Llanelli survive rousing London Irish comeback

LLANELLI survived a rousing second-half fightback from London Irish to open their Heineken Cup campaign with a maximum five-point haul at the Madejski Stadium.

Dafydd Jones, Simon Easterby, Iestyn Thomas and Mark Jones crossed to leave the Exiles looking dead and buried heading into the final quarter.

But Irish ran in three quickfire tries through Phil Murphy, Seilala Mapusa and Delon Armitage as Llanelli took their foot off the pedal to blow the match wide open.