Harlequins
Where are they now? Mel Deane
By Prof
July 1 2009
Mel Deane joined Quins in 2003 and played in the centres before going to Connacht where he finished his playing career. He is now back in the area so CAW took the chance to catch up with him.
Stuart Abbott - Rosslyn Park (coach)
Dinos Alexoploulus - Ealing
Alex Alesbrook - London Scottish
Anthony Allen - Leicester Tigers (was at Gloucester)
Tom Allen - Earth Titans (via Connacht)
Charlie Amesbury - Newcastle Falcons
Alex Ayling - Esher (was at Saracens)
David Barnes - Bath Rugby
Henry Barratt - London Wasps (was at Cornish Pirates)
De Wet Barry - Eastern Province and Southern Kings
Chris Bell - Sale Sharks (was at Leeds Tykes)
Dave Bell - Personal Trainer in the Manchester Area (was at Bristol)
Duncan Bell - Bath Rugby
Scott Bemand - Bath Rugby (was at Leicester Tigers)
Dick Best - Player Agent & TV Pundit
Tom Billups - Head Coach, United States National Team and Coach, Varsity Rugby, University of California, Berkeley (was at Pontypridd)
Pablo Bouza - Retired (was at Leeds Tykes)
Peter Bracken - Newport Gwent Dragons (was at Galwegians)
Zinzan Brooke - Windsor
John Brooks - Retired due to injury
Phil Burgess - Loughborough Students & Gloucester
Kevin Burke - London Welsh
Paul Burke - Kicking Coach Leicester (was at Munster)
Nick Burrows - ? (was at London Irish)
Marco Caputo - Retired - living in Canberra
Pablo Cardinali - Bourgoin (was at Beziers)
Craig Chalmers - Melrose (player/coach)
Paul Challoner - Guildford (coach)
Daren Clayton - Plymouth (was at Coventry)
Alex Codling - Barking (coach) (was at Ebbw Vale (Head Coach), Montpellier and Northampton Saints/Bedford)
Tim Collier - Barking (was at Launceston and Worcester)
Neil Collins - Newbury
Gary Connolly - Retired (was at Munster and Orrell)
Peter Cook - Cornish Pirates (was at Bedford)
Tony Copsey - ? (was at London Wasps - CEO)
Agustín Costa Repetto - Petraca Padova
Chris Cracknell - England 7s (was at Bath Rugby, Cornish Pirates and Newbury)
Massimo Cuttitta - Edinburgh (forwards coach)
Isoa Damudamu - Army & England 7s (was at Newbury)
Brendon Daniel - Blaydon (was at Borders, Pau and Bath)
Rhodri Davies - works in commercial property for Savills
Phil Davies - ?
Billy Davison - Cobham (was at Esher)
Jon Dawson - Rosslyn Park (was at Schotchekloof Walmers, SA and London Wasps, Bath Rugby, Newbury & Cambridge Uni)
Mel Deane - Personal trainer, also helps out at Richmond (was at Connacht)
Tony Diprose - Quins Academy Manager & 1stXV defence coach
Cameron Dott - Henley Hawks (was at Cambridge University)
Bruce Douglas - Montpellier (was at Llanelli Scarlets and Scottish Borders)
Gavin Duffy - Connacht
Andy Dunne - Old Belvedere ( was at Connacht, Leinster and Bath Rugby)
Jon Eagle - Leodiensian RFC
Darren Edwards - Newport Gwent Dragons (backs coach)
Seb Fitzgerald - London Welsh
Maurice Fitz Gerald - Retired due to injury
Mike Friday - England 7s Coach
Andy Friend - ACT Brumbies (Head Coach)
Billy Fulton - Retired now works for ISG PLC (was at Pau, Bath Rugby and Northampton Saints)
Vaughan Going - ? (was at Northampton and Bristol)
