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Robshaw to end long stay at Harlequins

Chris Robshaw playing for Harlequins in 2015
Chris Robshaw playing for Harlequins in 2015

Former England captain Chris Robshaw has announced he is to leave Harlequins at the end of the season after 16 years with the club.

The 33-year-old flanker played 66 Tests for England, his last coming against South Africa in June 2018.

Robshaw has made 203 appearances for Quins and twice won the Premiership Player of the Year award during his time at the Stoop.

He wrote on the Harlequins website: "As a boy, wearing my oversized Harlequins shirt, I could never have imagined I would be fortunate enough to play for the team I admired the most.

"Which is why it has been a particularly difficult decision for me to leave the club after 16 extraordinary years.

"I will be hanging up my Harlequins shirt at the end of the season. 

"I look forward to the next chapter in my life, and will keep you posted. But wherever I end up next, I will do my utmost to make you proud.

"The Stoop & Harlequins will always be my home. Let's enjoy the next few months."

Robshaw was named England captain for the first time by Stuart Lancaster for the 2012 Six Nations, over two-and-a-half years on from his only international cap.

He led England in their 2015 World Cup campaign on home soil - which ended in pool stage elimination - and he was replaced as skipper by Dylan Hartley in January 2016, but retained his place in the side on the back of impressive club form.

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