Harlequins staff member ‘stable’ in hospital after falling from hotel window on pre-season tour in Jersey

A club spokesman says the staff member is expected to make a full recovery

A staff member at Harlequins is recovering after falling from a hotel window (Getty)

A member of staff from Premiership club Harlequins is in hospital after falling from a hotel window in Jersey early on Sunday morning.

The individual has been described as “stable”, and is expected to make a full recovery.

Harlequins’ pre-season tour to the Channel Island has been overshadowed by the incident, which occurred between 4am and 4.30am on Sunday morning at the Hotel de Normandie.

A Harlequins spokesman said: “Harlequins can confirm that a member of staff was injured in an accident on Sunday morning in Jersey.

“He remains in hospital there, where he is expected to make a full recovery. His family have asked for privacy at this time.”

The member of staff was seen lying face down on the ground by other guests at the hotel, who had heard a loud noise which was assumed to be them falling from the floor above.

Zach Fieldsend, who was staying at the hotel with his fiancée, told the Jersey Evening Post: “At about 4am to 4.30am, my fiancée heard a huge thud outside, which woke us up.

“We were on the first floor and looked out and saw a bloke laid on his front with his face down in the ground.

A staff member at Harlequins is recovering after falling from a hotel window (Getty)

“We ran downstairs – my fiancée is an orthopaedic nurse, so she said, ‘We need to get to him quickly’.

“The hotel was on lockdown at that time in the morning, so we couldn’t get out of the door at first. We managed to find the caretaker to let us out and we ran around to him.”

He added: “The windows open all the way out and his was wide open. I thought the worst because he was laying in an unnatural position. It was only as my fiancée went to inspect him that he started murmuring and he came back round.”

The incident happened after Harlequins beat Jersey Reds 33-14 on Saturday evening in a pre-season friendly.