Ben Gollings - Queensland Reds (Trial)/Sunnybank, Australia (was at Toyota Shokki, Japan; Doncaster; Tasman, New Zealand; Sunnybank, Australia and Newcastle)
Laurent Gomez - Rugby commentator in France (was at Lyon)
Andy Gommarsall - Leeds Carnegie
Nick Greenstock - Staines
Luke Gross - Huddersfield (was at Doncaster and Newcastle Falcons)
Will Greenwood - Retired - doing Sky commetaries
Chris Hala'Ufia - London Irish
Rory Hamilton-Brown - Sussex CC (was at Surrey CC)
George Harder - ? (was at Mont De Marson)
Andrew Harriman - Retired (Oil Industry)
Dave Harvey - Coventry (played one game for Quins against Natal Sharks in 2005)
James Hayter - NYAC - New York Athletic Club (was at Esher and Llanelli Scarlets)
Matt Henjak - Toulon was at (Canberra Royals, Western Force, ACT Brumbies, Canberra Vikings)
Richard Hill (coach) - Chalon-sur-Saone (was at Bristol)
Rob Hitchmouth - West Park St Helens
Kai Horstmann - Worcester Warriors
James Inglis - Esher
Mark Ireland - Cornish Pirates (was at London Irish & Newbury)
Dafydd James - Cardiff Blues (was at Llanelli Scarlets)
Duncan James - ? (was at Coventry)
Adrian Jarvis - Bristol
Rory Jenkins - Mostly retired but helping out with the coaching at Esher when possible
Ed Jennings - Last seen on a stag weekend in Riga, Latvia :-)
Rob Jewell - Rosslyn Park (was at London Welsh and Padova)
Andy Keast - Works for 'Soul of Africa, does some work with Durban Harlequins (was coach at Worcester Warriors & Rugby Rookies)
Simon Keogh - Leinster
Jason Keyter - ? (was at Esher and Earth Titans)
Thierry Lacroix - Rugby commentary on France 2
Cristophe Laurent - Colomiers
Adam Leach - Coach at Yamaha (Japan)
Jason Leonard - Retired
Norman Ligairi - La Rochelle (was at Brice and Yamaha)
Rob Liley - Retired? (was at Doncaster)
Gareth Llewellyn - Tonmawr (player coach) (was at Bristol Rugby)
Dan Luger - Nice (was at R.C.Toulon and Perpignan)
Hal Luscombe - Retired due to injury (was at Worcester Warriors)
Simon Maling - NEC, Japan (moving to Llanelli summer 2008)
Chris Malone - London Irish
Ryan Manyika - Zimbabwe Cheetahs 7s
Mark Mapletoft - England U20 coach, Saracens Academy Coach (was at London Irish)
Luther Marais - University Johannesburg & Golden Lions
Nick Martin - Retired (Town Centre Manager in Haverhill)
Ramin Mathieson - Edinburgh Accies (was at Boroughmuir)
Joe Mbu - Castres Olympique (was at Pau and London Wasps)
Andrew Mehrtens - Racing Métro 92 (was at Toulon)
Peter Mensah - retired (in insurance)
Simon Miall - retired
David Millard - Esher
Alex Mockford - Esher (was at Bristol)
Nd Monye - ? (was at Earth Titans, Wasps and Bath Academy)
Maama Molitika - Cardiff Blues (was at IBM Big Blue in Japan)
Brian Moore - Retired (BBC Commentator and Telegraph Journalist)
Matt Moore - retired to train as airline pillot (was at Esher)
Garrick Morgan - Gold Coast Breakers (was at Pau)
Tom Muggeridge - Henley Hawks
Ricky Nebbett - Parma (was at Leinster and Leicester)
Shane O'Connor - ?David Officer - Boroughmuir (Coach) (was at Currie and Worcester)
Daren O’Leary - Rugby agent for Top Marque Sports( was at Moseley and Worcester Warriors)
Adrian Olver - Stourbridge (was at Bedford, Pertemps Bees and Coventry)
Ryan O’Neill - ?
