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McDermott name Harlequins 19 for Hull KR
Sat April 18, 2009
Source: www.quins.co.uk

Jon Wells and Matt Gafa are set to return to the Stoop on Sunday after missing the last two games through injury. Recent signing Matt Gardner is again included after making a try scoring debut against Catalans last weekend.

Only one point separates Harlequins and Hull KR in the engage Super League table and Harlequins head coach, Brian McDermott, is expecting a close game:

"Hull KR are playing really well at the moment. Justin Morgan has recruited a really good squad and they're one of the inform teams in the league."

Meanwhile captain, Rob Purdham, is relieved to be through the Easter weekend:

"We've got over the last weekend's busy schedule and had much longer to prepare for this game compared to Celtic, so everyone is ready for Hull KR."

Purdham also said that the ups and downs of the previous results provide valuable lessons to learn from:

"Bad results do effect you, but you've got to get over it as soon as possible. If you dwell on it for too long it will go into the next game and you'll underperform. So we get it out of our system during training in the week, learn from it and get on with it."

Full 19 man squad:

6 L. Dorn
3 M. Gafa
21 L. Gale
26 M. Gardner
19 J. Golden
16 G. Haggerty
23 D. Heckenberg
4 D. Howell
10 L. McCarthy-Scarsbrook
1 C. Melling
7 D. Orr
13 R. Purdham
9 C. Randall
12 C. Robinson
5 W. Sharp
8 K. Temata
17 D. Ward
2 J. Wells
11 L. Williamson

Make sure you don't miss Hull KR's visit to the Stoop this Sunday, kick off 3pm.

More Information & Tickets: www.quins.co.uk

Quins RL keep continuity as current stars re-commit
Sun June 29, 2008
by Matthew O'Neill
Source: www.quins.co.uk

Harlequins Rugby League are delighted to announce that Props Karl Temata and Daniel Heckenberg, along with Centre Matt Gafa, have made the decision to extended their stay in London by renewing their contracts with Harlequins Rugby League.

Temata, the 29 year old New Zealander, who has been in top form over recent months has signed a two year deal that will see him stay at The Stoop until the end of 2010.

Australians Heckenberg (28) and Gafa (29) have both committed to Quins RL for the 2009 season with Gafa agreeing to an option for a second year.

Gafa, who is currently out for the remainder of the season following an operation to correct a serious pectoral injury, earned himself a new contract with his impressive start to the season. His 10 early tries saw him quickly become Harlequins RL's leading try scorer.

Heckenberg, who has been sidelined for much of this season with a shoulder injury, made his come back last weekend with strong performances for both the Harlequins RL Reserves and first team.

Harlequins Rugby League Head Coach Brian McDermott is pleased to be retaining such an important part of his core group of players, saying:

"As well as promoting our young English players we want to keep some continuity in our team.

"These guys have been three of our top performers over the last 18 months and I am really pleased that we are keeping three players that care deeply about our club."

This announcement follows the recent confirmation that McDermott himself as well as long-time Harlequins and London Broncos player Jon Wells have also committed their future to the club.

News Source: www.quins.co.uk

Thu May 22, 2008

Gafa ruled out for the season

Wed February 27, 2008

Leading Super League Scorers after Round 3 (plus 1)

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2009 engage English Super League

London Broncos 
24 games; 6 tries, 4 goals, 32 points. 
		 [View] Round 1 [15 Feb 09] W 12-8 v Castleford (A). [CT] 
[View] Round 2 [08 Aug 09] L 18-42 v Bradford (H). [CT] 
[View] Round 3 [28 Feb 09] L 18-24 v Wigan (H). [CT] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 4 [06 Mar 09] W 48-18 v Salford City (A). [CT] 
[View] Round 5 [14 Mar 09] W 60-8 v Warrington (H). [CT] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 6 [22 Mar 09] L 6-46 v Huddersfield (A). [CT] 
[View] Round 10 [19 Apr 09] L 12-32 v Hull KR (H). [CT] 
[View] Round 11 [24 Apr 09] W 21-4 v Leeds (A). [CT] 
[View] Round 12 [02 May 09] W 24-16 v Salford City. [CT] 
[View] Round 13 [17 May 09] W 24-17 v Wakefield (H). [CT] 
[View] Round 14 [22 May 09] L 12-22 v St Helens (A). [CT] 
[View] Round 15 [06 Jun 09] W 26-6 v Celtic (H). [CT] 
[View] Round 16 [12 Jun 09] W 40-10 v Hull KR (A). [CT] 
[View] Round 17 [20 Jun 09] L 14-48 v Leeds (H). [CT] 
[View] Round 18 [28 Jun 09] L 18-20 v Wakefield (A). [CT] 
[View] Round 19 [03 Jul 09] L 12-40 v Wigan (A). [LK] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 20 [11 Jul 09] L 16-32 v Huddersfield (H). [CT] 
[View] Round 21 [19 Jul 09] L 16-38 v Les Catalans (A). [F8] 
[View] Round 22 [25 Jul 09] L 24-44 v St Helens (H). [CT] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 23 [02 Aug 09] W 22-14 v Bradford (A). [CT] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 24 [15 Aug 09] L 22-26 v Salford City (H). [CT] 
[View] Round 25 [21 Aug 09] L 6-26 v Hull FC (A). [CT] 
[View] Round 26 [06 Sep 09] L 0-48 v Castleford (H). [CT] 
[View] Round 27 [13 Sep 09] L 34-44 v Warrington (A). [CT] 12 Pts; 1t, 4g
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2008 engage English Super League

