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London Irish face a tricky match on the opening weekend of the 2019/20 Gallagher Premiership season as Declan Kidney’s side make their return to England’s top-tier.  London Irish gained promotion from the Championship last season and their reward is an away clash with Wasps at the Ricoh Arena in Coventry. That clash will take place at 3 pm on Sunday, …

Diageo, the parent company of Guinness, have chosen to end their sponsorship deal with London Irish following their signing of Paddy Jackson. The former Irish international was acquitted of rape following a court case last year and subsequently joined French side, Perpignan. Following one season with them, it was announced that Jackson had signed for London Irish, coached by Declan …

Sean O’Brien has been dealt with the cruel news that he faces up to six months out of action.  O’Brien will undergo surgery on a hip problem in the coming weeks and the prognosis is that he will be out of action for up to six months. This rules him out of the 2019 World Cup in Japan and also …

All Black winger, Waisake Naholo, has signed for London Irish where he will link up with both Sean O’Brien and Paddy Jackson.  Naholo is the latest in a string of big-name signings made by the recently promoted side as they look to make their mark in the English Premiership next season. Director of rugby Declan Kidney and head-coach Less Kiss …

London Irish have confirmed that they have signed Paddy Jackson from Top 14 side Perpignan ahead of the 2019/20 season.  Jackson has been plying his trade with the French club for the 2018/19 campaign but due to the club’s impending relegation to the PRO D2, there has been plenty of speculation surrounding the future of the Irish out-half. Jackson will …

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 …