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Live Commentary
Time:80'- London Irish
- Leicester Tigers
80' Catt chips ahead, Murphy gathers. Tigers set up ruck and Dupuy chips. Delon calls mark but madly kicks ahead! Tigers have ball and are counting down the clock. Dupuy finds touch and Tigers are the champions! 10-9. Exiles will rue missed kicks and scoring chances late in first half. Thanks for joining us.
79' Poor pass from Mapusua and Smith hacks into touch. One last effort from Exiles but they are on their 22 and will need to go 70m!- 78' Tigers penalised for not releasing. Life line for the Exiles. Catt needs to find a good touch, which he does. Last chance for Exiles maybe.
- 77' Tigers pinch lineout and hammer the Exiles line. Kayser and Crane lead the charge as Tigers run down the clock.
- 76' Penalty Tigers for Hala'Ufia hands in ruck and Vesty finds superb touch 10m from Exiles line. Killer kick from Vesty!
75' Exiles steal throw and clear danger up field. Cole on for Crane.- 74' Great kick Dupuy and Catt is forced into touch by Erinle and Tigers have lineout in Exiles 22.
- 72' Irish have lost prop Dermody and we now have uncontested scrums.
72' Tigers penalised for wheeling scrum. Delon has chance from just inside Tigers half. Needs to land this and he does! Great kick! 10-9 Tigers. A nerve-wracking finale here!- 70' Big scrum from Tigers and they earn penalty. Vesty finds touch in Exiles half and Tigers now have chance to turn the screw.
- 69' Exiles have attacking lineout after Hamilton makes mess of clearing up. Steffon leads charge and Exiles go through series of attacking phases. Move comes to an end when Catt spills ball.
- 63' Tagickibau again breaks tackle on right wing and sets up another attack for Irish. Tigers in the lead for first time but Exiles have the players to get back into this.
- 62' Dupuy adds conversion and Tigers lead 10-6.
62' Erinle shows great strength as he breaks tackles in midfield. Tigers have penalty but continue to attack through Smith on right wing after lovelt offload by Moody. Crane continues move and reaches out to touch down. Ref goes to video official and looks to have got the touch down. 8-6 Tigers.- 59' Poor kick Hewat and Hamilton responds by finding touch 50m down field in Exiles 22.
- 58' Hala'ufia picks from base of scrum and feeds Steffon, who makes 30 yards down left wing, forcing Murphy into last-ditch tackle.
- 57' Hooker Kayser on for Chuter in Tigers front row.
- 55' Tigers stretching Exiles defence with series of attacks, with Wood prominent. Lovely tackle from Homer stops scoring chance.
- 55' Exiles again force turn over and Delon finds a good touch, just as well as his interception effort allowed Hamilton through and only tap by Catt stopped the wing.
- 53' Fine break from Hamilton deep into Exiles half continued by Hipkiss and the centre almost makes it to the line. Tigers on the attack now.
- 50' Powerful break by Hala'Ufia but Hipkiss intercepts and bursts up field. Tigers spill ball and move comes to an end.
- 48' Ayerza penalised from coming in at the side and another chance for Irish. Homer looked keen to take it but Delon is having another go. Big call and this time he's on target. 6-3 Exiles.
- 46' Mapusua crash ball but Wood forces penalty as Exile fails to release. Tigers clear the danger and Irish again fail to get points on board from excellent attacking position!
- 45' Irish going through phases with Tagickibau to the fore. Delon chips ahead and Hamitlon forced to carry over and touch down. Scrum five for Irish. Surely they will go for eight-man scrum here!
- 42' Lovely break by Smith through Irish midfield puts Tigers on front foot in second half, but Steffon force turnover and clear down field.
- 41' Two changes for Irish during the break: Homer on for Thompstone, no doubt to take the kicks, and Thorpe for Danahar.
