Harlequins head coach John Kingston believes his side’s recent success was built on their stunning victory at Thomond Park two years ago and insists that the spectre of Bloodgate will have no impact on their Heineken Cup quarter-final against Munster in April.

Harlequins 47 Connacht 8

Harlequins 53 Zebre 5

Connacht 22 Harlequins 30

Connacht 22 Harlequins 30

Harlequins 40 Biarritz 13

Ireland’s Champions Challenge I campaign is up and running but not without some controversy as Belfield witnessed plenty of drama yesterday.

Harlequins drew first blood in this season’s battles with Heineken Cup opponents Connacht, but coach Eric Elwood is not unduly worried, knowing there are more significant challenges ahead.

Gloucester 9 Harlequins 28

Harlequins 19 Stade Francais 18

THE QUESTION most associated with Munster rugby conveniently choose to ignore re-surfaced once again at Thomond Park on Saturday.

LEICESTER come into their Heineken Cup clash with Leinster on the back of a controversial 17-13 win over Harlequins.

Mike Ross is ready to rally Ireland’s retreating scrum when they open their RBS 6 Nations against Italy on Saturday.

ANNADALE’S stunning elimination of Glenanne in Tallaght on Saturday has resulted in one of the most open men’s Irish Senior Cups in recent years, as the competition heads for the quarter-final stage.

JOHN JERMYN has returned to the international fold ahead of Ireland’s series of friendlies against the Netherlands in Seville, but there is still no sign of his Cork C of I club-mate David Hobbs in the squad.

THERE was no fairytale ending for Catholic Institute’s Eimear Cregan as her former club Cork Harlequins gave a lesson in finishing to reclaim the women’s Munster Senior Cup at Rosbrien yesterday.

Harlequins 20 Cardiff Blues 45

Harlequins and England scrum-half Danny Care has been handed a one-week ban by the Rugby Football Union.

MARK EVANS has revealed Harlequins have received “quite a few approaches” to succeed the disgraced Dean Richards as their director of rugby.

Wasps 26 Harlequins 15

Croke Park in three weeks’ time, where Munster will bring more far more nous, class and belief to face an opponent over which they hold the Indian sign.

DEAN RICHARDS may have been a master of the dark arts during his playing days, but last night he demonstrated he still knows the value of the oldest trick in the book: playing down your chances before your biggest game of the season.

Stade Francais 10 Harlequins 15

PEMBROKE WANDERERS were given a stern test by Cork Harlequins in the opening round of the Irish Hockey League at Serpentine Avenue yesterday, but Alan Sothern’s second-half strike gave the hosts a 2-1 win and all three points.

CARDIFF BLUES stayed firmly on course for the Heineken Cup quarter-finals last night, after subduing Harlequins’ spirited resistance at a windswept Arms Park.

Harlequins 19 Neath-Swansea Ospreys 46

Munster 15 Harlequins 9

Welsh international Dafydd James will make his first Zurich Premiership start when Harlequins face fellow strugglers Worcester at Sixways tomorrow.

London Irish 18 Harlequins 12

Harlequins 27 Montferrand 26

Harlequins 27 Newcastle 30