{"id":804043,"date":"2026-10-16T03:00:13","date_gmt":"2026-10-16T03:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/804043\/"},"modified":"2026-10-16T03:00:13","modified_gmt":"2026-10-16T03:00:13","slug":"when-jason-gilmore-expects-sensation-eddie-sigauke-to-break-into-quins-first-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/804043\/","title":{"rendered":"When Jason Gilmore expects sensation Eddie Sigauke to break into Quins first team"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Published: 11 hours ago | 15 October 2026 11:53 EDT
Updated: 9 hours ago | 15 October 2026 13:24 EDT <\/p>\n

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COMMERCE CITY, COLORADO – JULY 4: Edward Sigauke #11 of Zimbabwe anticipates a Tonga catch during the first half at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park on July 4, 2026 in Commerce City, Colorado. (Photo by C. Morgan Engel – World Rugby\/World Rugby via Getty Images) \"Google <\/a> <\/p>\n

Eddie Sigauke went viral this week with a stunning 90-metre try against Leicester<\/a> Tigers under-23s, and Harlequins<\/a> boss Jason Gilmore believes he will be knocking on the first-team door after Christmas.<\/p>\n

The Zimbabwe<\/a> international, who moved to London in the summer, introduced himself to Quins fans in pre-season, scoring tries with his first two touches in a friendly against Edinburgh.<\/p>\n

The 22-year-old has played 12 times for his country, scoring eight tries, and helped Zimbabwe qualify for next year\u2019s World Cup in Australia<\/a> for the first time since 1991; he could play a key part in their campaign.<\/p>\n

And if his early days in the capital are any indication, Gilmore and his recruitment team may have uncovered a hidden gem who has been keeping more seasoned players at the Stoop on their toes.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe played against Edinburgh<\/a> and scored two tries. He scored with his first touch there as well. Eddie\u2019s lightning quick. He\u2019s been going to university in South Africa<\/a> and is a highly intelligent young man who is really driven.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s just got absolute jets, and we\u2019re really lucky to have Eddie at the club. He\u2019s got a few things that he needs to work on defensively, with the high ball and his aerial game, which he\u2019s working really hard on at the moment.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut I\u2019d like to think that Eddie will be featuring in the senior team, probably post-Christmas. He\u2019s played, you know, a fair bit of senior team rugby, obviously with the Zimbabwe side as well.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s been a bit of a project for us, and he\u2019s keeping Caden Murley and our quick boys on their toes in training. That\u2019s for sure. His second try against Edinburgh was a really good one. He probably beat about three defenders in wide space and went 40 metres.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou can\u2019t coach speed, and he\u2019s got a ton of it. We\u2019ll keep working hard on the other areas because speed is so useful with kick spread and defence as well. And once he works out how to use his speed on both sides of the ball, he\u2019s going to be a real threat for us,\u201d Gilmore told RugbyPass.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Published: 11 hours ago | 15 October 2026 11:53 EDT Updated: 9 hours ago | 15 October 2026…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":804044,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[5903,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-804043","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-rugby","tag-rugby","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/804043","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=804043"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/804043\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/804044"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=804043"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=804043"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=804043"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}