Harlequins

Montpellier dashed Harlequins hopes of giving rugby director Conor O'Shea a winning send-off by defeating the Premiership side by 26-19 at Grand Stade de Lyon to win the European Rugby Challenge Cup.

Director of rugby at Harlequins Conor O'Shea has hailed the return of prop Joe Marler ahead of the crucial European Challenge Cup final against Montpellier in Lyon on Friday.

As a tribute to the death of the 20-year-old prop Seb Adeniran-Olule, a minute of silence will be observed at Grand Stade de Lyon ahead of the kick-off in the European Challenge Cup final between Harlequins and Montpellier.

Harlequins on Wednesday have confirmed the death of their 20-year-old prop Seb Adeniran-Olule due to a road collision.

Harlequins prop Joe Marler revealed that he has been seeking the help of sports psychologist Jeremy Snape in an attempt to revive his England career after his latest ban.

Exeter Chiefs ran 10 tries in the game with a terrific second-half performance to hand out a humiliating 62-24 defeat to Harlequins at Twickenham Stoop.

Harlequins on Wednesday has confirmed the departure of fly-half Ben Botica and scrum-half Tito Tebaldi from the club following the end of the current season.

Wasps fly-half Ruaridh Jackson will exit the club at the end of the ongoing Aviva Premiership season to join Harlequins.

London Irish's relegation from the Aviva Premiership was all but confirmed as Harlequins ran out 32-25 winners at the Madejski Stadium.

Racing for Nakarawa, Botica, Changing coasts, Jonathan Davies

Harlequins have announced the appointments of John Kingston as Director of Rugby - replacing Conor O'Shea - and Graham Rowntree as forwards coach from the start of next season.

Saracens fly-half Owen Farrell, Harlequins prop Joe Marler and Wasps prop Simon McIntyre will all serve two-week bans after being cited for foul play during last weekend's European semi-final action.

England internationals Joe Marler and Owen Farrell have both been cited over incidents that occurred while they were on European duty with their clubs over the last few days.

Joe Marler could once again find himself the subject of a disciplinary enquiry after appearing to kick hooker Arnaud Heguy in the head during Harlequins' 30-6 romped past Grenoble to reach the European Challenge Cup final.

Nick Evans has battled back from a broken leg three weeks ahead of schedule and in time to feature in Harlequins' European Challenge Cup semi-final against Grenoble.

England and Harlequins full-back Mike Brown believes he is yet to hit his peak and that there is much more to come from him as he already sets his sights on the 2019 World Cup in Japan.

Chris Ashton extended his post-suspension scoring streak with two tries as Saracens convincingly dispatched Harlequins 22-12 in their Aviva Premiership match at Wembley Stadium.

Mark McCall insists that domestic and European title double-chasers Saracens will not look beyond the next game as a season of possible greatness continues to develop.

Conor O'Shea has poured cold water on reports Lyn Jones is in the frame to succeed him as director of rugby at Harlequins.

Harlequins moved into the semi-finals of the European Challenge Cup with an admittedly less than convincing 38-30 win over London Irish in a thrilling game at the Stoop.