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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.

Robshaw hails England performance

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England and Harlequins FC player Chris Robshaw has reacted to the national team’s defeat to Rugby World Cup holders New Zealand in a spirited display by stating that the team has no other option but win the Six Nations to show the fans that there have been genuine progress made by the side.

The All Blacks went on to avenge their humiliating defeat at the hands of England at the fabled Twickenham Stoop in last summer’s autumn international as they defeated the Englishmen in one of the most captivating matches of the QBE Internationals. However, the All Blacks were brought down to a pretty ordinary level by the England players and the England skipper is confident it is a sign of good things to come in the future.

For a New Zealand team that motivates itself by claiming to be the most dominant team in the history of professional rugby in the world needed some divine intervention and a moment of genius from two of their stars to preserve their perfect record this season.

And although it was the team’s second defeat in eleven internationals, the Harlequins FC man still thinks even that record is unacceptable, and it doesn’t matter whether the loss comes at the hands of the world champions.

The England skipper stated the team definitely is very close to where they want to be but there is still some distance to go before they reach that stage. He went on to add that had they beaten New Zealand, they would have been pretty happy but they are in a position where they will come close to winning every match and it is a matter of concentration and focus that will see them through to victory in the end and the Harlequins FC player knows that the end is in sight.

Paul Sackey moves to Harlequins FC

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Aviva Premiership Rugby Football Union club Harlequins FC have brought in former England international winger Paul Sackey to England back from France to cover for the injured Ross Chisholm who tore and ACL during the club’s participation in the JP Morgan Chase Premiership Rugby Sevens last week.

And the club moved in swiftly to bring a player who established a reputation for being one of the most consistent and free scoring wingers in the English game when he was playing in the Aviva Premiership back to London as they look to fill the void left by Chisholm, who is expected to be sidelined for the majority of the season. The 33 year old former England Sevens and England Saxons player spent the last three seasons in France, playing for the two powerhouse clubs Stade Francais and Toulon during his stint across the English Channel.

Speaking of his new signing, Harlequins FC Director of Rugby Conor O’Shea stated that it is great for the club to be able to sign a player of the ability as well as experience of Paul Sackey. He went on to add that the player is in top physical condition and he knows how much he wants to succeed in England and finish his career on a high.

Sackey, a former player for the London Wasps and the London Irish, moves to the club as an injury dispensation cover and stated that he wanted to move back to England and finish his career there and to be given the chance to represent Harlequins FC is extremely exciting for him as well. He mentioned that being born and brought up in London, he knows the club inside out and knows many of the players as well and has also admired the club’s style of play over the last few seasons.

Warriors sign Brooker from Harlequins FC

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Aviva Premiership Rugby Football Union club the Worcester Warriors have completed the signing of hooker Chris Brooker from Harlequins FC, with the player agreeing a deal to make the move to the Premiership club at the beginning of the new season. The 26 year old previously played for Bath Rugby before making the move to the London club and Twickenham Stoop in 2007, where he made 84 appearances during this time.

However, the hooker has hardly had any game time since 2012 when he injured his knee while playing against the Newcastle Falcons in the club’s Premiership winning campaign, merely two weeks before he was supposed to join up with the England national team squad for the Six Nations tournament. Speaking about the move to The Warriors, the England international spoke to the website of Harlequins FC where he stated that he has worked extremely hard since being on the sidelines and added that he cannot wait to get back on the field and get a tackle in.

Born in Bristol, the 26 year old was part of the England Saxons squad in 2012 before his career threatening injury and was also involved in the Under-21 squad back in 2006 when the team won the Grand Slam title. And the player, whose contractual details at The Warriors are yet to be released, admitted that the sixteen month injury lay-off was the lowest point in his career and at one point, he thought he would never be able to make his comeback to the sport.

He mentioned that things were going very well for him at that time, be it getting a call up for the senior squad or with Harlequins FC and all of a sudden, the injury came out of the blue and his world came crashing down, but he is hopeful of a fresh start.

Harlequins FC suffer defeat to Munster in Heineken Cup

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Aviva Premiership Rugby Football Union club Harlequins FC saw their dreams of securing a historic domestic and European treble dashed after they suffered a 12-18 defeat at the hands of Irish club Munster in the quarter finals of the Heineken Cup. The Quins were completely outplayed by the Irish side in front of their home support at the Twickenham Stoop, the home of English rugby and the reigning Aviva Premiership champions were completely outplayed in the second half, failing to garner any sort of foothold in the game, especially in tackling.

This is the fifth defeat that the London suffered in the last seven matches, denting their hopes of a treble and this run of poor results also saw them drop from top of the table in the Aviva Premiership to fourth in the table, and now, Harlequins FC are having to look beyond their shoulders for Bath Rugby who have mounted a late challenge for that fourth and final spot that will see the side qualify for the playoff semi finals of the Aviva Premiership.

And according to Nick Easter, the number eight of the side, the club and the players need to buck up and bounce back from the rot they are going through. He stated that the team has to regroup and get their mindsets right. He further mentioned that the team has three huge games in the Aviva Premiership to look forward to and these three matches will define the season for Harlequins FC.

Easter stated that the team wouldn’t want their season to get unraveled and having already won the Anglo Welsh Cup recently, they are still in line to secure a domestic double that will more or less count as a successful season for the side, a season that had looked extremely promising till now.

Harlequins FC

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The Harlequin Football Club which is more commonly known as Harlequins FC is a professional rugby football club currently playing in the Aviva Premiership Rugby Football Union league where they are the reigning champions. The club plays its home matches at the iconic Twickenham Stoop stadium in London which is also the traditional home of the England national team. For a prolonged period, the club was known as the NEC Harlequins but after the sponsorship rights were bought by Etihad Airways, the club reverted back to its original name.

The formation of The Quins dates back to 1866 when the Hampstead Football Club was formed and the first official match the club played was in 1867. The club was renamed to Harlequins FC in 1870 mainly because the membership of the club was no longer restricted to the local people but there was also the need to retain the HFC abbreviation, which prompted the then officials of the club to decide upon the name. According to historians of the club, the members found the word ‘harlequin’ in the dictionary and all those who were present in the meeting unanimously accepted the name.

However, this also saw a split in the club membership with a section of disgruntled fans not happy with the change of name defecting from the club to go on and form what would become the London Wasps. During the first forty years of existence, the club travelled a lot and did not have a fixed home venue.

But in 1906, Harlequins FC was invited by the Rugby Football Union to play at Twickenham Stoop, which was not being used on a regular basis by the national team and before long, the club shifted its headquarters to the ground and have been at the venue ever since then.