London Irish

Wasps maintained their scintillating recent form with a 33-15 victory over London Irish in the second clash of the Twickenham double header in London.

London Irish certainly had a busy off season, with a new coaching team and 13 new players. One signing who has already made a big impression is English lock, Matt Symons.

The London Double Header has been a firm fixture in the Aviva Premier-ship calendar since 2004 and has consistently been decided by dramatic game changing moments.

New Zealand World Cup winner Ben Franks and Samoa captain Ofisa Treiviranus have been named in London Irish's squad to play Grenoble in their European Challenge Cup clash tomorrow (21st November).

European Rugby Challenge Cup champions Gloucester began their defence with a 23-10 win over Zebre while elsewhere London Irish beat Agen, Cardiff Blues thrashed Calvisano, Worcester beat La Rochelle and Connacht beat Enisei-STM.

Bath began life after Sam Burgess with a thumping 45-14 win at London Irish.

London Irish head coach Tom Coventry has made five changes to the side ahead of the Aviva Premiership visit of Bath to the Madejski Stadium.

Three more clubs have gone public to reveal they were not investigated for potential breaches of the Aviva Premiership salary cap.

London Irish will play their Aviva Premiership home game against Saracens this season in New York.

Exeter took maximum points in their opening home Aviva Premiership game of the season as they defeated London Irish 38-11 to move up to second in the table.

London Irish, under the tutelage of new Head Coach Tom Coventry, succumbed to a 16 - 28 loss in their opening game of the season versus Leicester Tigers.

Leicester coach Richard Cockerill acknowledged the significant contribution of Tommy Bell after the Tigers' 28-16 win at London Irish in their Aviva Premiership opener.

The 2015/16 Aviva Premiership season is almost upon us, following hot in the footsteps of one of the most compelling and entertaining seasons in the competition’s history.

Scotland have brought London Irish flanker Blair Cowan into their World Cup squad as a replacement for lock Grant Gilchrist who has been ruled out for the rest of the tournament.

Former England fly-half Andy Goode has called time on his professional rugby career due to injuries.

London Irish have seen considerable change over the off season. A new coaching set up led by Tom Coventry, formerly of Super Rugby franchise the Chiefs, has been bought in and on the pitch there has been some serious spending.

The Singha 7s competition advances to its second leg on Thursday when Kingsholm will play host to Gloucester, Bath, Exeter Chiefs and London Irish, as all four clubs bid to make the tournament’s showpiece final at the Twickenham Stoop.

Up and down the country, preseason training has already begun for the Aviva Premiership teams ahead of the 2015/16 season.

It may often get overlooked in comparison to the Aviva Premiership, but the Greene King IPA Championship has just enjoyed one of its best seasons to date, with the level of performance in the league as high as it has ever been.

London Irish have appointed former Exiles player and Ireland international Bob Casey as the club's new chief executive as part of a senior management overhaul.