Harlequins Rugby Video clip Score: 5 / 5
Warriors sign Brooker from Harlequins FC
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.
Australia v New Zealand RL 4 Nations Twickenham (New Zealand thank the fans)
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Harlequins FC suffer defeat to Munster in Heineken Cup
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 Team Song
Harlequins Rugby Video Score: five / five
Harlequins FC
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.