Round-up: Easter retires, QPR move for striker, Cousins boost, Williams loan

Harlequins veteran Nick Easter has announced he is retiring from playing.

The 37-year-old former Quins and England captain, who was appointed as the club’s defence coach in April, will now take on that role full time.

Easter is Harlequins’ most-capped player, making 281 appearances and scoring 54 tries in the 12 years since he joined from Orrell.

Meanwhile, QPR have offered Kaiserslautern around £1m for Jon Dadi Bodvarsson. West London Sport recently revealed that Rangers had targeted the Iceland forward.

Bodvarsson could be set to compete for a place with Conor Washington, who has been urged by boss Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink not lose heart as he waits for his first QPR goal.

Rangers face Watford in a friendly on Saturday at Loftus Road, where summer signing Jordan Cousins is expected to feature after recovering from a groin injury.

Fulham youngster George Williams has returned to his former club MK Dons on a season-long loan.

Middlesex paceman James Fuller will be out for at least three weeks with the side strain picked up in Tuesday’s Royal London One-Day Cup game against Somerset.

And Ickenham’s Jordanne Whiley has reached the final of the British Open Wheelchair Tennis Championships, while Eastcote’s Andy Lapthorne reached the quad doubles final with his partner Jamie Burdekin.