Wilkinson piles on the agony for Exiles

JONNY Wilkinson inflicted more misery on London Irish as he guided Toulon to a Heineken Cup victory at the Madejski Stadium in Munster’s Pool Three.

The England fly-half kicked four penalties and a conversion to Rudi Wulf’s brilliantly executed try as Toulon condemned Irish to a sixth straight defeat. Toby Booth’s side had reduced the arrears to 13-10 with a try from Delon Armitage and a Ryan Lamb penalty but in the end they had to settle for a losing bonus point.

Irish are not out of the qualification hunt yet – but they will need to end their losing run in the south of France next weekend, which will be a tall order.