such as Caimán Cienaguero, Negritas Puloy and others as that of the devil harlequins.
Salisbury Rugby Club is an English rugby union club based in Salisbury, Wiltshire. The first team currently play in South West 1 East following their relegation from South West Premier in 2016-17, which was the highest level the club had reached since the 1989–90 season. __NOTOC__ The club are based at Hudson's Field, Castle Road, near Old Sarum, Salisbury SP1 3SA. Former players include Richard Hill (Saracens, England, British and Irish Lions), Mike Brown (Harlequins and England) and Will Stuart (Bath Rugby, England).
They beat the Leicester Tigers in the final at Murrayfield Stadium in Edinburgh. They also beat Harlequins 6–5 in the quarter-finals at Twickenham Stoop, in the famous Bloodgate scandal. In the 2010 final, Toulouse defeated Biarritz Olympique in the Stade de France to claim their fourth title, a Heineken Cup record. The 16th Heineken Cup tournament in 2011 resulted in an Irish province lifting the title for the fourth time in six years as Leinster recorded their second triumph in the competition.
This rearing behavior makes harlequins among the most difficult poison dart frogs to raise in captivity. As a result, they are not widely found on the domestic pet market, and those available may be illegally smuggled imports rather than legally bred domestic animals. Wild-caught dart frogs are often stressed, require more care, have a much higher fatality rate, and may also be toxic and dangerous to handle. A few domestically bred animals are nevertheless available and are highly sought-after in the pet trade.
He also worked on sets and costumes for the opera house and the municipal theatre. His fanciful paintings often included harlequins and clocks. Nemes became known for several large public art works and was a pioneer in Sweden in the use of enamels in public art, designing the façade of the municipal administration building in Alafors and the Zodiak Clock in the center of Västertorp. Along with Max Walter Svanberg, C.O. Hultén, Adja Yunkers, and Carl O. Svensson, Nemes was a founder of the Minotaur group.
Atlanta is home to many rugby union clubs. On September 21, 2018, Major League Rugby, the top-level rugby union league in North America, announced that Atlanta was one of the expansion teams joining the league for the 2020 season. The team name Rugby ATL was revealed on February 26, 2019. Other rugby union teams include the Atlanta Harlequins, who ranked number two in the United States in Division 1 for women's clubs under USA Rugby, the governing body for rugby in the United States.
Luke Wallace (born 2 October 1990 in St Albans, England), is a rugby union player for Leicester Tigers in Premiership Rugby. He is a Flanker, usually playing at open-side. Luke Wallace, educated at Cottesmore School and Tonbridge School, started playing rugby at school and progressed through Harlequins Elite Player Development Group to the senior Academy. He was selected to play for Quins in the 2009 Middlesex Sevens and in November that year made his first XV debut against Newcastle Falcons in the LV Cup.
The seven-match winning streak came to an end, as Harlequins RL rallied from 24–6 down to beat Wigan 26–38. Dual-registration deals were signed with Whitehaven for Josh Veivers and Stefan Marsh. Ainscough was recalled from his season-long loan at Castleford as Wigan's injury list grew. The 2007 and 2009 NRL league titles that Maguire had earned as assistant coach with the Melbourne Storm were stripped after it was discovered the club had cheated, using secret payments to break the league's salary cap.
Oyonnax at Stade Charles-Mathon, 2013 For the 2009–10 season, Kingsley Jones was promoted from Head Coach to Director of Rugby; former Sale winger Jason Robinson became head coach. Sale had a disappointing 2009–10 season, finishing 11th in the Premiership and only securing safety from relegation on the penultimate weekend of the season. Sale's Heineken Cup campaign also ended in disappointment. The highlights of the campaign were a 27–26 win at home to Cardiff and wins home and away against Harlequins.
Five minutes into the second half, Fenby scored a debut try for the second time in his professional career, taking hold of a loose ball before outrunning the Harlequins defence to the try line. Ten minutes later, he was in a one-on-one defensive situation against Harlequins' second-row George Robson, but the forward was more powerful and scored the try to bring the scores level at 15–15. There were no further points scored in the game, but with the other three Pool 2 teams losing their matches, the Scarlets went top of the pool at the end of the first week. Fenby's home debut came the following weekend on 14 November 2009 against Worcester Warriors, and he made his Celtic League debut in the Scarlets' next fixture against Edinburgh on 4 December; he played a major part in the Scarlets' first try of the game, receiving the ball from Jonathan Davies before jinking past a couple of Edinburgh defenders and offloading out of a tackle to Richie Pugh, who was left with a simple finish. Fenby made his Heineken Cup debut the following weekend, playing in a 32–7 defeat to reigning champions Leinster.
