Tweets by LiRFC. RugbyPass brings you the opening episode of season five of The Rugby Pod fronted by Andy Goode and Jim Hamilton, O'Brien named skipper as London Irish select team to take on Bath, Watch the Heineken Cup, Gallagher Premiership, and Mitre 10 Cup LIVE, Simone relishing Goodhue's Bledisloe reunion. It was March when the back row finally shook off the long-term injury that ruled him out of Ireland World Cup contention, taking his place in the Exiles XV that was badly hammered at high-flying Sale. On 30 May 2003 Digger won the "Best Mascot" award in Premiership Rugby at the Premier Rugby Marketing Awards. Allan Dell Prop. [11], On 23 April 2006, Digger ran the London Marathon raising money for Spinal Research. He has an important job in providing support to the Club. Australia international Nick Phipps partners former Ireland international Paddy Jackson in the half-backs, and Terrence Hepetema and Curtis Rona renew their partnership in the centres. The home of London Irish on BBC Sport online. The club played its home games at the Madejski Stadium in Reading, Berkshire for 20 years. The crowd of 23,790 was also the highest attendance for a regular season Premiership Rugby match[5] until December 2008. The biggest team news for Bath is that England scrumhalf and new signing Ben Spencer will make his debut for the club as he starts in the 9 jersey. RugbyPass is the premier destination for rugby fans across the globe, with the best news, analysis, shows, highlights, podcasts, documentaries, live match & player stats, live blog feeds, and in some territories live streaming of the world's greatest rugby tournaments all in HD. This page was last edited on 14 September 2020, at 21:10. It has competed in the Premiership, the top division of English rugby union, every season since its inception in 1996–97, apart from the 2016–17 and 2018–19 seasons, in which the club competed in the RFU Championship, winning the league both times. @SeanOBrien1987 named captain for the first time ? Read about our approach to external linking. [6], On 15 August 2016, the club announced its intention to return to London and that it was in formal discussions with Hounslow London Borough Council to play at Brentford FC's new stadium. The club's mascot is an Irish Wolfhound character called Digger. While playing in the Championship, in 2016–17 and 2018–19, Irish also played in the British and Irish Cup and its successor the RFU Championship Cup respectively.

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