European Club Rugby : London Irish v Brive

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London Irish v Brive

London Irish	34 - 13	Brive
Madejski Stadium, Reading Att: 9,275
Referee: James Jones
Saturday 19th December 2009, 15:00
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Tom Homer scores for Irish

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Match report

London Irish saw off the threat of Brive with a 21-point win at the Madejski Stadium on Saturday, and kept themselves firmly in the mix for a final eight spot.

Their 34-21 victory was sweetened with a bonus-point try from Delon Armitage in the 80th minute. It means fifteen points from four matches played and momentum afterr completing the double over Brive.

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London Irish

Brive

Pos

Player

Pos

Peter Hewat

Nicolas Jeanjean

Tom Homer

Ronnie Cooke

Elvis Seveali'i

Jamie Noon

Seilala Mapusua

Lachlan Mackay

John Rudd

Guillaume Namy

Chris Malone

Luciano Orquera

Alfredo Lalanne

Jean-Baptiste Pejoine

Clarke Dermody

Davit Kinchagishvili

David Paice

Steve Thompson

Paulica Ion

Scott Zimmermann

Nick Kennedy

Retief Uys

Bob Casey (capt)

Damien Browne

Richard Thorpe

Vincent Forgues

Steffon Armitage

Simon Azoulai (capt)

Chris Hala'Ufia

Fabien Domingo

Replacements

Danie Coetzee

Pablo Henn

Dan Murphy

Pascal Idieder

Faan Rautenbach

Thibault Dubarry

Kieran Roche

Antoine Claassen

George Stowers

Shaun Perry

Delon Armitage

Horacio Agulla

Jamie Lennard

Scott Spedding

Ryan Lamb

Pat Barnard

Penalty Tries

First half timeline
9	London Irish	Try - T Homer
10	London Irish	Conversion - C Malone
12	Brive	Penalty kick - L Orquera
12	Brive	Substitution - P Barnard on for S Zimmermann
14	Brive	Penalty kick - L Orquera
16	London Irish	Penalty kick - C Malone
29	London Irish	Penalty kick - C Malone
33	Brive	Yellow card - R Uys
34	London Irish	Try - S Mapusua
35	London Irish	Conversion - C Malone
Second half timeline
41	Brive	Substitution - S Perry on for J Pejoine
41	Brive	Substitution - P Henn on for D Kinchagishvili
52	Brive	Yellow card - P Barnard
53	London Irish	Substitution - G Stowers on for C Hala'Ufia
53	London Irish	Substitution - D Murphy on for P Ion
54	Brive	Yellow card - J Noon
55	Brive	Substitution - P Idieder on for F Domingo
56	Brive	Substitution - S Spedding on for N Jeanjean
59	London Irish	Try - E Seveali'i
60	London Irish	Conversion - C Malone
60	London Irish	Substitution - D Coetzee on for D Paice
61	Brive	Substitution - F Domingo on for P Idieder
63	Brive	Substitution - T Dubarry on for D Browne
64	London Irish	Substitution - K Roche on for S Armitage
64	London Irish	Substitution - R Lamb on for C Malone
66	London Irish	Substitution - D Armitage on for J Rudd
67	London Irish	Substitution - F Rautenbach on for C Dermody
67	London Irish	Substitution - J Lennard on for E Seveali'i
73	Brive	Yellow card - S Spedding
77	Brive	Try - G Namy
78	Brive	Conversion - L Orquera
80	London Irish	Try - D Armitage
80	London Irish	Conversion - R Lamb

Results so far

London Irish

Date	Stage	Opposition	Score
23/1/10	Pool 6	Leinster	D 11-11
17/1/10	Pool 6	Scarlets	L 22-31
19/12/09	Pool 6	Brive	W 34-13
12/12/09	Pool 6	Brive	W 36-3
17/10/09	Pool 6	Scarlets	L 25-27
9/10/09	Pool 6	Leinster	W 12-9

Brive

Date	Stage	Opposition	Score
23/1/10	Pool 6	Scarlets	L 17-20
16/1/10	Pool 6	Leinster	L 10-27
19/12/09	Pool 6	London Irish	L 13-34
12/12/09	Pool 6	London Irish	L 3-36
17/10/09	Pool 6	Leinster	L 13-36
10/10/09	Pool 6	Scarlets	L 12-24

Previous Heineken Cup meetings

Date	Stage	Home	Score	Away
Sat 19th Dec 09	Pool 6	London Irish	34 - 13	Brive
Sat 12th Dec 09	Pool 6	Brive	3 - 36	London Irish

Heineken CupHistory

London Irish

2009/10 - Pool 6

2007/08 - Semi Finals

2006/07 - Pool 5

2002/03 - Pool 5

Brive

2009/10 - Pool 6

1997/98 - Runners up

1996/97 - Champions

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