London Irish are counting the cost of a bruising Zurich Premiership battle with Wasps which has sidelined three key forwards for tomorrow’s clash against play-off rivals Northampton.

London Irish have made four changes for Saturday's Parker Pen opener against Montauban.

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London Irish have signed Canadian number eight Phil Murphy from Heineken Cup runners-up Perpignan.

Powergen Cup holders London Irish ended Rotherham’s hopes of achieving another giant-killing feat as they comfortably secured a semi-final place at the Madejski Stadium.

Edinburgh produced a superb comeback to warm a shivering Murrayfield crowd and gain a measure of Heineken Cup revenge against London Irish tonight.

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London Irish have made one change to their starting line-up for Saturday's Zurich Premiership encounter against top-of-the-table Gloucester at Kingsholm with Justin Bishop coming onto the wing.

London Irish posted their first Premiership win of the season - and brought Saracens’ unbeaten start to a grinding halt - by inflicting a Madejski Stadium mauling on Kyran Bracken’s men.

London Irish bring a full strength squad over to Ireland for this pre-season warm up and it is expected that they will field a pretty formidable side against Leinster at Dr. Hickey Park.

Dean Richards has dismissed the prospect of tomorrow’s Zurich Championship play-off clash between Leicester and Bristol developing into a grudge match.

London Irish have signed Leinster lock Bob Casey.

World Cup winner Brendan Venter saw his London Irish heroes paint Twickenham green and then declared: ‘‘It doesn’t get much better than this.’’

London Irish winger Justin Bishop is aiming to push himself into the Six Nations frame over the Festive season.

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