41' Vesty gets second half started.- 40' Mapusua held up just short again, Tigers knock on in tackle and ref blows for half-time. Tigers survive the onslaught but are down to 14 men. How significant will that prove? Irish will be disappointed not to have scored but they have extra man for best part of 10 minutes in second half. All to play for! 3-3.
40' Hodsgon goes himself but is held up. Mapusua has a go but again Tigers penalised. Crane this time and he gets a yellow. Another scrum opted for by Casey, 5m out with extra man.- 39' Hala'ufia picks up and goes close. Ball recycled and Delon tackled by Vesty but Tigers concede another penalty and receive warning from referee. Easy kick but Casey again goes for scrum. Very bold decision!
- 38' Tigers again penalised - 15m from touchline - and Casey opts for scrum. Irish must get points here. Coetzee getting some attention for knock to head.
- 37' Steffon gather long ball and feeds Catt. The fly-half puts up high ball and Armitage chases superbly. Ball comes back and Mapusua puts through grubber which Murphy is forced to kick over dead ball line. 5m scrum Exiles. Mapusua takes crash ball but tackled well by Vesty. Tigers knock on and Exiles have another attacking scrum.
- 35' Murphy drop out goes directly into touch and Exiles have attacking scrum on Tigers 22. Superb defence from Tigers but Vesty clearance is poor.
- 32' Hamilton penalised for not releasing and long penalty chance for Exiles. Delon steps up again - 48m out - but pulls his kick this time. That's three missed kicks for the Irish now!
- 28' Superb touch finder from Hewat pins Tigers back deep in their own half.
- 27' Free kick Exiles and Hala'Ufia breaks tackle of Crane and carries deep into Tigers 22. Exiles spread ball wide and Tagickibau almost clear on wing. Tigers under the cosh!
- 25' Lovely miss pass from Hewat to Hudson and the rangy lock makes 30 yards into Tigers 22. Move comes to an end when Steffon Armitage knocks on. Exiles upping the pace here and stretching Tigers defence.
- 23' Hodgson takes quick penalty and Irish put Tagickibau into space on left wing. Exiles recycle ball and Tigers offside. Easy penalty chance for Hewat but his kick comes back off the posts and Tigers clear the danger. Horrible miss!
- 22' Good hits Thompstone on Hamilton but he goes off his feet and concedes penalty.
- 20' Johne Murphy is off with ankle injury and Matt Smith on to Tigers right wing.
- 20' Lovely move by Tigers. Hipkiss makes break past Delon Armitage and feeds Murphys out wide. Good tackle Hamilton on Johne Murphy but Irish kill ball and Tigers have another penalty chance. Dupuy this time pushes his kick and it remainds 3-3.
- 17' Tigers getting some momentum through Crane and Ayerza after Johne Murphy launches counter. Penalty Leicester for early tackle Delon Armitage on Chuter. Dupuy on target and levels it at 3-3.
- 13' Catt penning Tigers back in their own half and trying to put pressure on opposition lineout.
- 13' Catt puts up high ball and Crane and Dupuy make mess of gathering! Tigers 22 and Thompstone fails to gather this time.
- 11' Leicester fail to roll away in tackle and Exiles have penalty, just in range. Armitage lines up as it's long chance. He has the distance but pushes it just wide. Missed opportunity for the Exiles to extend lead.
- 8' Quick lineout by Hamilton to Johne Murphy and the wing makes superb ground and passes back to the Kiwi, who feeds ball inside after evading tackle of Catt. Tigers looking dangerous.
- 6' Tigers unable to get any pattern going due to tenacious Exiles defence. Croft put into room on left wing but switch with Johne Murphy goes to ground. Good intent.
- 3' Early attacking chance for Tigers but unable to retain ball. Scrum Irish, Catt clears but only to Johne Murphy who launches attack.
- 1' Tigers clear the ball but it goes to Hewat and the Aussie full-back lands a long drop goal. Fantastic start for Exiles! 3-0 Irish.
1' Catt gets the game underway. Promises to be a cracker!
