Patric Coote
Robert Collis
Francis Hodder
On this day in 1931 London Irish played Young Munsters at Markets Field, Limerick.
Tries from Thomas King (2), J. Savage & Patric Coote (3) plus conversions from Robert Collis & Francis Hodder gave Irish a 6-22 victory.
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On the same afternoon London Irish’s Mark McCall, Malcolm O’Kelly & David Humphreys (sub), played for Ireland v England at Twickenham in the 5 Nations.
England won the match 35-17.
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On this day 1987 London Irish’s Hugo MacNeill played for Ireland v Wales at Cardiff Arms Park in the 5 Nations.
Ireland won the match 11-15.
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On this day 1994 London Irish’s Ray Hennessy played for the Barbarians v Swansea at St. Helens.
Swansea won the match 41-31.
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On this day 1958 London Irish’s Andy Milligan played in the Annual Good Friday match for the Barbarians v Penarth at the Athletic Ground.
The Barbarians won the match 5-6.
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On this day 1980 London Irish’s John O’Driscoll played in the traditional Good Friday match for the Barbarians v Penarth at the Athletic Ground.
Penarth won the match 29-22.
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On this day 2009 London Irish played Bristol at the Madejski in a Guinness Premiership match.
Tries from Adam Thompstone (2), Paul Hodgson, Nick Kennedy (2) & Steffon Armitage plus a conversion from Delon Armitage & 2 penalties gave Irish a 38-21 victory.
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On this day 1998 London Irish’s Kieran Campbell played for Ireland U19’s v USA U19’s in Lombez in a IRB FIRA World Youth Championship match.
Ireland won the match 47-13.
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On this day 1999 London Irish’s Declan Danaher played for Ireland U19’s v South Africa U19’s at Stradey Park in the 3/4 play-off match of the IRB FIRA Under 19 World Youth Championship.
The young Springboks won the match 27-20.
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Brian McQuirk
Tommy Headon
On this day 1948 London Irish played Nottingham at Beeston in a club match.
Tries from Brian McGuirk & Tommy Headon gave Irish a 3-6 victory.
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On this day 1971 London Irish played Old Merchant Taylor’s in a club match at the Avenue.
Tries from Des McQuaid, Alan Scott, Tony Laffan & Liam McCarthy plus a conversion & penalty from Billy Doyle gave Irish a 17-6 victory.
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On this day 2006 after a decade at London Irish, Kieron Dawson announced that he had signed for Ulster.
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On this day 1956 London Irish’s Tom Reid played for the Barbarians v Newport at Rodney Parade.
Newport won the match 14-3.
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On this day 1961 London Irish’s Andy Milligan played for the Barbarians v Swansea at St. Helens.
Swansea won the match 8-0.
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On the same afternoon London Irish Wild Geese played KCS Old Boys at Arthur Road in a London & South East Division 1 (S) match.
Unfortunately the Geese lost 19-15.
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On this day 2022 London Irish Ladies played Guildford Gazells at the Broadwater Pavilion in a Women’s Championship South West 2 match.
The Emeralds won the match 5-69.
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Dennis Patrick Kelly
Gilbert Michael Archer
On this day 1949 London Irish played Nottingham in a club match at Beeston.
Tries from C.M. Samuel, Dennis Kelly & Con Griffin plus a conversion & a penalty from Gilbert Archer gave Irish a 6-17 away victory.
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Larry L’Estrange
Mick Byrne
On this day 1963 London Irish played Old Millhillians in a club match at the Avenue.
Tries from J. McNamee, Brian Mooney & Larry L’Estrange plus conversions from T. Tranter & Mick Byrne gave Irish a 16-3 victory.
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William Finbarr O’Connell
T.W. West
On this day 1925 London Irish’s William O’Connell & T.W. West played for the Civil Service v the Police of England & Wales at Rodney Parade, Newport.
Unfortunately they were on the losing side with the Police XV winning 11-19.
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Born on this day 1994 in Dulwich, Max Northcote-Green.
Max played for London Irish between 2016-2020 making 44 appearances and scoring 7 tries.
Happy birthday Max.
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On this day 2000 London Irish’s Kieron Dawson played for Ireland v Wales at Lansdowne Road in the 6 Nations.
Unfortunately he was on the losing side with Wales winning the match 19-23.
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Born on this day 1986 in Auckland, Daniel Russell Bowden.
Dan played for London Irish between 2010-2011 making 53 appearances and scoring 4 tries.
Happy birthday Dan.
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Born in this day 1987 in Dublin, Ian James Keatley.
Ian made 7 appearances for London Irish in 2019 scoring 67 points.
He was capped 7 times by Ireland.
Happy birthday Ian.
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On this day 1963 a London Irish side played in the annual Sevenoaks Rugby Sevens competition at Knole Paddock.
Irish made the Final but lost to Sidcup 0-16.
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On this day 1951 London Irish played Nottingham at Beeston in a club match.
A try from R.J. Moore and a penalty try converted by W. Pedlow gave Irish a 0-8 victory.
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On this day 2019 London Irish played Cornish Pirates at the Mennaye in a Greene King IPA Championship match.
Tries from Tom Stephenson (2), Ben Meehan (2) & Ben Loader plus 5 conversions from Ian Keatley gave Irish a bonus point 7-35 victory.
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Born on this day 1992 in Brisbane, Ben Tollis.
Ben played 2 games on loan for London Irish in 2014.
He was capped 30 times by Scotland.
Happy birthday Ben.
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On this day 2003 London Irish’s Justin Bishop played for Ireland v England at Lansdowne Road.
It was a game he gets reminded off thanks to a certain tackle from Johnny Wilkinson.
Ireland lost the match 6-42.
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On this day 1959 London Irish’s Andy Mulligan played for the Barbarians v Swansea at St Helen’s.
The Barbarians won the match 11-18.
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On this day 1956 (Good Friday) London Irish’s Tom Reid played for the Barbarians v Penarth at the Athletic Field.
The Barbarians won the match 3-9.
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