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'I feel now is the time for me to move on to new challenges outside of rugby'
By Online Editors
Harlequins have announced that winger and former Scotland international Tim Visser will retire at the end of the 2018/19 Gallagher Premiership season having made 66 appearances for the London club.
Affectionately known by supporters as “The Flying Dutchman”, Visser joined Harlequins in 2015 from Edinburgh and scored 10 tries for the Club in his debut season.
Before his six-year spell in the Scottish capital, Visser played for Newcastle Falcons having been discovered playing sevens in the Netherlands, the country of his birth.
Visser made his international debut for Scotland in 2012 against Fiji where he scored a brace of tries in Lautoka. He also represented his country at the 2015 Rugby World Cup and scored against USA in the pool stages. Since then, Visser’s prolific try-scoring ability ensured he was a regular in both Scotland’s and Harlequins’ starting XVs.
The winger’s Harlequins debut came against Bath in October 2015 in the Premiership, with Visser scoring his first try for the club against Sale a week later. He became a stalwart in the side and played a key role in the team reaching the European Rugby Challenge Cup final that same season.
Visser was the club’s top try scorer in their 150th anniversary season with 11 tries in 20 appearances, including a breakaway try against Saracens at home.
At the conclusion of a prolific individual season in 2018 for Harlequins, where he scored nine tries in all competitions including a dramatic winning try against Saracens at The Stoop and a brace at Big Game 10, Visser announced his retirement from international rugby. Across his 33 Scotland appearances, the winger scored 14 tries.
Speaking on his club retirement, Visser said: “I’d like to thank everyone at Harlequins for the opportunity to be part of such a fantastic club. I’ve thoroughly enjoyed my time here.
“I feel now is the time for me to move on to new challenges outside of rugby with my young family. I’m looking forward to trying and proving myself in a completely different career.”
Harlequins boss Paul Gustard added: “Tim has enjoyed an exceptional career and has been a fantastic servant over the past three seasons here at Harlequins. I have thoroughly enjoyed his company and have always respected his commitment, attitude and humour since I joined the club last July.
“He is an immensely valued and very popular member of the squad whom we will miss. We all wish him and his family the very best as he embarks on a new adventure.”
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Hopefully Joe stays where he is. That would mean Les, McKellar, larkham and Cron should as well. It’s the stability we need in the state programs. But, if Joe goes, RA with its current financial situation will be forced into promoting from within. And this will likely destabilise other areas.
To better understand some of the entrenched bitterness of those outside of NZ and NSW (as an example 😂), Nic, there is probably a comparison to the old hard heads of welsh rugby who are still stuck in the 1970s. Before the days where clubs merged, professionalism started, and the many sharp knives were put into the backs of those who loved the game more than everyone else. I’m sure you know a few... But given your comparison of rugby in both wales and Australia, there are a few north of the tweed that will never trust a kiwi or NSWelshman because of historical events and issues over the history of the game. It is what it is. For some, time does not heal all wounds. And it is still festering away in some people. Happy holidays to you. All the best in 2025.
Go to commentsNot surprised to see Barretts rating. He has always been a solid defender for the ABs but not particularly effective in attack situations.
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