“Your mum’s a f***ing whore.” Joe Marler has been issued with a ban after video evidence shows that he twice called Jake Heenan’s mother a “whore” during the Harlequins’ game against Bristol Bears. The footage from the rugby match is conclusive and Heenan admits that he “lost his head” upon hearing the remark for a […]

3 years ago

The England loosehead has previous in the ‘banter’ department. Harlequins and England prop Joe Marler has offered Jake Heenan an apology after a comment directed at the Bristol back-row sparked a brawl in Tuesday’s Premiership encounter. Bristol Bears pulled off a superb, gritty win over Harlequins, the 2020/21 Premiership champions, at The Stoop to climb […]

3 years ago

Some tasty fixture in there. There are some enthralling, and testing fixtures ahead – in both the Champions Cup and Challenge Cup – for the Irish provinces. The addition of South African sides, from the United Rugby Championship, have considerably enlivened matters. When all the team balls and pool balls had been drawn, it was […]

4 years ago

“I feel sorry for the young man.” Marcus Smith and Harlequins will be asking themselves how they let this one get away. We are set for at least one French side in the semi-finals of the Champions Cup as Montpellier edged out Quins at the Twickenham Stoop to set up an all but likely quarter […]

4 years ago

“Dean very much allowed the younger guys to get stuck into the older lads.” Mike Brown has been one of the most consistent, and deadly, fullbacks in English rugby over the past 15 years. He puts a lot of his early success to his tangles with Connacht legend Gavin Duffy. Brown was only 19 when […]

4 years ago

The England prop turned the other cheek, after bring turned upside down. Harlequins and Exeter were always going to tear into each other from the off, but the double clear-out on prop Joe Marler was over-stepping the mark, and then some. Quins and Exeter went into their Premiership clash knowing that it was not quite […]

4 years ago