Al Hoenig (a.k.a. Big-Al - whose first London Irish match was our first home game at the Madejski Stadium) takes a look back at our first season at the Madejski Stadium. Saturday 2nd September 2000, 3pm – London Irish take on Saracens at the Madejski Stadium in Reading, the start of the Exiles 20 year … Continue reading The Madejski Era – The Early Years (to 2001)
London Irish – The Madejski Era
Over to course of our final season at the Madejski Stadium, we plan to publish a series of articles covering the highs (& lows) of our time in Reading. We have a couple of items covering our first couple of years at the Madejski ready to publish, but we need your help to keep the … Continue reading London Irish – The Madejski Era
Exclusive Interview: Tom Parton
We’re back! The new season begins this weekend so what better time to check in with the team and see how they’re getting on? We thought we’d start with a player who is probably more eager than most to get underway, so read on for our chat with electric full back Tom Parton! It’s been … Continue reading Exclusive Interview: Tom Parton
LISC Travel Guides 2019-20
We have been working on our match by match travel guides for the forthcoming season. Check Al’s Travel Guide for our general travel advice and detailed travel information for away matches. We currently have information added for matches up to the European Challenge Cup trip to Scarlets on Saturday 16th November. We will try to … Continue reading LISC Travel Guides 2019-20
Checking In On Pre-Season With Franco van der Merwe
Yeah, we know, the fixtures launch was a while back and this interview should have gone up ages ago… what can we say, we had a bit of time off to enjoy the summer sunshine. Now though the season is looming ever closer so we’re back with @RugbyLI to bring you their chat with Franco … Continue reading Checking In On Pre-Season With Franco van der Merwe
Looking Ahead – Talking about the upcoming season with Les Kiss
If you were following the Fixtures Launch last week you’ll have seen Les Kiss was there to talk about the challenge ahead for the club. @RugbyLI sat down with Les at BT Tower to understand how he felt about the fixtures, his time in the Championship and the future of the club. So Les, we’ve … Continue reading Looking Ahead – Talking about the upcoming season with Les Kiss
At The Premiership Fixtures Launch – Chatting With Martin Bayfield
Our friends at #RugbyUnited were invited to attend the Premiership Rugby fixtures launch on Wednesday so Matt Merritt put on his @RugbyLI hat and went along to find out who we’d be facing when in the coming season. While there he managed to grab a quick chat with BT Sport favourite Martin Bayfield and find … Continue reading At The Premiership Fixtures Launch – Chatting With Martin Bayfield
Exclusive Interview: Harry Elrington
While it has undoubtedly been a good season for London Irish, with only a couple of games resulting in a loss and the team putting on some dominant displays toward the end of the league campaign, not every player can be involved week in and week out. We caught up with Harry Elrington to chat … Continue reading Exclusive Interview: Harry Elrington