Harlequins 21 Saracens 15 Well, it was news to me. Saracens have, I read in the game's programme yesterday, been sold to a South African 'conglomeration'. Blimey. Fifeteen players have been told that they won't be kept on next season. There is even talk of the club's name being charged. Look for the...

Bristol 7 Harlequins 14 My trip to Scotland last week made me put off writing this post before returning to London and now - it is Saturday even before I know it. Well, I did know what the days of the week were so must confess that the non-appearance of this report was a case of Putting It Off For A...

Derby County 2 Swansea City 2  The Rams fielded an unchanged side for the visit of Swansea City, but once again found themselves stifled in their quest for three points.  Both sides made bright starts to the game, however it was Derby who were to take the lead. Robbie Savage was denied a repeat of...

Doncaster Rovers 2 Derby County 1  Having finally found a winning formula in recent weeks, the Rams were brought back down to earth with a bump in this Friday evening kickoff.   Derby were weakened with the both the influential Kris Commons and Nacer Barazite ruled out through injury and were for...

Harlequins 14 Gloucester 9 My first visit to the Stoop since the beginning of January saw Quins dominate the territory but still only score a narrow win against the Premiership leaders. The shape of the afternoon was defined by two penalty misses from the normally reliable fly half Nick Evans. One w...

London Irish 9 Harlequins 14 Irish are contenders for a play-off place this year, so Quins' win was a very useful one. It also allowed them to leap frog Leicester Tigers into fifth place in the Premiership and put a little space (four points) between themselves and Saracens in seventh place. Watchin...

Harlequins 29 Scarlets 24 Harlequins fourth and last game in the pool stage of this year's Heineken Cup was at home. So, as the game was included on the Season Ticket, off I went to the train station. And, being healthy minded, I decided to walk across town to Victoria Station and the District Line....

Ulster 24 Harlequins 10 A disappointing performance by Harlequins in windy conditions witnessed by myself in the slightly gentler environs of the domus antonius. The reasons why Quins lost were these: Bad defending Ulster's first try came when they pulled the ball out of the scrum and wrong footed C...

The bizarre diplomatic spat sparked by Olmert's annoucement that he had intervened with Bush personally to overrule Rice should not be blown out of proportion, but it reveals something about the shortcomings of both of these lame-duck administrations (in Jerusalem and D.C.): "In Jerusalem, however, ...

Egyptian FM Ahmed Abu El Gheit (Photo: NATO ) Hamas's press conference did not yield a major breakthrough for Israel. Although Hamas seems to have reversed its earlier opposition to a cease fire, its public statements appear designed to dispel the sense that it is conceding anything. Furthermore, Ha...