Toulouse in the 2011–12 Heineken Cup Following one season in Japan, Naoupu returned to play for Connacht in the 2011–12 season. When he returned the Celtic League had been renamed the Pro12, and Connacht had qualified for the Heineken Cup, Europe's top club competition, for the first ever time. Naoupu made his first appearance since returning in the opening game of the 2011–12 Pro12, starting against Benetton Treviso on 3 September 2011, and playing the full 80 minutes. Naoupu made his first appearance at the top level of European rugby on 11 November 2011, when he started against Harlequins in Connacht's opening 2011–12 Heineken Cup game. Naoupu also started in all five other games the province played in the competition, including Connacht's first ever win at that level, in the return game with Harlequins on 20 January 2012. He made a total of 17 league appearances for the season, starting in all the games he played. The 2012–13 season saw Naoupu play fewer games in total, but put in several strong performances. He played 14 games in the 2012–13 Pro12, starting all but one, and scoring four tries.
He has participated in overseas tours to New Zealand, with his school, with England sides to Australia, Argentina and Japan and routinely to Europe as part of European rugby cup competitions. His mentors have included Rob Andrew, Mark Mapletoft, Jonny Wilkinson, Nick Evans and Jack Frater. Spotted by Rob Andrew, Clegg launched his top-level club career for the Newcastle Falcons when 18 as deputy for the injured Jonny Wilkinson against Sale Sharks in September 2008. He landed three penalty goals in a 14–9 Guinness Premiership defeat that impressed Falcons’ director of rugby Steve Bates, who said: "He was outstanding for a youngster playing his first game against a back line full of internationals." In 2009 he moved to Harlequins and made his starting debut in the Premiership on 31 October in front of a record sell-out crowd of 14,282 at the Twickenham Stoop. In the final minute, he booted over a third penalty from the halfway line that salvaged a 9–9 draw with London Irish. He was a replacement for Harlequins in their 2011–12 Premiership final victory over Leicester Tigers.
Serving as the home for the Bronco soccer team, the 6,800-seat facility also housed Santa Clara baseball and football historically. Since 2008, it has also been home to the San Jose Earthquakes of Major League Soccer. Twin Elm Rugby Park - Ottawa With five rugby fields, 12 changing rooms, two lounges, a bar and spectator seating for hundreds of people Twin Elm Rugby Park is situated in South Nepean, in the City of Ottawa. The facility is home to several local clubs, including the Ottawa Harlequins, the representative side for Eastern Ontario.
The competition made history this season when London Wasps announced that their Round 3 match against Harlequins would be played in Abu Dhabi on January 30, 2011 – making it first competitive game between two English clubs to take place abroad. Gloucester claimed the cup with a comprehensive 34–7 victory over Newcastle Falcons in the final at Franklin's Gardens in Northampton. It was the fifth victory for Gloucester in the competition (including one shared title), and the first since the current Anglo-Welsh format was adopted in 2005.
Anthony Stewart (born 5 March 1979) is an English former rugby league footballer who played in the 1990s, 2000s and 2010s. He played at representative level for Ireland and Lancashire, and at club level in the Super League for St. Helens (Heritage No.), with whom he won a World Club Challenge, Challenge Cup and a Super League Grand Final, the Bradford Bulls (loan), the Salford City Reds (two spells, including the first on loan) and Harlequins RL (Heritage No.), and the Leigh Centurions (Heritage No.), the Swinton Lions and the Rochdale Hornets, as a or .
Danny Ward (born ) is an English professional rugby league coach who is the head coach of the London Broncos in the Betfred Championship, and a former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1990s, 2000s and 2010s. He played for the Leeds Rhinos, Castleford Tigers, Hull Kingston Rovers and Harlequins RL in the Super League, and for Great Britain at international level. Ward was previously Andrew Henderson's assistant coach at the London Broncos, and had held this position since 2015. Prior to this, he was head coach of the Under-19s.
He was not capped for England, though he did play in a non-cap international against Italy. Wells made his debut for Leicester Tigers in 1982 away against Harlequins, and he went on to play for them over 360 times, captaining the side from 1991-93. He is particularly noted for playing in a back row with England internationals Dean Richards at number eight and Neil Back at openside. After Director of Rugby Bob Dwyer was ousted in a coaching coup, Wells was appointed forwards' coach, and deputy to Dean Richards.
The club remained in the Premier Division until the end of the 1998–99 season, when they finished bottom of the table and were relegated back to Division One. The club were Division One runners-up in 2004–05 and were promoted back to the Premier Division. Although they won the Wiltshire Senior Cup again in 2009–10, the club also finishing bottom of the Premier Division and were relegated back to Division One. Calne won the Wiltshire Senior Cup for a fourth time in 2011–12, beating Bemerton Heath Harlequins in the final.
Palframan made his Warriors debut as a replacement in the Premiership Rugby Cup match at Bath in September 2019 but suffered a head injury within two minutes of taking the field and took no further part in the match.He recovered to play the full second half of the Premiership Rugby Cup match at Wasps two weeks later. Palframan made his first Premiership start for Warriors in the win at Harlequins in November 2019. Palframan scored his first Warriors try in the European Rugby Challenge Cup victory over Enisei-STM in Russia the following week.
He is the most successful England Rugby Sevens captain leading his team to three World Series Cup victories - including in New Zealand - and six finals. In 2009, he was voted World Rugby Seven’s player of the year. Away from the international stage he plied his trade as a 15-a-side professional at wing and full-back for four clubs: Harlequins, Newcastle Falcons, Stade Français and Gloucester Rugby. In all, he played in three Heineken Cups, a European Cup Final, and was voted Best Overseas Player in France in 2011.
