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Posted 427 days ago
St Patrick’s Day may have been and gone, but London Irish are giving you the perfect excuse to string out the celebrations, by inviting you to join in their own St Patrick’s Day Party this Sunday. The side will play Leicester at the Madejski Stadium in the Aviva Premiership match that kicks off at 3pm, but the celebrations are sure…
Posted 468 days ago
IN THIS new series, former England lock Martin Bayfield travels around Aviva Premiership clubs to get an insight into goings-on behind the scenes. This week London Irish are in the spotlight…
Tune in next week for a closer look at Northampton Saints.
Posted 686 days ago
Saracens were announced as winners of the prestigious Aviva Club of the Year award at last night’s (Wednesday 6th July) sixth Annual Premiership Rugby Parliamentary Rugby Community Awards at Portcullis House in Westminster. The winners of the main awards were as follows:
Aviva Club of the Year
Winner, Saracens
MBNA Innovation Award
Winner, Bath Rugby; Women and Girls Programme
Land Rover Impact Award
Winner, Bristol Rugby;…
Posted 686 days ago
London Irish is pleased to announce the signing of fly half Adrian Jarvis on a one year contract.
The former England Saxon has joined up with the rest of the London Irish squad for pre-season training after he enjoyed a short spell at Leeds towards the back-end of last season after playing for Bristol in the Championship.
Adrian is an accurate kicker…
Posted 741 days ago
Saracens are in Aviva Premiership semi-final action against Gloucester at Vicarage Road on Sunday, kick off 2.30pm, and welcome back England internationals Steve Borthwick and Richard Wigglesworth to the starting line-up.
Both were on the bench in last weekend’s victory against Harlequins, but they return for the visit of Gloucester. Another international returning to the starting XV is Scottish back row…
Posted 741 days ago
Jordan Crane and Steve Mafi return to the Leicester Tigers team for the Aviva Premiership semi-final against Northampton Saints at Welford Road tomorrow.
After last Saturday’s bonus-point win over London Irish secured a top-place finish in the Aviva Premiership league season for a third successive year, director of rugby Richard Cockerill makes just two changes to his starting line-up, with Crane…
Posted 741 days ago
The Northampton Saints team has been named for tomorrow afternoon’s East Midlands Aviva Premiership Rugby semi-final derby at Leicester’s Welford Road.
The Aviva Premiership Rugby honours have been split between Northampton and Leicester so far this season, with each team winning its respective home match.
But with a place at Twickenham at stake, director of rugby Jim Mallinder said today that the…
Posted 741 days ago
Gloucester Rugby make three changes to the side that started against Sale Sharks last weekend for the Aviva Premiership play off semi final against Saracens at Vicarage Road on Sunday.
Freddie Burns returns at full back while Tim Molenaar is back in midfield to partner Eliota Fuimaono-Sapolu.
The one change to the pack sees Jim Hamilton come into the second row to…
Posted 812 days ago
AFTER THE disappointment of last week’s close encounter with London Irish, Quins turn their attentions to their Northern rivals for Friday night’s away trip to Kingston Park in the Aviva Premiership(Kick off 8pm).
Sitting in 7th place in the table, the tightly contested league sees Quins just 1 point off a valuable top 4 spot and the London side know that…
Posted 812 days ago
NEWCASTLE FALCONS have released their squad list to play Harlequins on Friday’s Aviva Premiership clash(kick-off 8pm). Head coach Alan Tait has made two changes, including Scotland international Euan Murray in the front row while Brent Wilson starts in his favoured flanker berth. “Friday at home to Harlequins is a massive chance to put things right at Kingston Park, especially in…
