Danny Care, a giant André Esterhuizen and the rest of the Harlequins backs shuffle into a meeting room. “Hi, I’m Marcus,” the new superstar of English rugby says with a firm handshake, even though Marcus Smith is fast heading past the point of needing to make introductions.
For the next 20 minutes they run through the attacking strategies that will be needed to overcome Leicester Tigers. The players throw around different ideas, and code words, as they look at video clips.
Nick “Snap” Evans, the attack coach, points out that Quins converted only 17 per cent of line breaks in losing 19-22 to London Irish at the weekend; falling short of the penetrative heights that have made Quins the league’s great entertainers. “We will get