In 2008, Belfast Harlequins RFC opened its doors to developing a ladies team within the rugby section. They approached ex-ulster ladies coach Nathan Moore in 2008 to coach the squad and had an open day in May 2008 which attracted over 20 adult ladies. In the initial ladies development plan the first year of the club was to develop the players skills and seek occasional friendly games, however with the influx of players into the club it was decided to go straight into All Ireland Division 2 North.
Griffin was also man of the match in Connacht's 26–22 win over Samoa on 9 November 2010. In March 2011, it was announced that Griffin had signed a two-year senior deal with the province and would be part of the first team squad for the coming season. Connacht played in the Heineken Cup for the first time in the 2011–12 competition, with Griffin playing in three of the province's six games. He started in the away match with Harlequins, the home match with Toulouse and the away match against Gloucester.
The AMNRL had also planned a four- to six-team competition for Hawaii in partnership with the Hawaii Rugby League; teams in the development were Kona, Maui, Harlequins, Spears, Islanders, and University of Hawaii. On June 10, 2011, the Utah Avalanche of Salt Lake City, Utah, announced they were joining the AMNRL as a developing team. To date, they have not yet aligned with the new USA Rugby League Other plans for a Western American National Rugby League and development in other areas had been announced at various times.
Twickenham Stadium Rugby union is also well established in London, especially in the middle-class suburbs to the north and west of the city. Four of the twelve clubs in the Aviva Premiership have London origins, although only two of them now play in London. The two clubs that play in London are Harlequins, which play at The Stoop, and Saracens, which play at Allianz Park in Hendon. London Irish shares Madejski Stadium, a football ground outside the boundaries of Greater London in Reading (though still in the metropolitan area).
Berry made his Leicester Tigers debut on 5 March 1932 against Harlequins at Welford Road, Berry played No. 8 and scored a try as Tigers won 13-11\. He was a regular in the team from then until the Second World War, a utility forward he featured in all five positions in back of the forward pack playing at least 24 games in each season. Berry succeeded Bobby Barr as Leicester captain for the 1938-39 season. Berry made his debut in the 1939 Home Nations Championship on 21 January 1939 against at Twickenham.
The squad and staff were given Freedom of the Borough of Rugby. He is currently Head Coach at Oxford University Women's rugby team with their first ever Twickenham varsity in December 2015 and is now also working for Harlequins RFC . In December 2016, Oxford beat Cambridge 3-0 in the Varsity game at Twickenham and became a Head Coach winner in both Dark Blue and Light Blue, having led Cambridge to victory in 2001. In 2016/2017, Gary became joint Head Coach with Karen Findlay for Aylesford Bulls Ladies.
Wade made his debut for Wasps RFC in Abu Dhabi on 30 January 2011 against Harlequins by replacing Jack Wallace in the 48th minute of the 13–38 defeat in the 2010–2011 Season. He made 3 further appearances that season scoring one try against Exeter Chiefs. Wade had a strong 2011/12 season, when despite missing three months with injury, he finished the season as the second highest try scorer in the Premiership with nine in 15 games. The season ended on a high for Wade with selection for England's tour in South Africa.
Mulipola joined Leicester Tigers on trial in November 2011 and made his debut as a replacement on 7 January 2012 against London Wasps in a Premiership game at Welford Road Stadium. On 11 January 2012 he signed a contract until the end of the 2012 season. Mulipola started the 2012 Anglo-Welsh Cup final as Leicester beat Northampton, he was a used as a 73rd minute replacement in the 2012 Premiership Final where Leicester lost to Harlequins. For the 2012 ITM Cup, Mulipola signed with Hawke's Bay, for a six-month contract deal.
They won the Enterprise Cup consecutively for four years from 1971 to 1974 and several seven-a-side tournaments during the same period. Between 1980 and 1995 the quality of rugby at Impala went into decline however since then they have returned to take their place as one of the top three rugby clubs in the capital. Impala has since then performed well in the two major 15-a-side competitions in Kenya rugby, the Kenya Cup and Enterprise Cup. They won both these titles in 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003 (shared with Harlequins) and 2005.
Mellor signed as a professional for Wigan from Warrington-based amateur side Latchford Albion. In 2009, Mellor was awarded Man-of-the-Match in the Reserve Grand Final following a fantastic performance. An injury-plagued 2010 meant limited appearances in Wigan's junior teams, however, he did play in the Under-20 Cup Final win over St Helens. He made his Super League début in rugby league whilst on loan at Harlequins in 2011's Super League XVI, coming off the bench in a 27-16 win over St. Helens in round five.
Andress, who has played for Ireland at both A and Under-21 level, originally joined Exeter Chiefs in 2007 and made 44 appearances before moving to Harlequins in 2009. He returned to Exeter in 2011 and impressed as the Chiefs enjoyed another strong campaign, finishing fifth in the Aviva Premiership. Andress then joined another Aviva Premiership team, Worcester Warriors, in 2012, before moving to Scottish Pro12 side Edinburgh Rugby in 2014. In March 2016, it was announced that Andress would be joining Edinburgh's Pro12 rivals, Irish province Munster, for the 2016–17 season.
