Just when you thought that the pervading narrative surrounding high tackles and head contact could not progress any further, there was another twist at The Stoop shortly…

Just when you thought that the pervading narrative surrounding high tackles and head contact could not progress any further, there was another twist at The Stoop shortly…

Top games deserve top officials, and it just so happened that the Harlequins v Leicester game last weekend saw Wayne Barnes in charge. As usual, Barnes was…

Leicester qualified for the play-offs weeks ago and their selection probably hinted at one eye on Europe where they face Leinster in the Champions Cup quarter-final on…

It could be a scene from The Golden Girls: a gaggle of elderly ladies, just finishing lunch at a Californian ocean-front café, casting curious eyes at the…

If you fancied engineering a scenario with the aim of enticing a newcomer to rugby union and encouraging them to consume more of the sport, you might…

Football, especially European football, has grown up with two-legged ties and nobody thinks it is anything but fair and desirable. Not necessarily the same in rugby, a…

Jonah Lomu Rugby, the cult video game that celebrated its 25th birthday this year, had a ‘classic match’ mode that immersed users in tricky situations from the…

Now it was Montpellier who were all at sea just bedside the Mediterranean. A Handre Pollard penalty partly steadied the ship but with just a couple of…

Twickenham became like a second home for the now 36-year-old Flood during his outstanding professional career. He played 32 times there for England during a 60-cap international career and…

Harlequins 24 Newcastle Falcons 10 A fittingly defiant performance from Newcastle Falcons on Mike Brown’s homecoming could not prevent Harlequins from landing a third consecutive win that…

Joe Marler readied himself for England’s pivotal Six Nations meeting with Wales by helping Harlequins to end a run of three consecutive Premiership defeats. When he departed…

Harlequins 29 Wasps 24  Joe Marler readied himself for England’s pivotal Six Nations meeting with Wales by helping Harlequins to end a run of three consecutive Premiership…

If the recent nervy win over Worcester helped to stop the rot, then this triumph over the defending Gallagher Premiership champions Harlequins was a moment for Bath,…

While domestic fixture schedules continue to clash with Test windows, the Holy Grail of Premiership recruitment is landing an international-class player who somehow avoids being picked for…

Exeter sacrificed wing Facundo Cordero and controlled the kicking exchanges with six backs, but the scrummaging of Marler and Collier, on his 200th Harlequins appearance, continued to…

Gloucester 17 Harlequins 20 A try on his 35th birthday for Danny Care twisted this contest in Harlequins’ favour, with the Premiership champions digging deep to end…

The heavy rain was not helping matters but Harlequins continued to play in the same Harlem Globetrotters’ spirit. Conditions be damned. They had their reward with what…

“We have a little bit of AstroTurf that runs through the gym and between your weights sets, when you are having a rest there is an opportunity…

Throughout many of his 197 Harlequins appearances, Collier sat behind Sinckler and, more recently, Wilco Louw – although there is no shame in being below either of…

Wilkinson’s remarkable dedication to training and preparation has opened Smith’s eyes to what is required to be a success on the international stage. “For me that is…

If the timing of his decision to join Sale Sharks next season may seem baffling with Leicester on the rise again, it does not appear to have…

A full-stretch line-out steal from Adam Coleman protected a 10-7 advantage for Irish but Harlequins hit back immediately after the towering lock limped off the pitch. Jack…

Harlequins 19 London Irish 22 Before the Premiership broke for the autumn international window, London Irish were the league’s entertaining underachievers. No longer. This hard-fought derby victory…