Month: January 2012

HARLEQUINS NEED A WIN

Harlequins will be entering into the last and final game of the Heineken cup pool game and will be putting in their best effort to make sure they emerge victorious and make it to the quarter final stage of the Heineken cup.

They have brought about one crucial change to the position of the players hoping that this might help them to perform better than that of their last game which ended in a victory against Gloucester.

Harlequins are quite contented with their performance and hoping to continue the winning streak and finally make it to the quarter final league.

Sam Smith has been introduced to play at the starting lineup which has been initiated in the left wing. Monye on the other hand has been moving on to the right wiong position and Tom Williams has decided to take an off from the current matches as he wants to be with his wife who is expecting the birth of their baby.

Both, Joe Marler and Chris booker have been brought to the front alongside and will be playing alongside James Johnston and this hopes to be quite a promising position for an excellent game play.

There will be no changes brought to be the back row and will consist of the same old Chris Rob Shaw, Nick Easter and Maurie Fa’asavalu. With these changes at hand, Harlequins will keep up the same spirit of the game they have put on in the last match against Gloucester.

They will make sure that all their shots are perfectly times and all the players remained focused at all times trying to understand the weak areas of their opponents and make the most out of it by attacking their opponent’s weak areas. Lets hope to see whether they do manage to win it.

HARLEQUINS STILL STRUGGLING

Harlequins were unconvincing in their return to winning ways after last week’s defeat to Saracens.

At a number of times in their clash with Exeter they looked likely to record back to back defeats before coming through 11-9.

Quins lost for the first time in the league last weekend and the pressure was on for them to bounce back in style against Exeter. It was an unconvincing performance from the league leaders, in particular from Rory Clegg.

Having previously missed five of his six attempts in the game, the fly half stepped up with four minutes remaining on the clock to successfully kick the Quins to a narrow victory, they would have been expected to win a lot more comfortably.

Following their back to back games against Toulouse, the Quins have suffered from something of a European hangover with poor displays against both Saracens and Exeter and the pressure will be on for an instant bounce back with not only victory against Northampton this weekend, but also a good performance. With the Six Nations 2012 betting picking up momentum now, Harlequins need to make sure they have enough points on the board to cope without their internationals when the tournament starts.

Despite Clegg’s disappointing display with the boot he was impressive in the rest of his game, defending well and providing a strong platform for his backs to build on. But the Quins have been used to a far more dominant and consistent display at fly half from Kiwi, Nick Evans.

Since arriving in the Premiership two years ago Exeter have consistently surprised people with their strong performances and this was also the case against the league leaders. They dominated up front and defended bravely throughout the game.

In fact it is fair to say they deserved more from the game than the losing bonus point they ended up with. Whilst they were reliant on missed kicks from Clegg, Exeter came closer to defeating Quins than any side had done prior to Sarries victory last weekend.

It will be interesting to see how Harlequins respond to this seeming dip in form, the next few games will no doubt tell us a lot about their title credentials, and whether they are contenders for the Betfair Heineken cup Rugby betting.

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