IRISH
No.Name
15Tommy Bell, FB
T
2
5
14Alex Lewington, W
13Ciaran Hearn, C
12Fergus Mulchrone, C
11Topsy Ojo, W
T
10James Marshall, FH
9Scott Steele, SH
1Danny Hobbs-Awoyemi, P
2David Paice, H
3Petrus Du Plessis, P
4Franco van der Merwe, L
5Sebastian de Chaves, L
6Mike Coman, FL
7Blair Cowan, FL
8Ofisa Treviranus, N8
T
Replacements
16Dave Porecki, R
17Gordon Reid, R
18Ben Franks, R
19Josh McNally, R
20Conor Gilsenan, R
21Brendan McKibbin, R
T
22Greig Tonks, R
23Aseli Tikoirotuma, R

*Players currently on the pitch are shown in bold

Game Info

Venue: Twickenham
4:45 PM, September 2, 2017
All CommentaryKey Events

Match Commentary

81'39-29 End of second half
80'
80'The whistle blows for full time and London Irish have started life back in the Premiership with a stunning victory. The game ebbed and flowed but the Exiles kept themselves in front, and capitalised on a few mistakes from Quins.
80'39-29 Conversion - Tommy Bell , London Irish
79'TRY! Irish won't be denied and McKibbin steals the ball before streaking away to score. Game over.
79'37-29 Try - Brendan McKibbin , London Irish
78'TRY! Yarde spots a gap and Walker goes through to score under the posts. That's the bonus point try, can Quins get more?
78'32-29 Conversion - Demetri Catrakilis , Harlequins
78'32-27 Try - Charlie Walker , Harlequins
77'Quins will not give up though and they're knocking on the Irish 22. They are a few bonus points up for grabs, don't forget.
76'32-22 Penalty goal - Tommy Bell , London Irish
75'Bell nails the penalty and Irish should be home and hosed.
75'Yellow! Mike Brown's race is run and if Quins are going to snatch a draw they will have to do it with 14 men.
75'Irish on the attack, Yarde mops up Bell's chip through but we're going upstairs to check Brown late challenge on Bell.
75'Yellow card - Mike Brown , Harlequins
74'Catrakilis pulls the conversion meaning Quins need a converted try to secure a draw. The only previous drawn Double Header, finished 29-29. Is that an omen?
74'Substitute on - Aseli Tikoirotuma , London Irish
74'Player substituted - Ciaran Hearn , London Irish
73'29-22 Try - Danny Care , Harlequins
72'TRY! Merrick takes a five metre lineout for Quins, Care takes the ball from the maul, spots a gap and scores. The grounding is checked but it's good. Game on.
72'Kyle Sinckler is receiving some treatment following a heavy hit to the ribs.
70'Quins keep up the pressure though and regain possession deep in the Irish half. Care and George Merrick combine to set the scrum-half into the 22 but the pass was forward.
70'Player substituted - Ofisa Treviranus , London Irish
70'Substitute on - Conor Gilsenan , London Irish
69'Quins trying to get something going form their own half and walker chips ahead but Bell is there to sweep up.
66'Player substituted - Franco van der Merwe , London Irish
66'Substitute on - Josh McNally , London Irish
65'Catrakilis lands the conversion and suddenly Quins are back in this. 15 minutes to score two tries.
65'29-17 Conversion - Demetri Catrakilis , Harlequins
64'TRY! Danny Care picks up from the base of a maul, and Yarde comes round the corner to score from close range. The former Irish man liked that.
64'29-15 Try - Marland Yarde , Harlequins
60'
58'TRY! That should seal it for Irish. Lewington finds space on the right wing before feeding Greig Tonks, who finds Brendan McKibbin, who finds Ofisa Treviranus to score.
57'29-10 Try - Ofisa Treviranus , London Irish
53'Player substituted - Petrus Du Plessis , London Irish
53'Substitute on - Ben Franks , London Irish
53'Substitute on - Dave Porecki , London Irish
53'Player substituted - David Paice , London Irish
53'Substitute on - Gordon Reid , London Irish
53'Player substituted - Danny Hobbs-Awoyemi , London Irish
53'24-10 Penalty goal - Tommy Bell , London Irish
52'Not quite the debut Catrakilis had in mind, it last less than two minutes before he receives a yellow card for not rolling away at the breakdown.
52'Yellow card - Demetri Catrakilis , Harlequins
51'Substitute on - Topsy Ojo , London Irish
51'Player substituted - Aseli Tikoirotuma , London Irish
50'Worrying signs for Quins as Smith is caught by a strong tackle from Asaeli Tikoirotuma. The game is paused as the youngster receives treatment. He is eventually forced off with Demetri Catrakilis coming on for his Quins debut.
