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It was a case of cometh the hour, cometh the man for many of Leinster’s stars as they swept aside the challenge of Toulouse to set up a mouthwatering Heineken Champions Cup final clash with Saracens. One the day, Johnny Sexton picked up plenty of plaudits and rightly so. It was performance fitting of the Man of the Match award …

Sean O’Brien will reunite with the man who gave him first senior international cap when he moves to London Irish after the 2019 World Cup.  Declan Kidney, who coached Ireland between 2008 and 2013, gave O’Brien his first cap from the bench in their 41-6 win over Fiji at the RDS in November 2009. Kidney, who arrived at London Irish …

Once the 2019 World Cup in Japan comes to a close, Leinster and Ireland’s Sean O’Brien will be playing his club rugby abroad with English side London Irish.  For a one-club man like O’Brien, who has spent all of his professional career with Leinster, there will be some difficulty when he finally has to say goodbye. The 32-year-old was speaking …

Leinster Rugby have confirmed this afternoon that Sean O’Brien will join London Irish after the 2019 World Cup.  Leinster have released the following statement: The 31-year-old back row, who turns 32 this Thursday, is one of Leinster’s most decorated players, having come through the Leinster Academy system and having played 122 times for Leinster since his debut in September 20008 …

Former Ulster out-half Paddy Jackson is edging closer to a move to Championship side London Irish as his time in France looks to be coming to an end. Reports had emerged in December outlining that Jackson was in discussion with London Irish and according to the Irish Independent, a deal to bring the out-half to England is “virtually a done …

Paddy Jackson has been linked to a move in England next season according to a report in the French publication, Le Progres.  After 11 games of the current Top 14 season, Perpignan currently lie at the bottom of the table with no wins and just four points to their name. Their most recent loss came to Connacht at the Sportsground …

Munster got their preseason fixtures off to a good start with a 32-28 win over London Irish at Musgrave Park in Cork.  There were some familiar faces as former Ireland and Munster head coach, Declan Kidney returned to Cork as Technical Consultant of London Irish along with former Ulster Director of Rugby and Ireland coach, Les Kiss. Despite dominating the …

Munster and Leinster both face into preseason action on Friday with the kick-off of the 2018/19 Guinness PRO14 campaign just around the corner.  Munster will play their first preseason game (Friday 7.30 pm) of the summer against recently relegated outfit London Irish. The Exiles are now under the tutelage of former Ireland and Munster head coach Declan Kidney and former …

Munster will begin preparations for the 2018/19 season by welcoming English opposition to Cork’s Musgrave Park in August.  It looks set to be a big season for Munster – the new coaching ticket of Johann van Graan and JP Ferreria will now have their first full preseason with the squad and supporters will be hoping that bears fruit for the …

​​Munster have confirmed the signing of London Irish back row Arno Botha.

Opinion: Eddie Jones' Golden Boys Put In Embarrassing Display For Quins

Harlequins’ season went from bad to worse yesterday after they fell to a 5-35 defeat to London Irish at the Twickenham Stoop. John Kingston’s needed to win that game to keep their slim chances of Champions Cup qualification alive but they will now have to plan for Challenge Cup rugby next season. It’s been a season to forget for Quins, …

According to a report in The Times, the RFU are keen to introduce a proposal, which would be implemented next season, that would result in no promotion to or relegation from the Premiership for a period of five seasons. If the plans go ahead, then at the end of the 2018/19 season, the bottom-placed Premiership club would play the top-placed …

London Irish recorded just their second victory of the Aviva Premiership season this afternoon when they triumphed 22-9 over Worcester Warriors at the Madejski Stadium.  The league’s bottom side dominated possession and territory over the 80 minutes and a Piet van Zyl try after 27 minutes set them up for a much-needed victory. Greig Tonks was crucial to Irish’s win as …

25 minutes into the Northampton Saints’ clash with London Irish at Franklin’s Gardens and the home support’s worst fears were being realised.  They had just conceded another try to the league’s bottom side and it looked like London Irish were on course to record only their second win of the season. Thankfully, a George North inspired comeback in the second …

Predictions for the bottom half of the Premiership table heading into the last ten games.

Last night was huge for both London Irish and the Worcester Warriors. The two clubs faced off against each other in a fixture which was likely to have huge ramifications for who could be relegated to the Championship at the end of the season. The Warriors have been putting together wins of late and newly appointed Director of Rugby Alan …

Barbarians Head coach Robbie Deans has named thirteen New Zealanders in his 26-man squad for matches against New Zealand and Tonga.