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Telegraph
29-03-2025
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- Telegraph
Bath v Harlequins: Lineups and latest updates from Premiership
Good afternoon and welcome to live coverage of Bath v Harlequins from the Recreation Ground in round 13 of the Gallagher Premiership. League leaders Bath have won ten of the their 12 Premiership matches this season including their 26-24 win at Harlequins in October but they should expect a tougher test when they host the Twickenham-based club this afternoon. Harlequins came from 12 points down to beat Saracens at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium last weekend, making it three wins on the bounce for a team who had won only three of their previous nine league games. The win lifted Harlequins to fourth in the table with six games remaining. A victory at the Recreation Ground would strengthen their grip on a spot for the end-of-season semi-finals. Danny Wilson has his England players back from international duty, with Chandler Cunningham-South, Marcus Smith and Fin Baxter all starting. Both teams are likely to have one eye on next weekend's European matches – Harlequins face a demanding away trip to Dublin, as they face Leinster while Bath go to Pau in the Challenge Cup. Both sides are likely to clear their benches early and a close contest could be on the cards this afternoon. The last six meetings between these teams have been settled by ten points or fewer – although home advantage should tell for Bath.
BBC News
28-03-2025
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- BBC News
Harlequins recall England trio for trip to Bath
England trio Marcus Smith, Fin Baxter and Chandler Cunningham-South will return to the Harlequins side for Saturday's match at Premiership leaders internationals sat out the 23-12 comeback victory against London rivals Saracens last weekend as they had a mandatory rest period following the Six win lifted the Twickenham-based club to fourth in the table with six games remaining."Great performance from everyone involved. I think there was an element of getting the tactics right and an element of grit and determination to stay in the fight," head coach Danny Wilson told BBC Radio London."The boys did that against a very good Saracens side at a venue where they would be 100% favourites."A win at the Recreation Ground on Saturday (15:05 GMT) would strengthen their grip on a spot for the end-of-season semi-finals."They're a very good side - [they have] unbelievable squad depth. The bench that they seem to be able to put out week in, week out is really impressive," Wilson said. Smith returns at fly-half with Benson on bench England prop Baxter starts in the front row alongside hooker Jack Walker and Titi Lamositele, with Irne Herbst and Stephan Lewies - captain for the day - in the second at number eight is flanked by Jack Kenningham and Tom Will Porter partners Smith at fly-half, with Luke Northmore and Oscar Beard at David and Argentina international Rodrigo Isgro on the wings and South African Tyrone Green at full-back make up the Care returns to the bench from injury alongside fly-half Jamie Benson, who came on to kick 13 points against Saracens. Full Bath v Harlequins teams Bath: De Glanville; Cokanasiga, Ojomoh, Redpath, Muir; Russell, Spencer; Obano, Dunn, Stuart, Molony, Ewells, Hill, Read, BarbearyReplacements: Annett, Van Wyk, Du Toit, Pepper, Underhill, Carr-Smith, Butt, CoetzeeHarlequins: T Green; Isgro, Beard, Northmore, David; Smith, Porter; Baxter, Walker, Lamositele, Herbst, Lewies, Kenningham, Lawday, Cunningham-SouthReplacements: Riley, Els, Jones, Launchbury, Hammond, Schmid, Care, BensonReferee: Anthony Woodthorpe
Yahoo
20-03-2025
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Harlequins centre Northmore signs new contract
Harlequins centre Luke Northmore has signed a new contract with the Premiership club. The 28-year-old won the 2020-21 Premiership title with Quins, coming off the bench in the final victory over Exeter Chiefs at Twickenham. Northmore has made 77 appearances since signing for the club in 2019. He has played nine times this year, with the Twickenham-based side sixth in the Premiership and through to the round of 16 in the Investec Champions Cup. "Harlequins does feel like home now - this is my sixth season at the club and I'm over the moon to be sticking around and re-signing," he told the club's website. "I've loved my time at the club so far and it's really promising to see the number of boys that have re-signed already this season. "There is great talent in this squad, young and old, and hopefully we can achieve some great things together over the next few years." Northmore has not played since his side's Champions Cup defeat in Toulon in January and Harlequins have not stated the length of the contract.
BBC News
20-03-2025
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- BBC News
Harlequins centre Northmore signs new contract
Harlequins centre Luke Northmore has signed a new contract with the Premiership 28-year-old won the 2020-21 Premiership title with Quins, coming off the bench in the final victory over Exeter Chiefs at has made 77 appearances since signing for the club in has played nine times this year, with the Twickenham-based side sixth in the Premiership and through to the round of 16 in the Investec Champions Cup."Harlequins does feel like home now - this is my sixth season at the club and I'm over the moon to be sticking around and re-signing," he told the club's website., external"I've loved my time at the club so far and it's really promising to see the number of boys that have re-signed already this season."There is great talent in this squad, young and old, and hopefully we can achieve some great things together over the next few years."Northmore has not played since his side's Champions Cup defeat in Toulon in January and Harlequins have not stated the length of the contract.
Yahoo
19-03-2025
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English Champions Cup win would be 'miraculous'
Harlequins scrum-half Danny Care says it would be "miraculous" if an English team won the Investec Champions Cup this season. Quins are one of five Premiership clubs through to the knockout stages of the competition, but only Northampton Saints earned a home draw in the round of 16. The Twickenham-based side return to league action away to rivals Saracens on Saturday and also travel to face Bath on 29 March before tackling four-time Champions Cup winners Leinster - beaten finalists the last three years - in Dublin on 5 April. Saints and Harlequins reached the semi-finals of Europe's premier cup competition last year, a feat former England international Care described as "remarkable". "These are the types of games you still want to be playing in; obviously no-one gives us a chance in hell but we'll give it a crack," the 39-year-old told BBC Sport. "I think it'd be miraculous if an English team can get their hands on that at the moment, with the way the tournament is, to go up against these French and Irish superpowers. Last year for us and Northampton to get to a semi-final was remarkable. "If one of us could do it again this year it would be nothing short of a miracle, but we'll try our best and see what happens." Toulouse battle past Quins to reach Champions Cup final Leinster beat Saints to make Euro final with Lowe treble The tournament has been won by an English club on 10 occasions since it was launched in 1995-96 under the previous name of the Heineken Cup. Since Exeter Chiefs beat Racing 92 in the final at Ashton Gate in 2019-20, the trophy has been claimed by a French club in each of the subsequent four years, with no English finalists in that time. Harlequins have never won the tournament in their history, while London rivals Saracens are the most successful English club in the competition with three titles, the last in 2019. Sarries visit three-time champions Toulon in the last 16, while Sale Sharks face a trip to holders Toulouse. Leicester Tigers visit Glasgow Warriors and Northampton host Clermont Auvergne at Franklin's Gardens in the first of the last-16 ties. Harlequins are currently sixth in the Premiership table, three points behind fourth-placed Leicester with seven matches remaining. Care announced in January he would remain with Harlequins next season for his 20th year with the club. He has won two Premiership titles with the club and said he would love to add to his collection before hanging up his boots. "[I'm] Not [planning on playing for] much longer. I'm still really enjoying my rugby, I love the club, I always said I'd never pack it in until I didn't feel I could help the team, or I wasn't enjoying it," he added. "I'd love to help the club lift another trophy before I stop. Whether that be this year or next year, I'm not sure but I'll try my best to help these young lads reach their goals and reach their dreams."
