Harlequins flanker Luke Wallace has admitted playing alongside England captain Chris Robshaw and Nick Easter in the club's back row made his decision to sign a new contract an easy one.

The 24 year-old academy graduate, who made his senior England debut against the Barbarians last summer, signed a new two-year-and-a-half year deal at the Stoop this week keeping him at the club until 2017.

Wallace has made 95 appearances and scored nine tries since making his first team debut in 2010 and captained Quins to the A League and LV= Cup crowns in 2013.
 
"I feel privileged to be a part of this great squad and to be in a position to develop and learn alongside some of the best back-row talents in the country," he said.
 
"It was an easy decision to continue my time with Harlequins, the club that I began my professional career with, and I'm looking forward to the exciting challenges  the coming years will present.”

And Quins director of rugby Conor O'Shea is keen to get the St Albans-born youngster back in the side when he recovers from the injury he picked up in the European Champions Cup at Leinster before Christmas.

"At 24, Luke already has a wealth of experience and from my point of view he is just going to get better and better," he added. 

"We are looking forward to having him back from the injury he sustained, but more importantly to the impact he will have within this group for years to come.”