Double ton for Jones
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 19:00
Ceri Jones will celebrate his 200th appearance for Harlequins when he leads out the club against Wasps in their opening game of Aviva Premiership season.
Quins are one of four clubs who will start their season at England's HQ, Twickenham, as part of the London double header, which has become the curtain raiser for the season.
Before Quins take on old rivals Wasps, London Irish and Saracens will battle it out for their first win of the season.
As Ceri Jones celebrates his 200th appearance for Quins on Saturday, he has been handed the honour of running the team out by new captain Chris Robshaw.
The 23-man squad boasts an impressive array of English talent, with 13 of the starting line-up, and seven of the bench, all being available to Martin Johnson.
Ollie Kohn not only celebrates a return to the Premiership, having been sidelined by injury since 1 April 2009, but also the birth of his first child, Beatrice Honey Kohn, who was born Thursday.
Chris Brooker makes a return to the Premiership and to the starting line-up, after injury, where he joins Jones and Mark Lambert in the front row.
Tomas Vallejos will make his Premiership debut when he partners Kohn in the second row and the formidable back row of Robshaw, Skinner and Easter will once again be looking to cause havoc amongst the Wasps defence.
In the backs, Danny Care and Nick Evans will be looking to reproduce the scintillating partnership of the last couple of seasons and the young English centre pairing of Jordan Turner-Hall and George Lowe will be determined to show both the Premiership and Martin Johnson what they can do.
The three remaining backs, Ugo Monye, Tom Williams and Mike Brown, will also be looking to catch the eye of the England coach when they run out on Saturday at Twickenham.
The bench is also strong, with former Falcons player Pete Browne hoping to make his Premiership debut for Quins, along with British Lion, Ollie Smith, who returns after two years with Montpellier.
Harlequins: 15 Mike Brown, 14 Tom Williams, 13 George Lowe, 12 Jordan Turner-Hall, 11 Ugo Monye, 10 Nick Evans, 9 Danny Care, 8 Nick Easter, 7 Will Skinner, 6 Chris Robshaw (captain), 5 Tomas Vallejos, 4 Ollie Kohn, 3 Mark Lambert, 2 Chris Brooker, 1 Ceri Jones.
Replacements: 16 Matt Cairns, 17 Joe Marler, 18 James Johnston, 19 Pete Browne, 20 Tom Guest, 21 Karl Dickson, 22 Rory Clegg, 23 Ollie Smith .
Date: Saturday, September 4
Venue: Twickenham, London
Kick-off: 16.30 (15.30 GMT)
Referee: Chris White
Assistant referees: Roy Maybank, Robin Goodliffe,
TMO: Geoff Warren
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