Altan Ozdemir - Plymouth Albion (scrum coach)
Opeta Palepoi - Glasgow Warriors (was at Earth Titans & Borders)
David Pears - Retired (was at Wharfedale)
Mickey Pointing - Worthing
Paul Pook - Ireland (Conditioning Coach)
Matt Powell - Retired, coaching at Worcester Warriors
Tom Powell - Northampton Saints
Junior Polululigaga - North Harbour & Chiefs
Andy Reay - Moseley (was at Newbury, Bristol and Henley)
Dean Richards - Serving 3 year ban from rugby
Jimmy Richards - Neath
Kiba Richards - Ealing (was at Worthing)
Peter Richards - London Irish (was at Gloucester & Wasps)
Johnny Rodham - Sedgley Park (was at Doncaster & Sale Sharks)
Mike Ross - Leinster
Jono Ross - returned to South Africa
Karl Rudzki - Cambridge (was at Northampton Saints, Bayonne and Pau)
Tony Russ - Bristol (Academy Scout)
Pat Sanderson - Worcester Warriors
Tom Sargeant - Exeter University
Bill Satala - Toyota Shokki
Mark Scrivener - Redruth
John Schuster - Marist St Pats, NZ (Assistant Coach)
Mike Scott - Business Development and facilities Manager for the Newclose County Cricket and Sports facilities
Chris Sheasby - Marlow (was at Staines and Bracknell)
Luke Sherriff - Nottingham
David Slemen - Esher (was at Connacht)
Alex Snow - Retired (banking at Evolution)
Nicolas Spanghero - Colomiers
Bruce Starr - Grenoble
Jeremy Staunton - Leicester (was at London Irish & London Wasps)
Ryan Strudwick - ? (was at Connacht and London Irish)
Epi Taione - Racing Club, Paris
Tu Tamarua - Pontypridd (was at Pertemps Bees and Earth Titans)
Josh Taumalolo - Grenoble (was at Bristol, Neath, Coventry and Sale)
Arwel Thomas - Retired (was at Neath)
Ace Tiatia - Bayonne (was at Agen and Pau)
Tulsen Tullett - various work on Sky and BBC rugby league websites
Paul Turner (coach) - Newport Gwent Dragons
Ian Vass - Bedford Blues (was at Northampton Saints)
Paul Volley - London Scottish
Andre Vos - Retired - working in South Africa (insurance)
Sam Walton - Percy Park
Lorn Ward - London Welsh (was at Toulon and Bath Rugby)
Mike Wedderburn - retired (Sky cricket commentary)
Steve White-Cooper - retired? (was at Staines)
Jamie Williams - Running a hotel in New Zealand (was at Bath)
Nathan Williams - Yamaha Jubilo (Japan) (was at Queensland Reds)
Ben Willis - NZ? (Was at Esher?, London Irish and Beziers)
David Wilson - retired
Roy Winters - Bristol
Keith Wood - retired (on the London Irish board)
Niall Woods - retired/Irish PRA
Clive Woodward - London 2012 (was England Head Coach for England in RWC2003 and Lions tour to NZ2005, Southampton FC Manager)
Mike Worsley - retired
Chris Wright - London Scottish (coach) & founder and Hon Sec of the Harlequins Hall of Fame
Diego Zaraosa - El Salvador Valladolid
If there are any other ex-Quins still playing rugby out there send the details to us, or if there are errors in this list tell us and I'll update this page - prof@comeallwithin.co.uk .
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.. well it is for me Mel. I have that picture on my desk as a reminder never to give up. It epitomises the spirt of that ND1 season, and I think it will always be part of my best Quins memories.
Good luck for the future Mel
Good Luck Mel with your new adventure
The former Connacht man returned to west London this summer after two seasons playing in the Magners League having been offered the role of fitness and conditioning guru with director of rugby Geoff Richards’ National Division Two outfit.
Deane, 34, started his professional career at the Athletic Ground 13-years ago - before the club went bust - and went on to enjoy a successful spell at the Stoop after a brief stint with Sale Sharks.
The Teddington-based fitness instructor, who had spoken of running a pub in his retirement from the game, has been putting Richmond through their paces during pre-season.
And he insists that alone is enough to put him off pulling on a shirt this season in what will be a fiercely competitive league with near neighbours Rosslyn Park spending heavily as they bid for the title.
“When you see them in action you realise there are some big boys out there at this level, so I’m not so sure how much I’ll be involved,” he said.
“They want me to register in an emergency, but it will be difficult to have the players’ respect if I’m trying to be one of the boys as well as trying to improve their strength and fitness in training.
“Some can do it, but I’m not sure I will be able to.”
Deane is in the process of setting up his own business - www.meldeanefitness.co.uk - and has been taking tips from one of boxer Amir Khan’s fitness specialists, as he hopes to bring elite conditioning to the average joe.
But rugby remains his first love and he admits he is delighted to be back in town.
“There are a few familiar faces about at the club from the old days, which is great, and it is very nice to be back. Rugby boys are the same the world over,” he added.
“ I’m mainly concentrating on the fitness side of things, but I will be able to lend my rugby knowledge - mainly restricted to the contact area I would think - when the season gets underway.
“We’ve got a pre-season trip to Brive, so I think I’ll see a bit more of what we are about then.”
