England and Harlequins forward Nick Easter has announced his retirement from rugby.
The 37-year-old will now take on a full-time coaching position with Harlequins, the Aviva Premiership club have announced.
Easter accepted a role as coach-player of Quins in April, taking charge of defence.
Easter said: "After accepting the opportunity of being a coach-player by (Quins director of rugby) John Kingston, I took some time to think about my career. I realised that whether I'm playing or coaching, there was no possible way that I would be able to give 100 per cent to both of my roles at the same time."
Source: PA