London Broncos 
12 games; 10 tries, 40 points. 
		 [View] Round 1 [09 Feb 08] L 28-47 v Wigan (H). [CT] 8 Pts; 2t
[View] Round 2 [17 Feb 08] W 24-6 v Hull FC (A). [CT] 8 Pts; 2t
[View] Round 3 [23 Feb 08] W 34-18 v Wakefield (H). [CT] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 4 [02 Mar 08] W 22-16 v Castleford (A). [CT] 
[View] Round 5 [08 Mar 08] W 24-0 v Huddersfield (H). [CT] 
[View] Round 7 [21 Mar 08] L 22-24 v Les Catalans (H). [CT] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 8 [24 Mar 08] L 24-32 v Bradford (A). [CT] 
[View] Round 10 [05 Apr 08] W 35-16 v Hull KR (H). [CT] 8 Pts; 2t
[View] Round 11 [11 Apr 08] L 12-58 v St Helens (A). [CT] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 12 [26 Apr 08] L 20-24 v Wakefield (A). [CT] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 13 [04 May 08] L 16-18 v Les Catalans. [CT] 
[View] Round 14 [18 May 08] W 34-26 v Hull FC (H). [CT] 
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2007 engage English Super League

London Broncos 
23 games; 7 tries, 28 points. 
		 [View] Round 1 [09 Feb 07] W 14-6 v St Helens (A). [WG]
[View] Round 2 [17 Feb 07] D 18-18 v Salford City (H). [WG]
[View] Round 3 [25 Feb 07] W 26-10 v Hull KR (A). [WG] 
[View] Round 4 [03 Mar 07] L 12-19 v Warrington (H). [WG] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 5 [09 Mar 07] L 12-16 v Wigan (A). [WG] 
[View] Round 6 [17 Mar 07] L 22-36 v Bradford (H). [WG] 
[View] Round 7 [23 Mar 07] L 16-28 v Leeds (A). [WG] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 8 [06 Apr 07] W 30-28 v Hull FC (H). [CT] 
[View] Round 10 [14 Apr 07] D 22-22 v Wakefield (H). [CT] 
[View] Round 14 [19 May 07] W 17-4 v Warrington (A). [WG] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 15 [27 May 07] L 18-44 v Bradford (A). [LK] 
[View] Round 16 [02 Jun 07] W 18-8 v Wigan (H). [SR] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 17 [15 Jun 07] L 2-5 v Salford City (A). [WG] 
[View] Round 18 [30 Jun 07] W 32-18 v Hull KR (H). [LK] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 19 [07 Jul 07] W 30-22 v Catalans (H). [LK] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 20 [13 Jul 07] L 8-20 v Hull FC (A). [SR] 
[View] Round 21 [21 Jul 07] L 10-22 v Huddersfield (H). [SR] 
[View] Round 22 [05 Aug 07] L 20-54 v Leeds (H). [SR] 
[View] Round 23 [12 Aug 07] L 14-28 v Wakefield (A). [SR] 
[View] Round 24 [18 Aug 07] D 16-16 v Wigan (H). [SR] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 25 [31 Aug 07] L 10-32 v St Helens (A). [SR] 
[View] Round 26 [08 Sep 07] W 22-16 v Salford City (H). [SR] 
[View] Round 27 [15 Sep 07] L 14-30 v Catalans (A). [CT] 
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2006 engage English Super League

