Ceri leads out Quins in Premiership opener (From Surrey Comet)

Ceri leads out Quins in Premiership opener

4:30pm Friday 3rd September 2010 in

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Ceri Jones will celebrate his 200th appearance for Quins when he leads out Quins against Wasps in their opening game of Aviva Premiership Rugby.

Quins are one of four clubs who will start their season at England’s HQ as part of the London Double Header, which has become the curtain raiser for the season.

Before Quins take on old rivals Wasps at 4.30pm, Irish and Saracens will battle it out for their first win of the season at 2pm.

As Jones celebrates his 200th appearance for Quins tomorrow, he has been handed the honour of running the team out by new captain, Chris Robshaw.

The starting 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 Premiership rugby, having been sidelined by injury since 1st April 2009, but also the birth of his first child, Beatrice Honey Kohn, who was born yesterday.

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.

Wasps V Harlequins, Saturday 4th September. London Double Header, Aviva Premiership Rugby.

Quins team to play Wasps

1 CERI JONES 2 CHRIS BROOKER 3 MARK LAMBERT 4 OLLIE KOHN 5 TOMAS VALLEJOS 6 CHRIS ROBSHAW (Captain) 7 WILL SKINNER 8 NICK EASTER 9 DANNY CARE 10 NICK EVANS 11 UGO MONYE 12 JORDAN TURNER-HALL 13 GEORGE LOWE 14 TOM WILLIAMS 15 MIKE BROWN

16 MATT CAIRNS 17 JOE MARLER 18 JAMES JOHNSTON 19 PETE BROWNE 20 TOM GUEST 21 KARL DICKSON 22 RORY CLEGG 23 OLLIE SMITH