Kai Horstmann (born 21 September 1981) is a Zimbabwe born English rugby union player who plays for Exeter Chiefs in the Aviva Premiership. He formerly played for Worcester Warriors and Harlequins and has made over 175 Premiership appearances to date. Horstmann plays as number eight or flanker, and represented the England Saxons for the Churchill Cup tour of North America in July 2006, receiving Man of the Match twice. He was also a member of the IRB World Sevens Series squad in the 2003-04 season, winning in Hong Kong, Dubai and Twickenham.
Whilst in Berlin, he designed costumes and sets for the Ballets Romantiques Russes. In 1926, Zack had his first one-man show in Paris, painting figures including harlequins and gypsies. He exhibited at the Salon d'Automne and the Salon des Indépendants and took French citizenship in 1938. He lived at Villefranche-sur-Mer during World War II. By 1947, he was back in Paris designing sets for the Opéra-Comique and in the 1950s he designed stained glass windows, including for Notre Dame des Pauvres at Issy- les-Moulineaux.
He was educated at Vyners School, from where he went on to read Sports Science at Brunel University. As a boy he was introduced to Ruislip Rugby Club by his father, a former back row forward for the Borderers, a team in Harefield. His first senior club was Harlequins, prior to moving to Bristol who loaned him to Moseley in the 2005-06 season, where he made eleven appearances, scoring two tries. Reay was loaned to Moseley for a second time, towards the end of the 2006-07 season, from the February onwards.
The hired armed ship Harlequin probably was the ship Harlequin that received a letter of marque on 27 August 1803. Her master was John Dyer and her description on the warrant gave her burthen as 180 tons, her armament as twenty 6 and 12-pounder cannon, and her crew as consisting of 70 men. In late May the privateer Harlequin, under the command of Captain Jenkins, arrived at Fowey from Oporto. She reported that while at Oporto in early 1804, Harlequins boat, with Captain Dyer and five other men, was swamped.
Henjak went over to England for the latter part of 2004, having a short term stint with Harlequins. After being sacked from the Western Force in 2008, Henjak was linked to a code-switch to rugby league and a move to the Canberra Raiders, however Toulon gave him the chance to resurrect his rugby union career n France. After four seasons with Toulon in the Top 14 competition, he played a further season with Pro D2 Club, Dax, in the second tier professional competition before retiring from professional rugby.
Rees was born in Duncan, British Columbia, to Alan Rees who had emigrated to Canada from Wales, and was himself a former rugby union footballer having represented Cross Keys, Maesteg and London Welsh. Rees was educated at St. Michaels University School in Victoria and later at Harrow School in England. When studying at Harrow, he was selected to the Wasps starting XV in what was then the John Player Cup final in 1986. He played club rugby with Castaways, Wasps, Mérignac, Newport, Oxford University, Harlequins, and the Barbarians.
Leinster was seeded sixth and faced Harlequins in the quarterfinal, winning 6–5. In an all Irish derby at Croke Park against defending champions Munster, Cheika guided the team to a historic 25–6 victory to set up a final against Leicester Tigers. At Murrayfield Stadium the team secured a 19–16 victory over the Tigers, to clinch Leinster's first ever European title. In his final season in charge, Cheika led Leinster to top of the table in the revamped 2009–10 Celtic League, with 13 victories from 18 starts.
In mid-2007 he was picked in the Springboks squad for the 2007 Rugby World Cup. He was linked with a move to Harlequins of the English Premiership after the cup. During the Springboks' first match of the Rugby World Cup against Samoa, Burger was cited for a high tackle on Junior Polu, and on 11 September was given a four-match suspension which would have in theory kept him out of the team until the semi-final. However, this was reduced to a two-match suspension on appeal.
Although no players have won an international cap directly from the club, the Harlequins have produced notable rugby talents that have gone on to represent their country. The most notable was W. J. A. Davies, who was educated at the Naval school in Pembroke Dock, and would eventually go on to captain England. One of the most notable Wales players to play for Pembroke Dock was Ernie Finch. Finch, who was born and educated in the town, played for the Quins in his early years before progressing to first-class team Llanelli.
Dickson was educated at Barnard Castle School where he learnt his rugby. His first club was Newcastle Falcons where he made his debut for first team in the 2004-05 Zurich Premiership season. Born in Germany to an English mother and Scottish father, Dickson represented Scotland at the 2004 Under-19 World Cup before switching his international allegiance to England and being part of their Under-21 World Cup campaign a year later. Dickon's older brother Karl Dickson is also a former professional rugby union player for Harlequins and England.
Simon Thomas Maling (born 3 June 1975) is a retired New Zealand rugby union footballer and former All Black. His usual playing position was at lock. He played for most of his rugby career in New Zealand for the Otago Highlanders and the All Blacks from 1996 - 2004 before heading overseas to London to play part of one season at Harlequins in 2004 before heading to Japan. He joined the Scarlets at the start of the 2008–09 European season, leaving Suntory Sungoliath in Japan, where he played for three years from 2005 to 2008.
