Harlequins scrum-half Danny Care is set to sign one-year extension to stay at Twickenham Stoop, according to The Rugby Paper.
The playmaker has already taken steps towards a new career after dumping his long-term advisors Esportif to sign up with entertainment specialists Insanity Group, who already represent Radio 1 DJ Jo Whiley and former Spandau Ballet frontman Martin Kemp.
Former England star Care is set to continue playing for Quins until the end of the 2023/24 season, but joining up with Insanity is clearly looking at a post-rugby career in entertainment.
The second most capped Harlequins’ player of all time, the 35-year-old has been a prominent player at the club since his arrival from Leeds Tykes in 2006.
Care has been at the centre of three memorable days in the club’s history starting the 2011 Challenge Cup triumph over Stade Francais as well as the club’s two Premiership Finals in 2012 and 2021. The club captain during the 2015/16 and 2016/17 seasons leading them to a European Rugby Challenge Cup Final before helping them back into the top tier of European rugby the following season.
Making his mark on the international stage with the England Sevens in the 2004 Commonwealth Games, Care made his senior international debut at the age of 21 against New Zealand replacing Richard Wigglesworth. A regular in the England squad, Care became one of England’s most-capped scrum-halves and was a key member of the 2016/17 world-record-setting win streak, as well as the back-to-back Six Nations titles.
In October 2018, Care made his 250th appearance for Harlequins and marked it with a trademark breakaway try against Saracens at The Stoop in the Gallagher Premiership. In April 2021, he become just the third player to represent the club on 300 occasions.
Was recalled by England for the 2022 tour of Australia where he played in all three Tests as England won 2-1.
Danny Care Facts:
- He preferred football for much of his childhood and joined Sheffield Wednesday’s academy aged 11, forming a strike partnership with future England football international Jamie Vardy.
- Care won silver with England in rugby sevens at the 2006 Commonwealth Games, featuring in a squad including future XVs team-mates Mathew Tait and Tom Varndell
- Care amassed 84 England caps (the second-most by a scrum-half) between 2008 and 2018, but started in only 38 of those.
- An increasingly prominent voice in the rugby media, Care co-hosts the BBC’s Rugby Union Weekly podcast and occasionally works as a pundit for BT Sport and BBC Radio 5 Live.
- At school level Care spent the season playing at fly-half and helped Prince Henry’s to success in the Under-18 Yorkshire Cup and a famous victory at Twickenham in the final of the Daily Mail Under-18 Vase where he scored 13 points in an 18–11 win against St Columba’s College from St Albans.
Danny Care And Ellis Genge Both Name Their Toughest Ever Opponent
Danny Care and Ellis Genge have both opened up about the toughest players they respectively faced during their illustrious playing careers so far.
Below, we look at a number of players that England internationals have deemed their toughest ever opponents.
#1. James Haskell: Richie McCaw (New Zealand)
Lifting the 2011 World Cup in his backyard was a fitting tribute to one of the greatest ever All Blacks, but he went on to secure true legendary status as he continued for four more years, breaking record after record and uniquely hoisting the Webb Ellis trophy for a second time.
Haskell said: “The thing that has stood out for me is his decision-making at the breakdown, knowing when to compete for the ball, to clear out or to get back in the line, he always makes the right decision and he’s been doing it for years.”
