Joe Gray, the hooker for the Aviva Premiership Rugby Union club Harlequins FC has urged his team mates to move on from their recent defeats at the hands of Saracens FC and Exeter Chiefs as they prepare for the new season of the Heineken Cup that kicks off on Sunday. The Premiership champions take on French side Biarritz in the first match of their pool on Sunday and having been defeated in two consecutive matches by The Sarries and The Chiefs, their confidence is extremely low.
The champions started the new season of the Premiership in blistering fashion with emphatic wins but two consecutive defeats has derailed their campaign to some extent and most of the players at the club believe that the Heineken Cup fixture couldn’t have come at a better time for the club. And Gary, speaking to a local radio station, stated that the players of Harlequins FC are definitely not pleased with the performances they put up in their previous two encounters and they have discussed about things they need to rectify and had long training sessions to rectify those mistakes.
He went on to add that the club was unlucky against The Chiefs, admitting that they played some of the best rugby on that night but The Quins could have played a bit better. He also added that in spite of the opposition’s defense being very soft, they couldn’t take advantage of it and suffered the consequences as a result.
But Gray is adamant that Harlequins FC will leave the disappointments of home and come out with flying colors against Biarritz and he himself is also relishing the chance to prove himself in the big stage of European competition. Irish side Connacht and Italian side Zebre form the other members of The Quins’ pool in Europe.