Launchbury agrees deal with Harlequins

FORMER Wasps captain Joe Launchbury will join Harlequins ahead of the 2023-24 Gallagher Premiership season. The England lock, who was last month made redundant after Wasps entered administration, has agreed a “multi-year deal” with Quins.

He will spend the remainder of this campaign in Japan, having recently joined Toyota Verblitz on a short-term contract. Launchbury, who has 70 England caps and was part of his country’s squads at the last two World Cups, was a member of Harlequins’ academy between the ages of 15 and 18.