Quins

No evil certainly was known of her, but then nothing was known of her; and the Quins were a very cautious people where religion was called in question.

An Eye for an Eye Anthony Trollope 1848

The bets were rather in favor of the "Quins," as the University boat was commonly called, except where the natural sympathy of the young ladies or the gallantry of some of the young men led them to risk their gloves or cigars, or whatever it might be, on the Atalantas.

A Mortal Antipathy: first opening of the new portfolio Oliver Wendell Holmes 1851

The bets were rather in favor of the "Quins," as the University boat was commonly called, except where the natural sympathy of the young ladies or the gallantry of some of the young men led them to risk their gloves or cigars, or whatever it might be, on the Atalantas.

Complete Project Gutenberg Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Works Oliver Wendell Holmes 1851

This, though, was still a very decent win for a Quins side who were missing their first-choice wings and had the centre Ollie Smith forced off before the half-hour, with the game still in the balance at 9-6.

Nick Evans helps Harlequins hand Exeter Chiefs a sobering defeat Michael Aylwin at The Stoop 2010

Camacho joined a compatriot, Tomas Vallejos, the lock of the season to date, and Joe Marler, a rampaging young loosehead, in putting us right about the depth of Quins 'squad.

Nick Evans helps Harlequins hand Exeter Chiefs a sobering defeat Michael Aylwin at The Stoop 2010

The defeat left Quins in seventh place, a point behind fourth-placed Bath, who crucially have three games in hand.

Newcastle 33-18 Harlequins | Premiership match report 2011

Tom Williams' try after three minutes had Quins in front early on but the Falcons led 12-10 at the break and Alex Gray, Luke Fielden and Micky Young touched down after the interval to seal victory.

Newcastle 33-18 Harlequins | Premiership match report 2011

Quins have a first-choice line-up that will trouble anyone in this league.

Nick Evans helps Harlequins hand Exeter Chiefs a sobering defeat Michael Aylwin at The Stoop 2010

In fact O'Shea praised Clegg's "bottle" insisting that the former Newcastle man, currently in the side because Quins' former All Black, Nick Evans, has a damaged hand, was "an 80%-plus goal kicker" having an off day.

Harlequins squeeze past Exeter but fail to get kicks from Rory Clegg 2012

Marler's in tune for Quins Harlequins, celebrating their second Premiership success in eight days after the 23-12 victory over Newcastle, hope their lock George Robson, will return for his first game of the season next Sunday, the difficult Amlin Challenge Cup trip to big-spending Bayonne.

Northampton want Stephen Myler and Shane Geraghty to sign new deals Paul Rees 2010