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
Exclusive Interview: Conor Gilsenan
When arguably your biggest signing announcement is an Irish back row, who better to talk to about how he’ll suit our team than our current Irish openside? @RugbyLI caught up with Conor Gilsenan to chat about how the season went for him, what he thinks Sean O’Brien will bring to the team and a little … Continue reading Exclusive Interview: Conor Gilsenan
Exclusive Interview: Franco van der Merwe
In the latest instalment of our end of season interviews Matt Merritt catches up with one of the veteran members of the London Irish team as he gets Franco van der Merwe’s opinion on the season, the goals for the team and how well South Africa will do at the World Cup. So how … Continue reading Exclusive Interview: Franco van der Merwe
Exclusive Interview: TJ Ioane
Sometimes the most exciting signings are the ones that come out of nowhere and it was certainly the case for us as London Irish fans when, in late July, the club announced the signing of Samoan international TJ Ioane, a hard runner who isn’t afraid to lay some big hits too, he quickly became a … Continue reading Exclusive Interview: TJ Ioane
Exclusive Interview: Max Northcote-Green
We’re back with the second in a series of interviews conducted just before the end of last season. This time round @RugbyLI catch up with Max Northcote-Green to talk about coping with injuries, our stock of back row options and what to expect next season. Hey Max, how’re you doing? Not too bad, looking … Continue reading Exclusive Interview: Max Northcote-Green
Exclusive Interview: Luke McLean
The boys are back in training after a long break, with some new faces in attendance and a few old friends moving on elsewhere. Before the team went off on their holidays Matt Merritt went to Hazelwood to speak with some of the squad about how the season went and their expectations for the future. … Continue reading Exclusive Interview: Luke McLean
Exclusive Interview: Gordon Reid
We’re approaching the end of the rugby season and we’ve loved bringing you all a little closer to the players this year with our interview series. As this could be our last full interview we wanted to finish with a flourish and chat to one of the biggest characters in the team! Gordon Reid spoke … Continue reading Exclusive Interview: Gordon Reid
Exclusive Interview: Matt Williams
With a big win over Hartpury last weekend and a potentially season defining game on Friday, we wanted to make our next @RugbyLI interview a special one and so we dialled up one of the breakout stars of the season and a member of our ever-impressive senior academy. Matt Williams has been exceptional in his … Continue reading Exclusive Interview: Matt Williams
Exclusive Interview: Dave Porecki
With the season heading into the home stretch we decided to get back to basics with our interviews and chat with one of our hard-grafting front row lads. He’s one of the team’s top try scorers this season, though he’ll tell you others do all the hard work and he’s always an exciting player to … Continue reading Exclusive Interview: Dave Porecki
Exclusive Interview: Jacob Atkins
One of the undoubted success stories of this season when we look back in years to come will be the amount of opportunities coaches have given to academy players to make their mark on the team. Perhaps the best example is the seamless addition of Jacob Atkins to our depth of options at fly half, … Continue reading Exclusive Interview: Jacob Atkins
