Quins' first competitive outing of the season, in the now traditional season-opening Aviva Premiership London Double Header at Twickenham, sees a number of familiar faces along with three new players named in Quins 23 man squad.
11 of the 15 named by Conor O'Shea to start at Twickenham on Saturday also started in the Amlin Challenge Cup final in May. 13 of them are English qualified and nine are products of the Quins Academy.
Mike Brown will start at full back, while Ugo Monye and Ross Chisholm will complete the back three. Jordan Turner Hall and George Lowe will look to continue their successful partnership in the centre outside Nick Evans at stand off and Karl Dickson at scrum half.
The front row sees Joe Marler, Joe Gray and James Johnston packing down together, ably backed up by Ollie Kohn and George Robson in the engine room. In the back row, Tom Guest returns at number 8 from his injury, picked up in the early part of 2011, alongside Captain Chris Robshaw and Will Skinner at openside.
On the bench, Tim Fairbrother, Charlie Matthews and Richard Bolt are looking to make their competitive debuts for Quins. Tim joined the club in July from Western Force, as did Richard from Bristol. Charlie is another product of the Harlequins academy, and comes in from a successful England U20 World Cup campaign in Italy. He was starting lock for England U20s for the past two seasons, finishing with the loss in this year's U20 RWC final against New Zealand. Chris Brooker returns on the bench from his shoulder injury, picked up late last season, and Mark Lambert, Chris York, Rory Clegg and Sam Smith make up the remainder.
Harlequins team to play London Irish. Saturday 3rd September. Aviva Premiership. Kick off 2pm.
15 MIKE BROWN
14 ROSS CHISHOLM
13 GEORGE LOWE
12 JORDAN TURNER-HALL
11 UGO MONYE
10 NICK EVANS
9 KARL DICKSON
1 JOE MARLER
2 JOE GRAY
3 JAMES JOHNSTON
4 OLLIE KOHN
5 GEORGE ROBSON
6 CHRIS ROBSHAW ©
7 WILL SKINNER
8 TOM GUEST
THE BENCH
16 CHRIS BROOKER "FR"
17 MARK LAMBERT "FR"
18 TIM FAIRBROTHER "FR"
19 CHARLIE MATTHEWS
20 CHRIS YORK
21 RICHARD BOLT
22 RORY CLEGG
23 SAM SMITH
