Club Q&A » Belfast Harlequins

Find out more about Belfast Harlequins RFC...
  • Who is your President? Simon Crawford
  • Who is your Head Coach? Nick Wells
  • 1st XV Captain? Danny Annett
  • Number of members? Approximately 440 (rugby playing and non-playing)
  • Name 3 players to watch? Kyle Adams, Mark Glover, Ben Alexander
  • Who is your longest serving member? Gilbert Paton
  • Who is the ‘Club Clown’ and why? Steven Weir - small in stature, big in personality
  • Who is the hardest trainer? Mark Glover
  • Club’s unsung hero and why? Bernie McGrath – Senior Vice President, Club Caterer & Club Groundsman!
  • What is your Club song? Keep the 'Quins Flag Flying High
  • What is your Club logo and what does it represent? Four coloured triangles in a square, representing colours of the clubs that merged to form Belfast Harlequins RFC (North of Ireland Football Club and Collegians RFC).
  • How many teams do you field? Four men’s senior teams and a women’s senior team.
  • Most successful achievement? AIL 1A final at Lansdowne Road in 2004/5 season losing to Shannon 25-20
  • Proudest moments? Players who represented Belfast Harlequins at a time and went on to play for Ireland – i.e. Tommy Bowe, Simon and Rory Best, Neil Best, Stuart Olding, Jacob Stockdale, Sean Reidy and Roger Wilson
  • Tell us something unique that not everyone knows about the club? The entrance to the club is a right of way which we have to close for one day each year to preserve it - usually Christmas Day. 
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