London Broncos 
22 games; 2 tries, 12 goals, 32 points. 
		 [View] Round 1 [11 Feb 06] L 16-40 v St Helens (H). [FB] 2 Pts; 1g
[View] Round 2 [18 Feb 06] D 18-18 v Bradford (A). [F8] 
[View] Round 3 [25 Feb 06] L 6-26 v Wakefield (H). [F8] 
[View] Round 4 [03 Mar 06] W 10-6 v Hull (A). [WG]
[View] Round 5 [12 Mar 06] L 20-34 v Castleford (H). [WG] 4 Pts; 2g
[View] Round 6 [19 Mar 06] L 14-64 v Huddersfield (A). [WG] 6 Pts; 3g
[View] Round 7 [25 Mar 06] L 0-60 v Rhinos (H). [WG]
[View] Round 8 [07 Apr 06] L 6-16 v St Helens (A). [CT] 2 Pts; 1g
[View] Round 9 [14 Apr 06] W 36-14 v Les Catalans (H). [WG] 8 Pts; 4g
[View] Round 10 [17 Apr 06] W 30-18 v Wigan (A). [CT] 6 Pts; 1t, 1g
[View] Round 13 [05 May 06] L 24-36 v Leeds (A). [WG]
[View] Round 14 [13 May 06] L 16-58 v Bradford (H). [WG]
[View] Round 15 [29 May 06] W 29-28 v Salford City (A). [CT]
[View] Round 19 [01 Jul 06] L 24-26 v Wigan (H). [CT]
[View] Round 20 [08 Jul 06] W 24-16 v Castleford (H). [CT]
[View] Round 21 [14 Jul 06] L 24-30 v St Helens (A). [CT]
[View] Round 22 [22 Jul 06] W 18-16 v Hull FC (H). [CT]
[View] Round 23 [04 Aug 06] L 0-34 v Salford City (A). [CT]
[View] Round 24 [12 Aug 06] W 28-26 v Bradford (H). [CT]
[View] Round 25 [19 Aug 06] L 22-28 v Warrington (A). [CT]
[View] Round 27 [10 Sep 06] W 31-30 v Wigan (H). [WG] 
[View] Round 28 [16 Sep 06] W 40-18 v Salford City (H). [CT] 4 Pts; 1t
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2005 NRL Telstra Premiership

Canberra Raiders 
23 games; 5 tries, 13 goals, 46 points. 
		 [View] Round 2 [19 Mar 05] W 39-14 v Knights (H). [BE] 4 Pts; 1t (66th)
[View] Round 3 [28 Mar 05] W 25-18 v Souths (A). [BE]
[View] Round 4 [02 Apr 05] W 42-22 v Dragons (H). [BE]
[View] Round 5 [10 Apr 05] W 24-16 v Roosters (H). [WG]
[View] Round 6 [17 Apr 05] L 14-36 v Sea Eagles (A). [WG]
[View] Round 7 [24 Apr 05] L 10-46 v Storm (H). [WG]
[View] Round 8 [01 May 05] W 14-10 v Knights (A). [WG] 10 Pts; 1t (38th), 3/3g
[View] Round 9 [07 May 05] W 26-18 v Panthers (A). [WG] 6 Pts; 3/6g
[View] Round 10 [15 May 05] L 26-32 v Sharks (H). [WG] 6 Pts; 3/5g
[View] Round 11 [22 May 05] L 16-28 v Tigers (A). [BE] 4 Pts; 2/3g
[View] Round 12 [28 May 05] L 16-30 v Roosters (A). [WG] 4 Pts; 2/3g
[View] Round 14 [11 Jun 05] L 12-20 v Broncos (H). [WG]
[View] Round 15 [19 Jun 05] L 10-28 v Bulldogs (A). [BE]
[View] Round 16 [25 Jun 05] W 23-22 v Cowboys (H). [WG]
[View] Round 17 [03 Jul 05] W 22-14 v Panthers (H). [WG]
[View] Round 18 [09 Jul 05] L 0-20 v Storm (A). [BE]
[View] Round 20 [23 Jul 05] L 16-24 v Warriors (A). [BE]
[View] Round 21 [30 Jul 05] L 18-24 v Broncos (A). [BE]
[View] Round 22 [07 Aug 05] L 14-22 v Tigers (H). [WG]
[View] Round 23 [13 Aug 05] L 16-29 v Souths (H). [WG]
[View] Round 24 [20 Aug 05] L 28-31 v Cowboys (A). [WG] 8 Pts; 2t (43rd, 80th)
[View] Round 25 [28 Aug 05] L 10-48 v Eels (A). [WG]
[View] Round 26 [03 Sep 05] L 18-36 v Sea Eagles (H). [CT] 4 Pts; 1t (60th)
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2004 NRL Telstra Premiership

Canberra Raiders 

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Gafa, Matt

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