Rugby: London Irish win Powergen Cup

Northampton 7 London Irish 38

London Irish collected the Powergen Cup with an awesome destruction of favourites Northampton at Twickenham this afternoon.

Geoff Appleford and Justin Bishop bagged a brace apiece, with Michael Horak also scoring in the five-try romp as Irish collected the first trophy in their history and sent sorry Saints spinning to their third successive final defeat.