• London Irish 25-32 HarlequinsIt will be no consolation to London Irish that this has been the most demanding of all Premiership seasons. Worse teams than Irish possess avoided the drop but,ultimately, the table cannot disguise the brutal truth. Following their 17th defeat in 21 games the Exiles possess been exiled to the Championship for the first time in the professional era.
There has been a sense of inevitability for months but, and according to their director of rugby,Tom Coventry, the Irish dressing room was still a morgue” following their inability, or not for the first time,to shut out a crucial game they could easily possess won. “It’s a sad day for the club in so many respects,” Coventry said. “It’s a tough site to be. We’ve improved from the first five or six games when we were getting trounced but … ultimately we haven’t been good enough, and disciplined enough,strong enough or shown the rugby maturity you need to win big games.”Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com