Chief executive Mark Evans has been in charge of team affairs at The Stoop, along with assistant coach Richard Hill, since Brooke's departure at the start of a week which ended with the London club staging the upset of the domestic season, knocking Leicester out of the Tetley's Bitter Cup semi-final. Since then, Quins have won five of their eight Premiership matches. Kingston will be a free agent when the Irish season finishes next month. He has converted the local club, Galwegians, from relegation contenders for the Third Division into improbable challengers for the All-Ireland title.