Keeping Evans at Harlequins 'boosts the English game', says purring O'Shea | UPDATED: 22:57 GMT, 1 November 2012 Delighted Harlequins director of rugby Conor O’Shea acclaimed Nick Evans’s decision to sign a new three-year contract as a coup not just for his club, but for the English game. The 32-year-old former All Black fly-half, who joined from Otago in 2008, had been considering a raft of offers from France and Japan but, having been an integral part of Quins’ Aviva Premiership triumph last season and as a Kiwi who has happily settled into London life, he chose to extend his stay. Staying on English shores: Nick Evans has penned a three-year deal with Quins The news is a major boost to the club as they attempt to defend their title and mount a strong assault on the Heineken Cup, but O’Shea suggested there was even wider significance.
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