{"id":2843,"date":"2022-11-22T07:36:24","date_gmt":"2022-11-22T07:36:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/joe-launchbury-former-wasps-captain-and-england-lock-joins-harlequins\/"},"modified":"2022-11-22T07:36:25","modified_gmt":"2022-11-22T07:36:25","slug":"joe-launchbury-former-wasps-captain-and-england-lock-joins-harlequins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/joe-launchbury-former-wasps-captain-and-england-lock-joins-harlequins\/","title":{"rendered":"Joe Launchbury: Former Wasps captain and England lock joins Harlequins"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Former Wasps captain and England international Joe Launchbury will join Quins after a stint in Japan<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

England lock and former Wasps captain Joe Launchbury has signed for Harlequins from next season.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The 31-year-old, who recently <\/span>joined Toyota Verblitz<\/span><\/a> in Japan after Wasps went into administration, will move to Quins in the summer.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

“I’m looking forward to my time in Japan for the rest of this season but am very excited for the new start with Harlequins,” he told the <\/span>club website<\/span>external-link<\/title><\/svg><\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

“With the style of rugby this squad plays – I know it will be exciting.”<\/span><\/p>\n

Launchbury came through the Harlequins academy as a teenager before joining Wasps and going on to make 170 appearances for the club over 12 years before they were suspended from the Premiership <\/span>last month.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

“I have fond memories of my time here in the academy,” he added.<\/span><\/p>\n

“I grew up playing with and against a number of the first team squad, so it has a somewhat familiar feel to come back to Harlequins.”<\/span><\/p>\n

Launchbury has won 70 caps for England and was named their player of the year in 2012-13.<\/span><\/p>\n

Harlequins head coach Tabai Matson believes he still has plenty of rugby left in him.<\/span><\/p>\n

“He is one of the best English locks of his generation,” he said.<\/span><\/p>\n

“Joe’s a gentleman of the game but is no slouch when it comes to the most physical part of the sport. <\/span><\/p>\n

“We are glad to be able to offer Joe his next role in rugby alongside some familiar faces.”<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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