Luke Williamson (born 2 June 1978) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1990s and 2000s. He is now coach of the Manly Warringah Sea Eagles' NSW Cup team after previously coaching the team in 2011 and being the coach of Manly Warringah Sea Eagles Toyota Cup (Under-20s) team in the 2012 competition. His playing career was spent with the Adelaide Rams, the Canberra Raiders, the Northern Eagles and the Manly Warringah Sea Eagles in the National Rugby League and for the Harlequins RL in the Super League.
Tim Taylor (born 4 October 1982 in Derby, England) is a former rugby union player who played at fly-half. Taylor made his first appearance for Gloucester when he came off the bench against Worcester in the LV= Cup. A week later he started his first game against Harlequins at the Twickenham Stoop in the same competition and scored a try and a match winning conversion to send Gloucester into the semi-finals. Taylor initially signed on loan but after just three appearances he signed a two-year contract.
In 2008 he made his Wigan début in a Challenge Cup match against Whitehaven, becoming the first rugby league player to score five tries in a first-grade début. 2009 would prove to be Tomkins' breakthrough year. He made his league début against Harlequins RL, and made 27 appearances during the season, scoring 15 tries. He established himself as Wigan's first choice , and was named in the Super League Dream Team, as well as receiving the club's own Player of the Year and the Super League's Young Player of the Year awards.
The result is a meditation on the relationship between subjectivity and objectivity. The work is the first one in Nabokov's oeuvre involving a first-person narrator and, specifically, one who imposes his fantasy world upon the real world. This was to be a structure that was developed further in later works such as Despair (1934), Pale Fire (1962) and his final novel, Look at the Harlequins! (1974). In a 1967 interview with Alfred Appel Jr, Nabokov retrospectively suggested that the work might have represented a turning-point in his career in this respect.
In the 2003/04 season, CR El Salvador participated in a European competition for the first time, debuting against Harlequins in London, before going out in the second round - a first for a Spanish club - to the Italian team Rovigo. In the 2006/07 season, they won all three titles at senior level: División de Honor, the Copa del Rey and the Super Cup title. In the 2007/08 season, it was yet another excellent year for the team, as they won the Division de Honor and the Super Cup title.
Scholes joined the Ulster academy ahead of the 2011–12 season. During his first two seasons in the academy, he primarily played for his club side Belfast Harlequins and the province's second-tier side, the Ulster Ravens. In February 2014, Scholes made his senior debut for the team away to the Ospreys in the 2013–14 Pro12, and made a further four appearances in the league that season. Scholes signed a senior contract with Ulster ahead of the 2014–15 season, and made four appearances in that year's league.
Turner left Newport RFC and became player/coach at Sale FC in 1992, leaving in 1996 to join Bedford RFC as player/Head Coach, taking both clubs into the English Premiership during his tenure. In 1998/99 he joined Saracens as backs coach and then spent 2 seasons at Rugby Lions as player/coach, winning promotion to Division 1. In 2001 he left Rugby Lions to work under Philippe Saint-André at Gloucester, winning the inaugural Premiership Grand Final. He moved on to Harlequins as backs coach from 2002-05.
Andrew Charles Thomas Gomarsall MBE (born 24 July 1974, in Durham) is a former rugby union player who played at scrum-half for Leeds Carnegie and England. He previously played for Gloucester Rugby, Bedford and Wasps. Until May 2006 he was contracted to Worcester Warriors for three seasons from 2005, but was released after one year of a three-year contract – an action which is still subject to potential legal action by Gomarsall. He was released by Harlequins F.C in 2009 and joined Leeds Carnegie for the 2009–2010 season to continue Guinness Premiership rugby.
Kostjasyn made his first-team début for the Melbourne Storm against Harlequins RL at the Twickenham Stoop in the World City Challenge, the Storm's warm-up match before the 2010 World Club Challenge. He played again a week later against the Leeds Rhinos from the bench in the World Club Challenge. Training with the first grade squad over that summer earned Kostjasyn a spot in the club's World Cup Challenge squad and a subsequent medal as part of the winning team. He was later signed by the club on a two-year-contract.
Luke Ambler (born 18 December 1989) is a former Ireland international rugby league footballer who played in the 2000s and 2010s. He has played at representative level for Yorkshire (Under-17s) and Ireland, and at club level for Elland ARLFC, in the Super League for the Salford City Reds, and the Leeds Rhinos (Heritage № 1385), in 2009's National League One for the York City Knights (loan), in 2011's Super League XVI for the Harlequins RL (Heritage № 506) (loan) and in the Championship for Halifax, as a or .
The 2006–07 EDF Energy Cup marked the 36th season of the English Rugby Union cup competition. It was the second season under the new Anglo-Welsh format and the first with EDF Energy as title sponsor. The competition began on 1 September and concluded with the final on Sunday 15 April at Twickenham, where Leicester Tigers beat the Ospreys 41-35. The teams competing remained the same as the previous season with the exception of newly promoted NEC Harlequins, replacing Leeds Tykes, who were relegated to National Division One.
