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EASTER IS STAYING

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Nick Easter has recently signed a new deal for three years till the end of the 2014-2015 seasons with the Harlequins. The director Conor O’Shea has clearly mentioned that this is quite an achievement for the Harlequins considering the fact that Nick is currently the 8th best player in the country known for rugby.

He is quite sure that each and every member of the Harlequins club is elated and excited to play with such a top notch payer who has shown an excellent array of skills and talents through the years.

The beauty of Nick Easter is the fact that he has managed to come up the ladder even though he hasn’t been on the field for long. His regime and the condition he keeps himself in most of the time is what help him to remain fit and active all throughout. Nick himself feels happy joining this club as he feels that they allow him to express himself to the fullest and best of his potential.

Moreover, by bringing about an attractive style of rugby, it not only becomes enjoyable but also manages to bring about positive results to the game. He is quite keen and concerned in bringing about positive increments to the team’s performance and ratings on the points table. He hopes that Harlequins becomes better with his entry as he is ready to put in his cent percent effort and make sure that no stone remain unturned. He has managed to play as a flanker for the England team and can even do the same here for the Harlequins if needed and required. Let’s hope for the best as Harlequins have managed to strike a great deal with this star and gem of a player.

HARLEQUINS STRUGGLE PAST GLOUCESTER

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Harlequins struggled past Gloucester to keep their Heineken Cup dreams well and truly alive. Mike Brown’s try was just about enough to ensure the Quins inched through 20-14 to remain in touching distance of Pool leaders, Toulouse.

In the 73rd minute, Quins were trailing 14-13 and heading out of the competition, but a Danny Care kick was met by Brown and Harlequins seem now to be in an excellent position for a spot in the quarter finals as runners up at the very least and even keeping their outside chances of topping the group alive.

Brown was one of a number of Quins players to impress and is amongst a contingency of four players from the Stoop to be called into the England squad for the 6 Nations. His head coach Conor O’Shea has heaped praise on Brown for his recent performances, which he feels have put him in an excellent position to oust Ben Foden from the England full back position.

Gloucester had proved a difficult challenge for the Quins, who have cooled since their invincible start to the league campaign and the Quins were looking set to go out of the competition when on three occasions late on skipper Robshawe turned down kickable penalties to regain the lead from Gloucester. The gamble seemed to have back fired when they seemed to have wasted when a five metre scrum resulted in a scrappy penalty award to Glaws. Quins though composed themselves and created one last chance to secure their survival in the competition and eliminate their English rivals from the competition.

Quins next travel to Connauct, who are yet to register a win in this seasons tournament whilst Gloucester face a challenging visit from Toulouse. Gloucester will be looking to do themselves justice with their performance, and if they can stop the French side from winning Quins will be gifted a chance to top the group.

HARLEQUINS BEATEN BY NORTHAMPTON

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Harlequins suffered a crushing blow as Northampton beat them 24 – 3 at the Franklin’s Garden. This was the second defeat that Harlequins have suffered in the Aviva Premiership and was a rather bad one.

This win over Harlequins has now consolidated their position at the third place in the standings – with this win the latest in a dream run of matches for Northampton in the Aviva Premiership. It was their two star players, Roger Wilson and Ben Foden, who combined brilliantly all match in order to crush the Harlequins. Ryan Lamb also contributed fourteen points.

Rory Clegg kicked the Harlequins only goal from their side, but won’t hae enjoyed it -he had a horrible day at work and will hurt all the more because he would love to see his team back on track and on its winning ways.

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HARLEQUINS IMPRESSIVE

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Harlequins maintained their impressive start to the season with another demolition job. This week’s victims were Newcastle and the Quins took no mercy running in 6 tries to the Falcons one. The turbulence over the road at Twickenham is perfectly contrasted by the fluidity and demonstration of quality within the Harlequins’ ranks. They are starting to look very much like Champions elect and with young English talent such as Jordan Turner-Hall, Joe Marler, Seb Stegmann and Mike Brown they could dominate the English game over the next few years in a way Leicester have until recently.

The 39-8 scoreline would suggest the Quins came up against very little fight but that was not the case. Newcastle, currently sitting bottom of the Premiership table did not seem all that bad a team and gave a good account of themselves especially when down to 13 men at one point. Indeed for much of the first half the visitors held their own and gave Harlequins a real physical fight. The lead was just 15-5 at half time, but in truth could have been even closer.

The second half started badly for the Falcons and an early penalty miss from Gopperth set the tone for the rest of the game. Two yellow cards in six minutes left Newcastle with 13 men to withstand the Quins’ barrage and the resilience thy had shown in the first half was not there after the break. The Quins added four tries to the two they had scored in the first half to open up a huge gap over their visitors.

The gap in class between league leaders and basement boys was far more apparent in the second half and both clubs ambition for the rest of the season took contrasting steps. Worcester’s victory over bath on Friday night leaves Newcastle nine points adrift of safety, and the prospect of the English top flight losing another of its great Northern clubs seems an ever growing likelihood. The Quins’ position perfectly contrasts this. They and fellow Southerners, Saracens, look almost certain to be the teams to beat in the race to top the league table and come May and the playoffs, Quins will definitely be there or there abouts.