London Irish

London Irish have confirmed that nine players are leaving the club following the end of the 2014/15 season with eight on the lookout for new clubs.

Last week saw Stuart Lancaster select his provisional 50 man World Cup training squad, and with it he proved that he stuck by his principles of not selecting players plying their trade outside of England.

London Irish have announced that one of their Aviva Premiership fixtures next season could be played overseas.

Sale have announced the signing of New Zealand international lock Bryn Evans on a two-year contract.

Greig Laidlaw kicked 20 points in a man-of-the-match performance on Saturday afternoon as Gloucester beat London Irish 35 – 13 at Kingsholm in the penultimate round of the Aviva Premiership.

Richard Palframan will make his first Aviva Premiership start this weekend as one of Glenn Delaney’s four changes to his starting line up to face Sale Sharks on Sunday 12th April at the Madejski Stadium.

London Irish has bolstered its options at hooker for next season with the signing of Tom Cruse from Rotherham Titans.

London Irish v Edinburgh in the European Challenge Cup quarter finals threw up a tasty clash at nine. Throughout the years Scotland have had a plethora of quality at scrum half, and this game saw two bright Scottish scrum half prospects line up opposite each other.

London Irish head coach Glenn Delaney was left to rue what might have been after his side lost a dramatic Challenge Cup quarter-final to Edinburgh at the Madejski Stadium.

We follow on from our look at the academies of Bath, Exeter Chiefs and Gloucester, by examining the next set of Aviva Premiership teams; Harlequins, Leicester Tigers and London Irish.

David Sisi will rejoin former club London Irish on a season-long loan from Bath this summer.

The Rugby World Cup produces heroes; whether you follow rugby or not, names like Wilkinson and Lomu resonate. The wingers and fly-halves seem to take the glory.

Leicester moved up to sixth spot in the Premiership with an unconvincing 12-6 win over London Irish in a dreadful game at the Madejski Stadium.

Wasps have announced veteran fly-half Andy Goode will move to London Irish next season.

Aviva Premiership title contenders Bath have announced the signing of London Irish back Tom Homer.

London Irish have announced the signing of flanker Joe Trayfoot from their Aviva Premiership rivals Harlequins.

Scarlets broke their LV= Cup duck by coming from behind to beat London Irish 27-18 at Parc y Scarlets.

London Irish have continued their recruitment drive with the signing of scrum-half Brendan McKibbin on a two-year deal from Super Rugby champions the Waratahs.

Bath are poised to complete the signing of Tom Homer after London Irish confirmed the full-back will leave the Madejski Stadium club this summer.

British and Irish Lions full-back Sean Maitland will leave Glasgow Warriors for London Irish this summer.