England captain Chris Robshaw limped from the pitch with an ankle injury in Harlequins’ 42-26 victory over Worcester and faces an anxious wait to find out the severity of the injury. The blow comes just 10 days before Warren Gatland picks his Lions squad and Robshaw is in contention for the captaincy.
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Harlequins boss Conor O’Shea admitted that his side were ‘bitterly disappointed’ following their Heineken Cup exit after being beaten 18-12 by Munster.     “The better side won,” O’Shea said. “They won the breakdowns and the collisions and we are bitterly disappointed.
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Gloucester rugby director Nigel Davies was pleased with his side’s 17-15 victory over reigning Premiership Champions Harlequins and praised the work rate of his players.
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Normally there is a sense of the run of the mill a week after the conclusion of the RBS Six Nations, but not this time, not when six clubs are battling for the top four play-off positions in the Aviva Premiership and swapping places like gossipy neighbours with their tales.
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By Ian Stafford

Harlequins Director of Rugby Conor O’Shea believes that although his side may have lost the battle in their 27-12 defeat to Saracens, the Premiership war is not lost.
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Sunday’s LV= Cup final has a slight David and Goliath feel about it and World Cup winner Lewis Moody insists whilst it is Harlequins' to lose, such finales can be somewhat unpredictable.
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Sportsvibe are offering one lucky reader the chance to win a pair of tickets to the launch of the inaugural Legends Rugby festival at Cinnamon Kitchen EC2 on 25th April.
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It sounds a ridiculous point to raise but can Harlequins versus Saracens be a fixture in three major cup finals between now and May?   Think about it. First up is the LV Cup.
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By Ian Stafford

Mike Tindall believes that Chris Robshaw could be the man to captain the Lions tour after impressing in his recent England performances.   Tindall, who has made 75 appearances for England, believes that if England get the Grand Slam, it would be extremely difficult for coach Warren Gatland to ignore the Harlequins flanker.
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So now we know the line up for the Heineken Cup quarter-finals and, indeed, the semi-final draw and, even though some giants of European rugby – notably Toulouse and Leinster – have failed to make the cut, it remains a mouth-watering series of clashes.
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By Ian Stafford

The weekend was probably the best so far this season in the Heineken Cup and at the end of it, with so many questions now answered, and so many still to be sorted, my stand out team has to be Saracens.
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By Ian Stafford

Current Aviva Premiership title-holders Harlequins have earned a place in the quarter-finals of the Heineken Cup after a bonus point win over Connacht.
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Week four and more stand out results, notably from Saracens, who beat Munster to set up a monster last two games in pool one where the pair plus Racing Metro battle it out for qualification into the knockout stages; from Northampton, who will still do well to emerge from pool 4 but at least proved...
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By Ian Stafford

This time last year Danny Care had just endured sitting out a world cup he expected to be England first choice scrum half at due to a freak injury contracted during a summer warm up test. At least he had the Six Nations to look forward to.
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By Ian Stafford

The autumn tests are almost upon us and that usually means bad news for the big boys of English rugby who provide so many international players, and are rewarded by having to play on without virtually all their stars.
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By Ian Stafford

There is little Ugo Monye has not achieved in rugby but when it comes to the Heineken Cup the England and British & Irish Lions test star has a blank page on his otherwise impressive CV.
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By Ian Stafford

The "No Easy Games" cliche is used time and time again in sport but there is a reason why it is a cliche and the Aviva Premiership proved this over another weekend of bizarre results that makes the rugby tipster's job impossible.
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By Ian Stafford

Exeter Chiefs pulled off a surprise victory over last year’s Premiership winners Harlequins to go sixth in the league and coach Rob Baxter was delighted with his team’s performance. "That today was a fantastic game of rugby," Baxter told Exeter’s official website.
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July 4th was not a good day for London Welsh director of rugby Lyn Jones. The preceding week had been far better.     The team had been granted promotion to the Aviva Premiership following a lengthy legal process that threatened to keep the Exiles in The Championship for the 2012 season.
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Back in May Chris Robshaw was named player of the year in the Aviva Premiership. He had steered Harlequins to the title, leading from the front to help the team forget 'Bloodgate' and get them column inches for all the right reasons.
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