Its song "Bones" was a Triple J's Ausmusic Month featured track. The band has also performed on Triple J’s ‘Live At The Wireless’ with Birds of Tokyo and Abbe May. In August 2008 the band released its debut EP, We Used To Be Gods, Now We're So Plain, which was produced by Melbourne producer Woody Annison (Children Collide, Red Riders, Rocket Science, Dardanelles). Since its release the band has toured the eastern states of Australia, supporting End of FashionThe West Australian, 18 September 2008, "Harlequins in big league" and Grafton Primary.
Gary van Ginkel Botha (born 12 October 1981 in Pretoria, South Africa) is a former rugby union player, that professionally played as a hooker between 2002 and 2013. He spent the majority of his career at his home-town team the and their affiliated Super Rugby team the , but he also had spells at the , at English side Harlequins and at French Top 14 side . He also played in 12 test matches for from 2005 to 2007. In 2015, he was appointed as a technical consultant for the Blue Bulls forwards.
He made his competitive debut against Nottingham in September 2009 and went on to make 33 appearances in his first season. He was ever-present in the two following years, racking up 110 appearances in his three years at the club. In April 2012 he returned to the Premiership after signing a contract with Harlequins for the 2012–13 season. His first season at The Stoop followed a similar pattern to his spells with Bath, Saints and Sale, with Ward making only seven appearances, five of which came in the Anglo-Welsh Cup.
James Percival (born 9 November 1983) is a rugby union player for Worcester Warriors in the RFU Championship after signing from Harlequins in the Summer of 2011. He primarily plays in the second-row. Percival started out at Worcester Warriors, gaining International recognition as a member of Welsh Schools Under 18's and the England Under 21 team that won the 2004 Six Nations Grand Slam. He joined Northampton Saints in the summer of 2005, however his progress was hampered after suffering a broken neck in a friendly game against Munster.
While at Oxford he befriended Cecil Fiennes, who nominated him for membership of the new founded Harlequins Club in 1856. After graduating from Oxford, Cockerell took holy orders in the Church of England, with his first ecclesiastical duties being as curate of North Weald in 1863. In 1864, he became the curate of Boughton Aluph in Kent, a position he held until 1867. While based in Kent, he made a single appearance in first-class cricket for the Gentlemen of Kent against the Gentlemen of Marylebone Cricket Club at Canterbury in 1865.
At fixture launch on 7 July 2017, it was announced that Saracens would host their annual Derby Day clash against Harlequins at the London Stadium on 24 March 2018. This was the first time since 2010 that this fixture did not take place at Wembley. The match ended in a 24–11 win for Saracens in front of a crowd of 55,329 and was the first ever Premiership Rugby match at the stadium. The match was repeated in 2019 which ended as a 27–20 win for Saracens in front of a crowd of 42,717.
Playing in the competition for the first time, Bath beat Barnstaple Town 4–0 in the preliminary round to begin their campaign. They followed this up with victories over Backwell United, Bemerton Heath Harlequins, and Newport County in the early stages of the qualifying rounds. They faced Horsham in the fourth qualifying round; a place in the first round proper awaiting the victors. The match at Horsham's ground finished 0–0, and the teams returned to Bath for the replay, which Bath won 4–2 on penalties after a 1–1 draw.
Swift was used as a replacement against Newcastle, but he was sin-binned during the match as Connacht crashed out. In the 2006–07 Celtic League Swift featured in 14 of the team's 20 games, starting in four of them as Connacht finished above only Border Reivers, a team that was disbanded at the end of the season. Swift also played in four 2006–07 European Challenge Cup matches. He started in each of these games, playing Montpellier twice, before facing Bath and Harlequins, but couldn't prevent Connacht being eliminated at the pool stages.
Tim Hartley (born 2 January 1986), also known by the nickname of "Trev", is an English former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 2000s and 2010s. He played at representative level for Lancashire Academy (Under-16s and Under-18s) and British Amateur Rugby League Association (BARLA) NWC Oceanic 2001 tour, and at club level for Leigh Miners Rangers, in the Super League debuted for; the Salford City Reds v Leeds Rhinos, Harlequins RL, and for; Halifax, the Widnes Vikings and the Leigh Centurions, as a or .
Quoted in Bull Op. cit. He continued to play at first-class level only occasionally, sometimes for Kent and sometimes for other teams such as Harlequins, until the 1927 season when he was appointed captain of Kent and made 23 first-class appearances. During the 1927 season Evans scored 832 runs at an average of 25.21, including three hundreds, one of which was his highest score or 143 made against Lancashire. He won his Kent cap during the same season before going on to make his final nine first-class appearances the following year.
Liley played in the Pilkington Cup Finals of 1993 and 1996, winning the 1993 final against Harlequins and losing in 1996 to Bath. Liley was also part of the Leicester side which won the league in 1995. He played in 1997 Heineken Cup Final which Leicester lost to Brive. After the 1996-97 season Liley was considered surplus to requirements by then Leicester coach Bob Dwyer, initially he joined Moseley in the second division but financial difficulties meant a quick move to Worcester who at the time were in the third tier.
