Exiles won’t lose their ambition, vows coach

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.

Mon, 28 Apr, 2008 - 01:00

Wingers Topsy Ojo and Sailosi Tagicakibau plundered tries in each half for the exiles but Toulouse’s vast European experience ultimately proved decisive.

Irish, playing in the tournament’s knockout stages for the first time, surpassed all expectations to reach the semis and Booth vowed they would be back.

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Courts Rugby Place: London Place: New Zealand Place: South Africa Place: Perugini Place: Ireland Person: Toby Booth Person: Topsy Ojo Person: Sailosi Tagicakibau Person: Booth Person: Manu Ahotaeiloa Person: William Servat Person: Jean-Baptiste Elissalde Person: Brian Smith Person: Ojo Person: Smith Person: Topsy Person: Martin Johnson Person: Bob Casey Person: Tagicakibau Person: Hewat Person: Richards Person: Mapusua Person: Geraghty Person: Hodgson Person: D. Murphy Person: Paice Person: Rautembach Person: Kennedy Person: Casey Person: Danaher Person: S. Armitage Person: P. Murphy Person: Lea’aetoa Person: Leguizamon Person: Ahotaeiloa Person: Servat Person: Heymans Person: Medard Person: Jauzion Person: Donguy Person: Elissalde Person: Kelleher Person: Human Person: Perugini Person: Pelous Person: Albacete Person: Bouihlou Person: Nyanga Person: Hasan Person: Millochlusky Person: Lamboley Person: Dusatoir Person: Alan Lewis Event: Heineken Cup Organisation: Toulouse Organisation: England Organisation: Elissalde

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