- The Exiles are on the pitch and will have to be at their very best today against a rugby institution that playing in a fifth consecutive Premiership final. Key battles all over the park and none more so than at the breakdown where openside Exile Steffon Armitage will have to play out of his skin.
- 82,000 at Twickenham this afternoon and while it's hardly a sunny evening, it remains dry and hopefully will stay that way.- - Leicester have also been forced into one change, with Julian White replacing injured tight-head Martin Castrogiovanni. Julien Dupuy again starts at scrum-half while the in-form Sam Vesty pulls the strings from fly-half in the absence of the injured Toby Flood.
- - Richard Thorpe provides second row cover on the Irish bench, but those changes aside Toby Booth has named the same 22 that beat Quins 17-0 at The Stoop.
- Irish have suffered a late blow with the withdrawal of Nick Kennedy. The England lock has failed to recover from a knee injury picked up in the win over Harlequins last week and his place goes to James Hudson, who did a good job coming on against Quins when he scored their opening try.- - Good afternoon and welcome to Eurosport's online coverage of the Guinness Premiership final from Twickenham between London Irish and Leicester.
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Summary
London Irish versus Leicester Tigers Tries Crane 62’ Conversions Dupuy 62’ Armitage 48’, 72’ Penalties Dupuy 18’ Hewat 1’ Drops
Live Team Line-Up
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London IrishManager: Toby Booth
On the Field
- Dermody
- Coetzee
- Skuse
- Hudson
- Casey
- Danagher
- Armitage
- Hala'ufia
- Hodgson
- Catt
- Tagicakibau
- Mapusua
- Armitage
- Thompstone
- Hewat
Subs
- Richards
- Buckland
- Johnson
- Thorpe
- Corbisiero
- Sevialii
- Homer
Injured
None
Suspended
None
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Leicester TigersManager: Richard Cockerill
On the Field
- Ayerza
- Chuter
- White
- Croft
- Kay
- Newby
- Woods
- Crane
- Dupuy
- Vesty
- Murphy
- Hipkiss
- Erinle
- Hamilton
- Murphy
Subs
- Deacon
- Moody
- Ellis
- Kayser
- Varndell
- Cole
- Smith
Injured
None
Suspended
None
RABBIT ( Dusty Hare) would have increased TIGERS score line, but then you can't get THE BEST "BACK" BACK
I was there!!!!!!!! London Irish should have taken the 3 points at the nd of the first half instead of going for the scrum over and over again. Well done Tigers but you'll have to play a lot better if you want to beat Leinster. Better luck next time Irish!
championies
tigers rule @#$% on boys
i was therebut unlucky exciles
NOW FOR THE DOUBLE
COME ON YOU TIGERSVery,very very Lucky Tigers,congrats on your win but you better play a whole lot better against Leinster.C'mon TIGERS
Very,very very Lucky Tigers,congrats on your win but you better play a whole lot better against Leinster.C'mon TIGERS
Leicester are the best in rugby and football
way to go tigers off you go to lick your wounds exiles better luck next year
EXILES RULE
come on Tigers you can do it!
Richard Cockerill you are th best
GO TIGERS GOCOME ON EXILES WAKE UP
com on u irish thrash those tigers
watch the game live and free on justin.tv
come on Glaws [ then i woke up]
when the game is over guys, mail your MP and ask how much they have 'stolen' off you. Good luck to both sides, slightly favour Irish though, reckon they deserve it for a great season
catt should be a lion
come on exilesCmon the Irish, Reading expects !
come irish give them hell
tigers are gonna win by soooooooooooooooooo many points that the Irish fans are gonna have to be waiting for the milk train home - as they're no national transport home after 8 o'clock ish!!!!
go steady, boys,girls & kids, it's been a REAL long hard and unpredictable season!!!!
RUGBY RULES!!!!!!LONDON IRISH WILL GIVE LEICESTER A LESSON IN HOW RUGBY IS PLAYED BY A WORLD CLASS TEAM
COME THE EXILES BIG BOB IS A GOD
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