The Exchange, Twickenham Twickenham Museum The Cabbage Patch pub in Twickenham Twickenham is home to the headquarters of the Rugby Football Union and Twickenham Stadium. The England national rugby union team play all their home matches at Twickenham Stadium, which is one of England's largest stadiums and the world's largest rugby stadium. Harlequins, a rugby union club, play at the Twickenham Stoop. Twickenham Stadium hosted Rugby World Cup fixtures in 1991, 1999 and 2015, including semi-final matches in 1999 and the final matches in 1991 and 2015.
Bennett first came to note as a rugby player while representing Cardiff Harlequins. Bennet was first selected to represent his adopted country as part of the 1891 Home Nations Championship, brought into the pack to face England in the opening game of the tournament. Bennett was one of three newly capped forwards, joining Edward Pegge and Harry Packer in their first international. In a close game, Wales lost 3-7, but the selectors kept faith with Bennett and he was reselected for the next game away to Scotland.
Symmons played in four Irish Senior Cup finals for Loreto. In the 2002 final, Symmons scored twice as Loreto drew 2–2 with Hermes before eventually winning the cup in a penalty shoot-out. In the 2003 final, Symmons scored the winner in extra-time as Loreto defeated Cork Harlequins 3–2. In 2010 Symmons helped Loreto win the Irish Senior Cup for a third time. In the final she scored twice as Loreto drew 2–2 with Railway Union before eventually winning the cup in another penalty shoot-out.
Past collaborations include Rick Penzone of Men Women and Children and Jon Safley formerly of Lemon Sun in Los Angeles based New Romans, toured with Seattle art punk band Jaguar Love as a bass guitarist, and played with the live incarnation of This Is Ivy League. Appeared in the video "Baby" by The Phenomenal Hand Clap Band. Guitarist in Jeremy and the harlequins (yep Roc records) Born July 24, 1981 - He grew up in Bellmore, Long Island and has a fraternal twin brother named Daniel. Bonich lives in the east village of Manhattan.
There is also a men's and women's soccer league, two rugby union clubs (Coffs Harlequins and Southern Cross University), junior and senior basketball competitions and the representative Coffs Suns, field hockey and netball competitions. In 2001, Coffs Harbour hosted the Oceania region's qualification matches for the 2002 FIFA World Cup. One these matches played at Coffs Harbour was the Australia 31–0 American Samoa game, which set a new world record for international association football's biggest ever win.World Cup: Australia score 31 in World Cup . Telegraph (11 April 2001).
After playing for Welsh region Ospreys in the Pro14, as of 16 September 2015, Cavubati signed for English club Worcester Warriors from the 2015–16 season. On 2 May 2017, Cavubati signed for Premiership rivals Newcastle Falcons from the 2017-18 Premiership campaign. After sustaining an injury to his right leg which kept him out of the game for five months, he returned to the field for Newcastle Falcons in an A-League game against Bath. He signed for Harlequins in July 2019, joining the club after the 2019 Rugby World Cup.
Nine of the fourteen teams participated in last season's competition. They are joined by two teams relegated from National League 2 South, Dings Crusaders and Lydney; and by three promoted teams Cleve, Chippenham and Ivybridge. The teams leaving the league were the 2014–15 champions, Redingensians who were promoted to National League 2 South and the relegated teams, Chard and Weston- super-Mare to play in South West 1 West, and Oxford Harlequins to South West 1 East. Bracknell, who finished 3rd last season, transferred to National League 3 London and SE.
St Peters Rugby Football Club is a rugby union team from the district of Roath, in Cardiff, South Wales. The club plays their home games at the Harlequins Playing Field, located off Newport Road. It is a member of the Welsh Rugby Union, and is a feeder club for the Cardiff Blues. The club regards its foundation year as 1886, although it is not until 1888 that the first recorded reference to the club can be found; this was in the regional newspaper, the Western Mail, and was against St. Margarets, also of Roath.
In November 2004 he scored the quickest try in Premiership history when he gathered a loose ball from kick off and crossed by the posts in 9.63 seconds against Harlequins, beating Martin Corry's record by 14 seconds. Voyce was in the starting line up for the 2004 England summer tour matches against New Zealand in Auckland and Australia in Brisbane. He helped Wasps win their third consecutive Premiership title in 2005, this time scoring a try in the final against Leicester. In 2005 he marked his first Twickenham Test appearance with two tries against Samoa.
Griffin Park is the former home of Brentford F.C. and Chelsea Football Club Reserves, plus (from 2002 until 23 September 2005 it was the home of the London Broncos rugby league club – subsequently they were renamed Harlequins RL and transferred to The Stoop). Brentford F.C. is a professional English football club based in Brentford. It currently plays in the Football League Championship. It was founded in 1889 by members of the defunct Brentford Rowing Club and plays its home games at the Brentford Community Stadium, having played at Griffin Park between 1904 and 2020.
Freeman pays a high price The Independent, 5 August 1993Club History Harlequins RLFCClub-by-club guide to the new season The Independent, 19 August 1994 Halfway through the 1995 Lion Red Cup Neil Joyce resigned as the coach of the Bay of Plenty Stags. Gordon became a co-coach alongside Lawrence Brydon for the remainder of the season. In 1996 he remained with the Stags as the business Manager while Brydon became the head coach. During the season he was suspended and investigated by the New Zealand Rugby League over accusations of fraud.
