Topic: London Irish
Holders Leinster scored a riproaring 32-7 win away to Llanelli Scarlets on Saturday to bolster their hopes of reaching the European Cup quarters.After starting out their campaign with a loss to London Irish in Dublin Leinster had got themselves back on track ...
Leinster's Shane Jennings has had his appeal against a 12-week ban for gouging dismissed by an independent committee here on Thursday.The flanker was suspended until January 6 after he was found guilty of eye-gouging London Irish lock Nick Kennedy in a European ...
Ospreys edged Clermont 25-24 in a nail-biting European Cup clash on Sunday in which the French club fought back from a 19-point deficit.Tommy Bowe, Ryan Jones and Barry Davies scored five-pointers for the home side at Swansea's Liberty Stadium with Dan Biggar ...
European Cup superpowers Munster and Leicester put Italian opponents to the sword on Saturday as American winger Takudzwa Ngwenya grabbed a stunning hat-trick to steer Biarritz closer to the quarter-finals.Double champions Munster, defeated by Northampton in their opening Pool One clash, saw ...
Saracens recovered from the loss of injured England captain Steve Borthwick to move top of the Premiership table with a hard-fought 19-16 win over Gloucester on Sunday.Gloucester led for much of the match but Schalk Brits scored the decisive try and fly-half ...
Ugo Monye would have been hoping to start the new season on a high after a try-scoring performance on his last competitive outing helped the Lions to a Test victory over South Africa.. The match at Ellis Park in Johannesburg was only ...
Brendan Venter claims to have turned his Saracens side into a " tribe" ahead of their opening English Premiership fixture this season against London Irish at Twickenham here on Saturday.South African Venter, who previously had a spell at London Irish as player-coach, ...
England on Tuesday left out Danny Cipriani and recalled Jonny Wilkinson in announcing their 32-strong Senior Elite Player squad unveiled by manager Martin Johnson and Elite rugby director Rob Andrew.Johnson said the decision in getting the squad down to size had been ...
Steffon Armitage is determined to prove he belongs on the Test stage after returning to the England team for the showdown with Argentina at Old Trafford.. Armitage, the dynamic London Irish flanker, made a disappointing international debut in England's laboured RBS 6 ...
England coach Martin Johnson has handed first starts to six players in the squad to play the Barbarians at Twickenham on Saturday.Harlequins Chris Robshaw and Jordan Turner-Hall are named at blindside and in the centre, while Northampton duo Dylan Hartley and Ben ...