Mighty' Quin

IF HARLEQUINS take Leinster’s Heineken Cup crown they may have to thank the unusual combination of Michael Phelps, Terenure College in Dublin and Alabama’s United States Sports Academy.

The three don’t often go hand-in-hand, but perhaps it requires something special to dethrone Brian O’Driscoll, Jonny Sexton and friends. And under the stewardship of Conor O’Shea, Harlequins are threatening to be pretty special indeed.

Last May they were crowned champions of England just three years after the Bloodgate scandal ripped the club asunder.