Harlequins announce squad for first match of 2011/12 Heineken Cup tournament – Rugby News
Twickenham Stoop based English professional Rugby Union team, Harlequins, have announced their match-day 23 for their initial 2011/12 Heineken Cup encounter against the Irish professional Rugby
Union outfit, Connacht. Officials at the club have listed their match day squad in a statement released on their website on Thursday, November 10.
Harlequins will host the Connacht at the Stoop on Friday, November 11 in the Heineken Cup’s first game of the season. Quins are placed in Pool 6 of the 2011/12 Heineken Cup. Besides Quins
and Connacht, the pool consists of Gloucester Rugby and Toulouse.
Harlequins will enter Friday’s game with a positive frame of mind and with an impressive record in the 2011/12 season. They are currently on a 8-match winning streak after claiming all of their
eight games of the 2011/12 Aviva Premiership season. They are currently on top of the Premiership table with the 34 points including two try bonus points.
Harlequins so far are the only unbeaten team in the 2011/12 Aviva Premiership season.
Harlequins have made just one change in their starting lineup for their upcoming encounter against the Connacht. However, overall they made three changes in their match day 23, which includes
two changes on the bench.
Harlequins have named their talented and impressive front row forwards player, Chris Brooker at the hooker position for their upcoming encounter. Brooker replaces Joe Gray who started the match
in their last weekend encounter against the Bath Rugby at the Rec.
In addition to this, Ben Urdapilleta and Tom Williams will start the match from the bench. Urdapilleta replaces the injured Rory Clegg while Williams comes in the squad at the expense of Matt
Hopper.
Harlequins’ squad for their maiden Heineken Cup encounter consists of,
Starting XV: 15 Mike Brown, 14 Seb Stegmann, 13 George Lowe, 12 Jordan Turner-Hall, 11 Sam Smith, 10 Nick Evans, 9 Karl Dickson, 8 Nick Easter, 7 Chris Robshaw, 6 Maurie Faasavalu, 5 George
Robson, 4 Ollie Kohn, 3 James Johnston, 2 Chris Brooker, 1 Joe Marler.
Replacements: 16 Joe Gray, 17 Nic Mayhew, 18 Kyle Sinckler, 19 Tomas Vallejos, 20 Luke Wallace, 21 Danny Care, 22 Benjamin Urdapilleta, 23 Tom Williams.
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