Where are they now? Danny Care's Harlequins team in first start for club

Danny Care has announced his retirement after making a club-record 394 appearances for Harlequins and is hoping to make a final outing against Exeter Chiefs at the Twickenham Stoop on Sunday.

Care is managing a knee injury and made his first Premiership start in a 9–3 win over Bath at the Stoop on 6 January 2007, when first-choice No.9 Steve So’oialo was rested.

Then the club’s third-choice scrum-half, Care had a try disallowed but played a key role in a match won through a dominant forward display and three Adrian Jarvis penalties, avenging two recent European losses to Bath. Olly Barkley landed a penalty for the visitors, who were captained by Steve Borthwick.

Care’s performance impressed two veteran observers. Paul Ackford wrote in The Sunday Telegraph that “he had a fine game once he worked out how to play the conditions.” Stephen Jones in The Sunday Times said he “was also a calming influence, although his kicking game did disintegrate later on.”

Mike Brown – The 39-year-old full-back, capped 72 times by England, played five games for Leicester Tigers this season and scored a try at Gloucester in January.

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Dave Strettle – The former England wing, a three-time Premiership winner with Saracens, is managing director of Cheshire-based luxury home developer PIC Homes.

Stuart Abbott – The World Cup-winning centre dabbled in agency work and digital marketing before launching a fuel wholesale business in Cape Town.

Jordan Turner-Hall – The centre retired at 27 due to a hip injury. He has coached in the Harlequins academy since 2020 and invests in property.

Simon Keogh – The 2004 Challenge Cup-winning wing is CEO of Rugby Players Ireland, having previously worked there as operations manager and legal affairs head.

Adrian Jarvis – The former England Saxons fly-half stayed in Bristol after two stints at the club and is now head of rugby at Wellington College.

Danny Care – The Leeds-born scrum-half and former Sheffield Wednesday youth player won three Six Nations titles and two Premierships. He is expected to move into media.

Aston Croall – The loosehead, who also played hooker, had two spells at Quins and played for Sale in between. He now works for the HM Prison and Probation Service.

Tani Fuga – The Samoan hooker returned to New Zealand where he runs two Nando’s franchises in Auckland and coaches a local club.

Mike Ross – The former Ireland tighthead, who won two Six Nations and two Heineken Cups, is now an account director at Ericsson, working with Vodafone Ireland.

Olly Kohn – The one-cap Wales lock co-founded meat brand The Jolly Hog, which now includes a group of eateries called Pigsty.

Nicolas Spanghero – The French lock, nephew of internationals Walter and Claude Spanghero, is now CEO of Toulouse-based frozen food distributor Global Foods Group.

Andre Vos – The ex-Springbok captain is a portfolio manager with Sanlam Private Wealth in Cape Town, having started out as a London-based corporate broker.

Paul Volley – The former Wasps flanker, who won domestic and European titles, works in insurance for Lockton.

Nick Easter – The ex-England No.8 has coached at Quins, Sharks, and Worcester. He is currently director of rugby at Chinnor and forwards/defence coach for the USA Eagles.

Ugo Monye – The former England and Lions winger has established a successful media career and appeared on Strictly Come Dancing.