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

Danny Care of Harlequins in action during the Guinness Premiership match between Harlequins and London Wasps at The Twickenham Stoop on October 20, 2007 in London, England. (Photo by Christopher Lee/Getty Images)

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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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