| Name | Karen Cardy |  |
| Nickname | Spanky | |
| Position | Wing/Outside-Centre ScrumHalf | |
| Birthday | 28th September 82 | |
| Occupation | Publicist – Book Publishers | |
| Date Joined Harlequins: | Oct-05 | |
| Previous clubs | Kings College London & Millwall Venus | |
| Representative Honours: | Nope | |
| Best Rugby moment | Being at Trafalgar Square from 5am with the rugby girls to be right at the front for the World cup victory parade – amazing! | |
| Worst Rugby moment | …its all character building | |
| Rugby ambition | Avoid injury & keep learning | |
| Why rugby | I was crap at netball and they don’t know how to drink | |
| Describe yourself | Honest and Odd | |
| Favourite alcoholic beverage: | Magners, beer or a nice fine wine | |
| Other sports | Horses when I was younger and had a go at various martial arts, also like Drag racing and petrol head stuff – (watchin not doin of course!) | |
| Favourite meal | Fresh fish (cooked by someone who knows what they are doing) | |
| Favourite film | Labrynth, Shawshank, Full Metal Jacket, Jaws | |
| Most likely to say: | How do you get there? (No sense of direction see..) | |
| Least likely to say: | Not for me, don’t drink | |
| Favourite quotation: | I told you I was sick – Spike Milligan’s Headstone | |
| Best holiday (why): | Zimbabwe (several years ago) Vic Falls, Safari by elephant, little monkeys sharing your breakfast as the sun comes up.. | |
| Claim to fame: | … maybe one day | |
Player Profile - Karen Cardy
By Viks - April 20 2006
Spanky came to Quins part way through this season as we're closer than her old club. Karen's all round game awareness has improved hugely whilst at Quins. If the day ever comes when someone can actually keep up with this Lady's sprinting, we'll let you know how easy it is to tackle her!!