REPORT | Chris Ashton reportedly set to leave Harlequins

The podcast, which is a well respected weekly podcast that airs on Mondays, revealed the link.

Jonathan Beardmore of the podcast said: "I have heard, from a pretty reliable source, that Chris Ashton is on his way to Worcester."

Ashton joined Quins in February 2020 after leaving Sale Sharks.

The winger has a remarkable scoring record in all competitions including 20 tries in 44 England Tests.

At the time of signing, the former Saracens, Toulon and Northampton star was the Premiership’s third highest ever try-scorer with 86.

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The scrum-half signed a two-year extension back in 2019, meaning he will be out of contract next year. Care, who currently earn £300,000 per season, has won the Premiership (2012) and the European Challenge Cup (2011) since joining Quins from Leeds in 2006.

The 33-year-old is attracting interest from Major League Rugby franchise San Diego Legion, who have already signed Chris Robshaw, but is reportedly keen to remain in London with ambitious club Ealing Trailfinders identifying him as a possible target after missing out on Richard Wigglesworth.

DID YOU KNOW? At age 11 he was invited to join the Academy at Sheffield Wednesday, where he played with England striker Jamie Vardy, which meant giving up club rugby although he was able to continue playing the game at Prince Henry’s Grammar School in Otley.

Bath have reportedly launched a huge move to try and sign Harlequins star, according to the Mail Online. The 21-year-old, who has also been linked with a move to Lyon in the Top 14, will be out of contract in 2021 when his current three-year contract comes to an end.

Smith, who currently earns £230k per season, is one of the most exciting prospects in world rugby could potentially double his earning to around half a million with his next move. Bath, who are desperately short of fly-halves, have seen moves for other high-profile fly-halves, such as Handre Pollard and Finn Russell, fail in recent times.

DID YOU KNOW? Born in the Philippines to a British father and a Filipina mother, Smith picked up the game of rugby union at the age of seven with Centaurs RFC when his family moved to Singapore.

Very much a one-club man so far, he's set to join Newcastle Falcons in the summer. At the start of last season,, one of the bars at Harlequins’ home ground (The Stoop) was renamed in Brown’s honour. Club legend.

DID YOU KNOW? Brown married long term partner, fashion designer Eliza Scarlett Woodcock, the daughter of former England international footballer Tony Woodcock, in summer 2016.

The England wing joined BBC Rugby Union Weekly podcast co-host Danny Care at Harlequins with immediate effect in January on a one and half year deal. With his contract up at the end of the season, reports suggest he's a target for a number of Japanese sides.

DID YOU KNOW? When Ashton scores, he often performs a 'swallow dive', which has been nicknamed the 'Ash splash'. He has been praised and rebuked in equal measure for it, with critics concerned about the risk of dropping the ball in the act of scoring