London Irish have revealed winger Scott Staniforth is to leave the Madejski Stadium and return to his native Australia because of a “pressing family health matter”.

London Irish 64 Overmach Parma 0

Glasgow squandered 16 points worth of goal attempts to hand Leinster the clear-cut victory they craved to keep alive their quest to squeeze into the Heineken Cup quarter-finals at Hughenden.

A 78th-minute penalty try, converted by replacement fly-half Shane Drahm, gave Worcester a hard-fought late away victory over London Irish in the Guinness Premiership.

Leeds Tykes 15 London Irish 6

Leeds Tykes put their woeful Zurich Premiership form to one side with a deserved win over London Irish in the Powergen Cup semi-final.

Champions Wasps powered home three second-half tries to sink London Irish today in the Zurich Premiership.

Saracens 12 London Irish 30

London Irish has announced the following team for its Zurich Premiership away match against Leeds Tykes tomorrow, kick-off 8pm at Headingley Stadium, Leeds:

SARACENS coach Steve Diamond last night criticised Glen Jackson after the Kiwi fly-half’s woeful kicking cost his club a place in the Powergen Cup semi-finals.

London Irish ended an 11-month wait for a Zurich Premiership win at their Madejski Stadium home against Saracens.

Connacht 16 London Irish 24

Matt Williams today described Scotland’s performance in their 33-15 defeat to a shadow NSW Waratahs side as the most disappointing of his time in charge.

NSW Waratahs 33 Scotland 15

NSW Country 10 Scotland 48

London Irish today followed up the signing of England World Cup star Mike Catt by recruiting two more international players.

Scotland 15 Barbarians 24

World Champions Australia will fly home later today with coach Eddie Jones insisting that they will take positives from a disappointing European tour.

Sheffield Wednesday’s promising young defender Tom Staniforth has died after collapsing on a night out in York city centre with friends.