Monday 15th May, 2006
Irish Fall Prey to Rampaging Tigers - LI (8 - 40) Tigers
Welfare Road felt like a cauldron, and the fecking superb Tigers fed off it like their animal kingdom namesakes, feasting on a friggin’ slaughtered corpse. They were hunting in packs, and completely dominated in all areas of the field...
Monday 8th May, 2006
Saracens Fez’ed by Davey - LI (30 - 18) Sarries
London Irish took the fecking spoils in a pulsating game at the Madstad to ensure third place and a semi-final berth against the fecking Cheaters. In truth, this is a game that the Sorries may feel they should have won...
Monday 1st May, 2006
Fantasy Rugby at the Causeway - LI (56 - 37) Wasps
In fecking years from now, London Irish fans will claim attendance at this friggin awesome game. All those that made it will live off this victory for a fair friggin while yet, and those that watched on the box will have similar...
Wednesday 26th Apr, 2006
ECC Falcons Match Report - LI (27 - 22) Falcons
I had been looking forward to this match for a while, not because of the occasion because I truly believe the ECC is a shite competition and should be scrapped. No, I wanted to visit Squeakston Park 'cos I ain’t been there yet...
Monday 17th Apr, 2006
Fighting Tykes Live to Fight One More Day - LI (28 - 24) Tykes
Just over 8,000 souls made their way to the Madstad on the Easter Bank holiday weekend with perfect conditions for running rugby. Seven tries, two yellow and one red card together with some fecking awesome rugby filled...
Monday 10th Apr, 2006
Barnes Delivers a Bouncing Bomb - LI (12 - 10) Wuss
This was billed as a game that will offer flair, imagination and attacking rugby. Well, the overall piece was a fecking long shot shy of this, with a visit to a slaughterhouse on the Malvern’s offering...
Sunday 26th Mar, 2006
London Irish Left Kicking Themselves - LI (21 - 29) Sale
Another friggin’ St Paddy’s Day disappointment for the crowd of a gnat’s foreskin short of 20,000, as the leaders performed a smash and grab type fecking to stretch their lead at the summit to 9 points...
Tuesday 14th Mar, 2006
West Country Slammed - LI (21 - 20) Bristol
What would have been the odds at the start of this season on slamming the West Country lads? Six games and six wins have gifted the exiles a triple-double during a season that the fecking pundits predicted a fall...
Monday 27th Feb, 2006
No Substitute for Paice!!!! - LI (30 - 3) Saints
Feck me lads, 10 points from two games after back to back try bonus wins; nine tries in the ‘For’ column, three of which from Super Topsy and 4th now gained. Where the hell can we go from here now? In two weeks time, another...
Monday 20th Feb, 2006
The Power of Three Wreck the Hoodoo - LI (33 - 28) Bath
Well feck me, what a result, and one beyond my wildest dreams. Nothing can beat raw pace, and the back three exiles proved this to help Irish to a huge 5 points in the pursuit of a top four finish...
Monday 13th Feb, 2006
Walder Walnut be Moved - LI (6 - 9) Falcons
A crowd of nearly 10,000 souls braved the weather and turned their backs on the events at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, and by feck they had wished they hadn’t...
Monday 30th Jan, 2006
Not so Castle Grim - LI (13 - 9) Glaws
Nearly 12,000 souls crammed into Kingsholm on a sun drench, but cold Saturday afternoon to witness a battle to warm the heart, well as far as Irish are concerned. In truth, this was an ugly game of rugby, but the exiles shouldn’t...
Monday 23rd Jan, 2006
No Prey, No Pay, No Pau - LI (75 - 12) Pau
Alors ! Eh bien, je is tres honoured to be asked to write ze match report for ze glorious Pau against le ros bif. I haf to say ze bif were tres lucky to win ze game and in ze end it was close run thing between two equal sizes of teams...
Tuesday 10th Jan, 2006
Tigers Just Too Goode - LI (25 - 28) Tigers
Yeah, man, this was truly a fecking chilled day in the Madstad, as the too cool for school fecker won this for the visitors. The Goode dude weighed in with a frickin’ awesome 23 points from the boot, a few of the penalties though...
Tuesday 3rd Jan, 2006
Pests Hand Exiles a Rugby Tutorial - LI (19 - 35) Wasps
Over 18,000 punters ensured that the biggest gate outside of Twickenham was achieved for this London Derby on the last day of 2005. It was also personal celebrations as both Edwards and Strudwick lead out the side...
Wednesday 28th Dec, 2005
Sorry Sarries - LI (20 - 19) Saracens
Another league away day in Watford, another 4 points and another fecking hangover to continue the festive period, but oh it was a sphincter twitcher to claim the spoils and leave all that...
Saturday 26th Nov, 2005
Friday Night Mayhem for 4 Try Tigers - LI (3 - 35) Tigers
With twenty or so first team squad members out through injury, international call-ups and an ABH suspension, a few tiger’s fans had bleated all week about fairness of playing such games through the international period. Quoting...
Monday 21st Nov, 2005
Barry Puts Boot into Glaws - LI (25 - 10) Glaws
Barry Everitt, making his 100th premiership appearance, gave Gloucester Rugby a fecking good kicking. His haul of 20 points saw London Irish claim the spoils and propel them to the lofty heights of 3rd in the table...
Sunday 13th Nov, 2005
Barry Puts Boot into Falcons - LI (23 - 20) Falcons
Barry Everitt, the kicking machine, came off the intended bench spot to claim a fantastic win for London Irish. On a Friday night in the Northeast, in front of a sell out crowd, The Boot proved he has more to his game by supplying...
Monday 7th Nov, 2005
Bath time For the Catt, as Bish makes 150 - LI (36 - 13) Bath
An inspired leader of men and battling against his former employers pushed Mike Catt towards the legend status of this fine club. From the start and all the way into the early evening, he conspired to bring down the West Country lads...
Tuesday 1st Oct, 2005
Veni, Vidi, sed non Vici - LI (64 - 0) Parma
Overmach Parma came, and were seen and conquered by London Irish, on a day which had threatened a deluge of rain but gave us a deluge of tries instead, ten of them in all. Conditions were a mite damp underfoot, evidenced by...
Monday 17th Oct, 2005
King Carlos sent on a merry dance by a magic flute - LI (23 - 25) Saints
But it was for a losing bonus point in the end. Ben Cohen, as mentioned in the preview, hit form and finally crossed the line at 11:45pm last night to break Irish hearts....
Tuesday 4th Oct, 2005
Insects Swat London Irish - LI (26-30) Wasps
Two tries from the Irish contingent and a drop goal for the London Pests was enough to grab the result and headlines in this epic battle of the Not-Nots. The plastic insects just about deserved the win after being dominated ...
Sunday 25th Sep, 2005
Brizzle Bassed Off - LI (24-22) Bristol
Saturday rugby in September returned to Reading for this crucial home Guinness premiership game to the new boys of the league. The 3Gs was rammed with punters awaiting the departure of the shuttle buses, by partaking...
Tuesday 6th Sep, 2005
Magne's Backgarden: Twickers to us - LI (27 - 11) Tykes
On a steaming hot day, September 2005, the Odd-Shaped crew set sail for the sweet cove of HQ. The start of every season is always full of expectation and excitement, no more shown by Baldrick, the 3G’s manager...
