Yarde puts suitors on high alert

MARLAND YARDE scored his second try in as many games on Saturday, which will have been noted by his would-be suitors. The England wing (below), out of contract at the end of this season, is rumoured to be on Bath’s radar and also a potential target for other Aviva Premiership clubs. His strike helped Harlequins beat Gloucester at The Stoop — a result that maintained a tight start to this league campaign, with only Newcastle, Bath and Wasps winning their first two matches. Meanwhile, after beating Quins seven days earlier, London Irish came down to earth with a bump in Devon, while clad in a garish change kit. This light-blue number made them look like Manchester City after an intense protein-and-weight-lifting regime — but it doesn’t quite trump the away-day atrocities being sported by Northampton (luminous green) and Newcastle (grey with green stripes).