Overview
- Harlequins face the Stormers at Twickenham Stoop on Sunday in Champions Cup Round Three, with the visitors arriving on an unbeaten run.
- Head coach Jason Gilmore warned that upcoming displays will decide players’ futures, citing a need to reassess the number of contracts and overall spend.
- Quins have won four of 15 matches across competitions, and a 66-21 loss to Northampton drew a blunt club statement calling recent results not acceptable.
- Gilmore urged a reset toward Harlequins’ trademark attacking game with greater defensive physicality, asking whether the squad is prepared to fight.
- Former captain Stephan Lewies has been linked by reports with a return to South Africa at season’s end, signaling potential turnover in the group.