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Exit bound Louis Lynagh backed into a corner by Harlequins

(Photo by Dan Mullan/The RFU Collection via Getty Images)

Louis Lynagh is this weekend set to complete his move to Benetton after agreeing to sign on at the United Rugby Championship high-flyers for the next couple of seasons.

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RugbyPass exclusively revealed on Wednesday morning that Lynagh, the son of Wallabies legend Michael, was heading out of the Harlequins exit door at the end of the season to move to his hometown club.

We understand that former England under-20 winger Lynagh was reluctantly backed into a corner by Quins, who refused to offer him a new deal before a deadline imposed by the Italians to agree to the move expired earlier this week.

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      Benetton, who are second in the URC table, two points behind Leinster, could have moved onto other targets if he didn’t give the deal the green light, and he is now just waiting to put pen to paper, which is imminent.

      Lynagh, 23, has scored 27 tries in 58 appearances for Quins and considered approaches from three Premiership clubs, including Bath and Saracens because he wanted to remain loyal to the club where he has been since he was 13.

      He also turned down a lucrative offer from a top French club because he harboured ambitions of forcing his way into Steve Borthwick’s plans but is now likely to listen to any approach from Azzurri boss Gonzalo Quesada.

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      mark 523 days ago

      Hope this deal falls through

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      AD 523 days ago

      Let me fix that for you


      “Harlequins refuse to be backed into a corner by Louis Lynagh who had been backed into a corner by Benetton”

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      Colin6443 523 days ago

      Strange headline. It would appear he was backed into a corner by Benetton who imposed a deadline on Lynagh who was considering approaches from them and 3 premiership clubs

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      IC 522 days ago

      NOPE. Benetton need to know within a reasonable amount of time if he’s going to sign and Quins would be expected to make a counter offer reasonably quickly if they were interested. They did same to Brown.

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