In January 2015, Catrakilis signed a contract to join French Top 14 side to link up with former South African World Cup winning head coach Jake White. In his first season with Montpellier, he won the 2015–16 European Rugby Challenge Cup with a 26-19 victory over Harlequins. He also finished as the competition's Top Point scorer with a total of 79 points. Montpellier then went on to finish third in the Top 14 season, however they lost to Toulon in the semi finals with a score of 27-18.
Rees moved from Scarlets to Cardiff Blues for the 2013–14 season and on 16 August 2013 was named as captain for the season. Rees was diagnosed with testicular cancer in October 2013 however, and was forced to take a leave of absence from the game to receive treatment. He returned to the game in March 2014. In November 2015, he was sent off for stamping on Harlequins number 8 Nick Easter in a 2015–16 European Rugby Challenge Cup match just 15 minutes after coming on as a replacement for Kristian Dacey.
After just 11 games for Harlequins, Smith severely injured his knee during a clash against Saracens F.C. at Vicarage Road. It proved to be an injury he was unable to recover from, and he spent much of the 2011/2012 season in the position of Backs Coach for Esher RFC, who played in the RFU Championship at the time. Following their relegation, a coaching reshuffle took place and Smith was announced as Head Coach for the 2012/2013 season. However, after just one season in charge, Smith decided to stand down as head coach.
Stanisław Lorentz guides Picasso through the National Museum in Warsaw in Poland during exhibition Contemporary French Painters and Pablo Picasso's Ceramics, 1948. Picasso gave Warsaw's museum over a dozen of his ceramics, drawings and colour prints. Scene from the Degenerate art auction, spring 1938, published in a Swiss newspaper. Works by Picasso, Head of a Woman (lot 117), Two Harlequins (lot 115).Degenerate Art: The Fate of the Avant-Garde in Nazi Germany, LACMA, 1991 During the Second World War, Picasso remained in Paris while the Germans occupied the city.
For example, the Oxford Cavaliers play rugby at the Oxford Harlequins Rugby Union Football Club here, and the Ferry Sports Centre run by the Oxford City Council, which includes a swimming pool, is off the road to the north.Ferry Sports Centre, Oxford City Council, UK. Just to the north on the east bank of the river is the Victoria Arms (or "Vicky Arms"), a public house frequented by people out punting.Victoria Arms, Old Marston, Oxfordshire, UK. It is possible to moor punts in the grounds of the pub. The road is designated the B4495.
Webb playing for Leeds in 2010 In 2007 Webb joined Leeds Rhinos in the Super League on a two-year contract. He came to Leeds Rhinos fresh from being one of the players of the tournament in the Tri Nations. He became a favorite of the Leeds fans, and his attacking play earned him the chant from the South Stand spectators, 'Brent Webb is Superman!'. Webb received a four match ban following two head high tackles in the Leeds Rhinos 2007 match against the Harlequins RL at the Twickenham Stoop.
He was appointed head coach of the London Skolars in December 2007 to replace Latham Tawhai, who left to become the understudy coach at neighbours Harlequins RL. Benson left his job at London Skolars at the end of the season due to the inconvenience of travelling from his home in Leigh, Greater Manchester. In 2009 he was appointed head coach of Oldham R.L.F.C. in the British Rugby League National Championship 1. When he left Oldham, Benson became the first coach of new side Oxford Rugby League. He left the club after two seasons.
In 2002, Smith switched to rugby league to play with the Sydney Roosters and was part of the winning junior side in the Jersey Flegg premiership. Graduating to NSWRL Premier League, he scored a try in the Roosters’ 30-8 win over St George-Illawarra in the 2004 Premier League grand final. Smith signed with the London Broncos (later renamed Harlequins RL) in 2004 to play in the Super League. In 2005 he made his international début for Tonga against Samoa in Sydney and scored two tries in their 34-20 win.
In September 2019, Vunipola scored his first try for Saracens in a 2019–20 Premiership Rugby match against Wasps. In January 2020, Vunipola scored 17 points in a 2019–20 European Rugby Champions Cup pool stage match, as Saracens beat Ospreys 22–15. In the same month, referee Luke Pearce appointed Vunipola as Saracens captain, after Pearce decided he did not want to speak with Jackson Wray during a match against Harlequins. In a February 2020 Premiership Rugby match against Sale, Vunipola scored 17 points and won a man of the match award.
There are many Manx hockey teams, with mixed, men's and ladies' leagues. The mixed league runs from September to December with the men's and ladies' leagues running from January to April. Each club has a nominated home pitch which is one of the National Sports Centres regional astro turf pitches. Bacchas, Vikings & Harlequins Hockey Clubs all play at the NSC in Douglas, Valkyrs Hockey Club play at the QEII High School in Peel, Castletown & Saracens Hockey Clubs play at Castle Rushen High School and Ramsey Hockey Club play at Ramsey Grammar School.

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