Marler extends Harlequins FC contract

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Joe Marler, the England international prop has put pen to paper on a new deal with Harlequins FC, a statement from the Aviva Premiership Rugby Football Union club announced. This new deal sees the England man pledge his future to the club beyond the current season with the new contract running till the end of the 2016 season.

A product of the fabled youth academy of the club, Marler has notched up over 100 senior appearances for the club since he was first handed the chance to play for the senior side back in 2010 and during that time, his career has skyrocketed and he is now considered as one of the most premier front row players in all of the Northern Hemisphere.

The 23 year old was a key player as Harlequins FC won the European Challenge Cup in 2011 and the Aviva Premiership in 2012 and having secured all major honors in various age group levels for England, he has 19 international caps to his name already.

Most recently, he helped the national team secure the Triple Crown title, the first time they have done it in ten years and played all but one match in the Six Nations Championship for Stuart Lancaster’s side.

Conor O’Shea, the Director of Rugby of the London club announced the deal and he expressed his delight at the new contract as well. He mentioned that it was almost unbelievable that he has notched up more than 100 appearances for the club at 23 years of age.

The Harlequins FC boss went on to add Marler still has a lot to give to the club and like everyone associated with the club, he is hungry for more success and trophies and his extension signals exciting times ahead for both club and the country.

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.