{"id":323513,"date":"2025-12-18T21:49:08","date_gmt":"2025-12-18T21:49:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/323513\/"},"modified":"2025-12-18T21:49:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-18T21:49:08","slug":"george-furbank-has-signed-for-a-new-gallagher-prem-club-quitting-saints","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/323513\/","title":{"rendered":"George Furbank has signed for a new Gallagher Prem club, quitting Saints"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Harlequins head coach Jason Gilmore has refused to rule out a move for England international George Furbank, while admitting he is a huge admirer of the Northampton Saints star.<\/p>\n<p>Furbank, 29, is out of contract next summer and has been heavily linked with a switch away from Franklin\u2019s Gardens.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/channel\/AbYd2l05pp1bM_Ix\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Join RUCK\u2019s Instagram broadcast channel <\/a>and get the latest rugby news straight to your phone.<\/p>\n<p>The full-back has reportedly held talks with the south-west London club following Northampton\u2019s 2023-24 Premiership title win, with some sources suggesting a deal may already be agreed.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking ahead of Harlequins\u2019 Big Game 17 clash with Bristol Bears at Twickenham this Saturday, Gilmore praised Furbank\u2019s ability but declined to comment on specific recruitment plans.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGeorge is a good player, isn\u2019t he? And a good leader,\u201d Gilmore said, when asked about the speculation surrounding the England international, who made his Test debut under Eddie Jones in 2020.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s going to attract interest. It\u2019s no different to when Chandler Cunningham-South was up\u00a0[for contract renewal]\u00a0a couple of months ago. Those players are going to attract interest. Definitely a good player.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWould we be interested? We\u2019d be interested in any good player that fits in with our roster. In terms of the ins and outs, like any player, I can\u2019t really disclose actual recruitment strategies.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>EDITORS PICKS:<\/p>\n<p>Live Transfer Blog<\/p>\n<p>Like this:<\/p>\n<p>Like Loading&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"sd-link-color\"\/>\t\t\t<script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Harlequins head coach Jason Gilmore has refused to rule out a move for England international George Furbank, while&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":323514,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[5903,101,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-323513","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-rugby","8":"tag-rugby","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/323513","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=323513"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/323513\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/323514"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=323513"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=323513"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=323513"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}