50'Player substituted - Ben Glynn , Harlequins
50'Substitute on - George Merrick , Harlequins
50'Substitute on - Brendan McKibbin , London Irish
50'Player substituted - Scott Steele , London Irish
50'Substitute on - Mat Luamanu , Harlequins
50'Player substituted - Jack Clifford , Harlequins
50'Player substituted - Joe Marler , Harlequins
50'Substitute on - Mark Lambert , Harlequins
50'Substitute on - Kyle Sinckler , Harlequins
50'Player substituted - Will Collier , Harlequins
50'Substitute on - Demetri Catrakilis , Harlequins
50'Player substituted - Marcus Smith , Harlequins
44'Substitute on - Aseli Tikoirotuma , London Irish
44'Player substituted - Topsy Ojo , London Irish
43'Quins take the lineout, but just as it looks like they will breach the Irish defence Ojo produces a fine tackle to stop Marchant in his tracks. Joe Marler then knocks on.
43'Irish pinged for not releasing and Smith is able to kick Quins deep into opposing territory.
41'Smith gets us back underway at Twickenham. Can Quins find a way back into this?
41'+121-10 End of first half
40'
40'Irish deservedly lead at the halfway stage of their comeback. Ojo's try the highlight but they have delighted the crowd all half. Quins still well in this but they will need to cut out the errors.
40'Mike Brown picks a good line for Quins but Smith's pass is a little high and the fullback is unable to gather.
40'21-10 Start of second half
38'21-10 Penalty goal - Tommy Bell , London Irish
36'If this day of rugby hadn't been bizarre enough, Smith just drop kicked his conversion.
35'TRY! That's better from Quins. Marchant shows his power and pace to barge through the Irish defence and score under the posts.
35'18-10 Conversion - Marcus Smith , Harlequins
35'18-8 Try - Joe Marchant , Harlequins
31'TRY! James Marshall's kick starts a counter, which eventually sees Cowan produce a stunning offload to Bell who canters through the Quins defence to score.
31'18-3 Try - Tommy Bell , London Irish
30'Marland Yarde finds some space on the left wing but his pass does not find a Quins hand and Irish can clear.
29'Substitute on - Greig Tonks , London Irish
29'Player substituted - Fergus Mulchrone , London Irish
25'
25'13-3 Conversion - Tommy Bell , London Irish
24'TRY! No knock-on, no off-side at the initial kick and Ojo has scored a brilliant try to put Irish in control.
24'TRY! No knock-on, no off-side at the initial kick and Ojo has scored a brilliant try to put Irish in control.
24'TRY? We're going upstairs but that was a wonderful counter-attack from Irish. Topsy Ojo rolls back the years to sprint down the left before supporting Fergus Mulchrone to take the ball back and score. But was there an earlier infringement?
24'11-3 Try - Topsy Ojo , London Irish
22'Care and Smith involved in a lovely Quins move from a scrum that sets Joe Marchant free, he tries to find Charlie Walker but the winger spills the ball.
20'Excellent footwork from Alex Lewington down the right wing, but he is unable to find an Irish jersey with his offload inside.
19'Bell squanders the chance to restore Irish's six-point lead. He will think he should have sent that one over.
16'
16'And Smith has his first points for Quins!
16'6-3 Penalty goal - Marcus Smith , Harlequins
15'Penalty to Quins. From another lineout they set the drive but Irish are penalised for trying to take it down, giving Smith the chance to get their opponents on the boards..
13'Danny Care spots a gap and darts through, taking Quins into Irish's 22 but his side are not able to keep hold of possession and it will be a scrum to the Exiles.
10'An attacking lineout for Quins, but it's messy and Blair Cowan is able to dive on the ball. Irish cannot hold onto the ball, however, and it's a Quins scrum.
8'Bell punishes some more Quins ill-discipline and Irish are six points up.
8'6-0 Penalty goal - Tommy Bell , London Irish
5'3-0 Penalty goal - Tommy Bell , London Irish
3'An early penalty to Irish and Tommy Bell slots Irish into an early lead.
1'We're underway in the second match at Twickenham as Irish get us going.
1'Welcome to live coverage of the second double header from Twickenham as London Irish take on Harlequins on their return to the Aviva Premiership.

Quins include Marcus Smith at fly-half, an 18-year-old who has already been in Eddie Jones' England squad.
1'0-0 Start of first half