Speedster Topsy Ojo notched two tries for the Exiles
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Matches: Connacht 10 - 27 London Irish

Teams: Connacht | England | Ireland | London Irish

London Irish notched their second successive maximum in this season's European Challenge Cup with a 27-10 victory over Connacht.

Topsy Ojo scored twice in the second half as the Exiles ran out winners at the Galway Sportsground to take a grip of Pool One.

England wing Ojo scorched over five minutes after the break before sealing the bonus point victory with a second score in the final minute to ensure the Exiles have taken a maximum 10 points from their opening two games.

Elvis Seveali'i crashed over for the game's opening try inside 10 minutes but it was Seilala Mapusua's length of the field score that handed Irish a 12-7 half-time lead.

Connacht hammered away at the visitors' try-line but when Fionn Carr fumbled Liam Bibo's inside pass yards out, Samoan centre Mapasua was first to react, scooping up possession before scorching 100 metres up field for Irish's second try.

Carr made amends within two minutes when the full-back slipped through on 16 minutes but London Irish closed up shop in the second half before Ojo struck late.

Connacht (7) 10
Try: Carr
Con: Keatley
Pen: Keatley

London Irish (12) 27
Tries: Ojo (2), Seveali'i, Mapusua
Con: Hewat
Pen: Hewat

Connacht: Carr, Bibo, Duffy, Wynne, Hearty, Keatley, Murphy, Wilkinson, Flavin, Morris, Swift, Farley, Ofisa, O'Connor, J. Muldoon.

Replacements: Dunne for Wynne (70), Campbell for Murphy (78), Cronin for Flavin (70), Loughney for Morris (67), Browne for Swift (62), Rigney for J. Muldoon (76).

Not Used: Riordan.

London Irish: D. Armitage, Ojo, Seveali'i, Mapusua, Tagicakibau, Hewat, Hodgson, Corbisiero, Buckland, Lea'aetoa, Kennedy, Casey, Thorpe, S. Armitage, Hala'ufia, Rautenbach.

Replacements: Geraghty for Seveali'i (65), Parker for Hodgson (80), Dermody for Corbisiero (41), Paice for Buckland (54), Rautenbach for Lea'aetoa (54), Danaher for Thorpe (57), Johnson for Rautenbach (69).

Att: 4,186

Ref: Jerome Garces (France).