Saracens 16 London Irish 13

LONDON IRISH coach Toby Booth felt his side squandered a golden opportunity to reach their first Heineken Cup final with Saturday’s 21-15 defeat by Toulouse.

London Irish 15 Toulouse 21

London Irish 10 Toulouse 15

ENGLAND scrum-half Paul Hodgson believes London Irish have developed a taste for centre stage that is fuelling their surprise Heineken Cup assault.

London Irish 20 Perpignan 9

Treviso 11 London Irish 24

London Irish 41 Dragons 24

Perpignan 23 London Irish 6

LONDON IRISH director of rugby Brian Smith described Mike Catt as a “special player”, after the England veteran defied a back problem to help the Exiles to a 24-16 Heineken Cup victory over Perpignan yesterday.

London Irish 24 Perpignan 16

Newport Gwent Dragons 17 London Irish 45

Peter Hewat has been granted a release from the NSW Waratahs and will join London Irish at the end of the inaugural Mazda Australian Rugby Championships in October.

NSW Waratahs utility back Peter Hewat could be closing in on his dream of winning his first cap for Australia.

NSW Waratahs 33 Scotland 15