London Irish move off bottom of Gallagher Premiership table with victory over Newcastle; Gloucester end losing streak with victory over Northampton Saints; Bristol and Leicester Tigers play out draw
Last Updated: 03/12/22 10:52pm
Lucio Cinti Luna of London Irish celebrates with Ben Loader (l) and Joe Powell
Dave Walder felt Newcastle failed to get the basics right as they fell to a 39-17 defeat against London Irish at Gtech Community Stadium on Saturday.
Falcons had recorded back-to-back Gallagher Premiership wins with victories over Exeter and Gloucester in recent weeks, but James Stokes scored to give the visitors the worst possible start.Mateo Carreras struck back shortly afterwards, but Paddy Jackson kicked Irish into a six-point lead at the break. Brett Connon’s penalty and Guy Pepper’s try put Falcons in front after half-time, before scores from Jackson, Adam Coleman and a Lucio Cinti double wrapped up the win for Irish. Twitter Due to your consent preferences, you’re not able to view this Privacy Options London Irish director of rugby Declan Kidney admitted: “The score probably does Newcastle a bit of an injustice, but you know we stuck at it until the end. We know that there is still so much room for improvement.”I think that sport is a microcosm of life, there is no point in getting down on yourself, you have to work your way through it.”Newcastle have been scoring for fun, haven’t they, so to be able to hold them to two tries was a really pleasing aspect of the performance tonight and it was also massive in terms of the outcome of the game.”The bonus-point was good, we never take that part of our game for granted, and we do a lot of work on that. We managed to take our opportunities when they came our way.”The important part of the last couple of weeks is that we have been learning to win, and it’s a new competition next week with new challenges.” Twitter Due to …