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Harlequins FC targeting NFL rejects

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Aviva Premiership Rugby Football Union clubs Saracens FC as well as Harlequins FC will be among a host of clubs from England that will be keeping a close watch on a trial taking place in the United States of America which will see a number of American Football players who are keen on giving the Rugby Union game a try.

The trial will be taking place over a two day period on the 5th and 6th of April in the National Football League stadium of the Minnesota Vikings and overall, more than 180 athletes are set to attend the trial. Recently, Hayden Smith of Saracens FC left the club on a temporary basis to give the NFL a try and this could well see a reversal in that trend as well and the Harlequins FC as well as their London counterparts’ hierarchy are keen on making a splash across the pond.

Former Ireland coach Eddie O’Sullivan will be overseeing the trial in April and he has also tipped a number of players to make the grade in England as well as in Europe.

He stated that some of the players who are expected to come on trial are tremendous athletes who have just missed out on a professional contract with an NFL side by the skin of their teeth or have been cut out from their sides but still want to make it as a professional.

O’Sullivan also mentioned that most of them have not played rugby but having played in the NFL, they are aware of the game and being highly talented, it wouldn’t be too difficult in turning them into professional rugby players.

He confirmed scouts from Saracens FC as well as Harlequins FC and French club Grenoble are coming over and he expects more European clubs to send scouts too.

Care has X-Factor

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Danny Care has all the talent required to become the stardust player that the England team is crying out for and possibly needs in order to mount a challenge for the 2015 Rugby World Cup on home soil, according to the player’s team mate at Harlequins FC, Nick Easter.

The half back, at 27 years old, is entering the prime of his career, and has had a superb season for the Quins in the Aviva Premiership this season and he will have plenty of chances to impress England national tam boss Stuart Lancaster in the RBS Six Nations Championship as he looks to nail down a first team place ahead of the World Cup.

The current England squad is completely ravaged by injuries to key players and the return of Care to training with Harlequins FC since he suffered an injury playing for the club during their recent defeat at the hands of Clermont in the Heineken Cup comes as a huge boost for Lancaster as well as the team’s chances of reclaiming the Six Nations title for the first time in three years.

England faces a tricky away trip to France in their first match of the RBS Six Nations Championship this season and Care should be fit for selection for the match.

And speaking of his team mate, the former England skipper Easter stated that Care has been very unlucky over the last few years because he has been the best player in scrum half in England and still hasn’t been picked but now he has the opportunity to set things right and claim his starting berth for England in the future.

He also stated that his Harlequins FC is one with that X-factor that England need to challenge for the World Cup title when the event comes home next year.