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121 32 harlequins 7 july 1990 harlequins 2012 -- england -lrb- 0 -rrb- joe marler.jpg heathfield community college prop joe marler eastbourne , england 1.83 m ftin on -lrb- 35 -rrb- 27 august 2015 2009 -- 116 kg stlb on 27 august 2015 joe marler

joe marler

joe marler -lrb- born 7 july 1990 -rrb- is a rugby union player for harlequins in the aviva premiership playing primarily as a prop .
at the start of his harlequins career he was sent out on loan to esher and worthing for a season each .
marler was called up to the england u20 's squad for the 2009 u20 six nations , but was injured throughout .
he was called up to represent england u20 's throughout the junior world championship in summer 2009 .
he started his career at haywards heath rfc in sussex where he played in the same side as fellow england international billy twelvetrees .
the following season he was again called up into the u20 squad , and marked his 6n debut against wales with two tries .
he made his guinness premiership debut for harlequins at the end of that season .
he was called into the england squad for the 2010 end of year tests as injury cover for david wilson .
when wilson recovered , marler was kept on alongside him in the squad .
he eventually made his test debut against south africa where he started two test matches at loose-head prop in the summer of 2012 .
marler started for england against scotland at twickenham in the 2013 six nations , and was substituted after 55 minutes .
on 4 august 2014 harlequins named joe as their new captain , replacing chris robshaw due to his commitments as england captain in the 2015 world cup year .
