Aviva Premiership - Reading, 11 January 2015, 15:00 local, 15:00 GMT
London Irish (5) 28 - 26 (13) Exeter Chiefs (FT)

Match coverage:  Report | Reaction

Timeline

Time London Irish  Score  Exeter Chiefs
0 start of first half start of first half
19 0 - 3 Steenson - penalty goal
26 Cowan - try 5 - 3
32 5 - 6 Steenson - penalty goal
35 5 - 11 Mumm - try
37 5 - 13 Steenson - conversion
40 end of first half end of first half
40 start of second half start of second half
Francis - sub off
Low - sub on
45 Guest - try 10 - 13
46 Geraghty - conversion 12 - 13
47 Lewington - try 17 - 13
48 Cross - sub on
'Aulika - sub off		 Low - sub off
Moon - sub on
49 Yeandle - sub off
Cowan-Dickie - sub on
54 Steele - sub off
O'Leary - sub on
Homer - sub on
Fenby - sub off
56 Cowan - try 22 - 13
58 Low - sub on
Guest - sub off		 Thomas - sub on
Chudley - sub off
60 22 - 18 Ewers - try
61 Rouse - sub off
Leo - sub on		 22 - 20 Steenson - conversion
64 Parr - sub on
Court - sub off
68 Homer - penalty goal 25 - 20
69 Dorrian - sub on
Mulchrone - sub off
70 25 - 23 Steenson - penalty goal
76 25 - 26 Steenson - penalty goal
80+1 Geraghty - drop goal
end of second half		 28 - 26 end of second half

Notes

 
Result London Irish won by a margin of 2 points
Aviva Premiership points London Irish 5 (1 try bonus), Exeter Chiefs 1 (1 losing bonus)
 
Ground name Madejski Stadium, Reading
Attendance 5909
 
Referee DD Richards

Teams

London Irish Exeter Chiefs
Tries Cowan (26, 56), Guest (45), Lewington (47) Tries Mumm (35), Ewers (60)
Cons Geraghty (46) Cons Steenson (37, 61)
Pens Homer (68) Pens Steenson (19, 32, 70, 76)
Drops Geraghty (80) Drops none
    Team
15 FB
Andy Fenby
14 W
Topsy Ojo
13 C
Fergus Mulchrone
12 C
Eoin Griffin
11 W
Alex Lewington
10 FH
Shane Geraghty
9 SH
Scott Steele
1 P
Tom Court
2 H
David Paice
3 P
Halani 'Aulika
4 L
George Skivington (c)
5 L
Nic Rouse
6 F
Tom Guest
7 F
Blair Cowan
8 N8
Ofisa Treviranus
    Replacements
16
Jimmy Stevens
17 P
Matt Parr
18 P
Geoff Cross
19 L
Dan Leo
20 F
Kieran Low
21 SH
Tomas O'Leary
22 C
Myles Dorrian
23 FB
Tom Homer
    Team
15 FB
Phil Dollman
14 W
Jack Nowell
13 C
Henry Slade
12 C
Sam Hill
11 W
Matt Jess
10 FH
Gareth Steenson
9 SH
Will Chudley
1 P
Carl Rimmer
2 H
Jack Yeandle
3 P
Tomas Francis
4 L
Dean Mumm (c)
5 L
Damian Welch
6 F
Dave Ewers
7 F
Don Armand
8 N8
Thomas Waldrom
    Replacements
16 H
Luke Cowan-Dickie
17 R
Ben Moon
18 P
Moray Low
19
Tom Johnson
20
Sam Simmonds
21 SH
Haydn Thomas
22
Ian Whitten
23
Byron McGuigan

Match stats

London Irish   Exeter Chiefs
4 Tries 2
1 from 4 Conversion goals 2 from 2
1 from 2 Penalty goals 4 from 6
33.0% Kick at goal success 75.0%
1 Dropped goals 0
Kick/pass/run
30 Kicks from hand 27
85 Passes 90
90 Runs 90
343 Metres run with ball 305
Attacking
67% (50%/75%) Possession (1H/2H) 33% (50%/25%)
8 Clean breaks 3
19 Defenders beaten 19
7 Offloads 6
54 from 57 (94.7%) Rucks won 65 from 70 (92.9%)
0 from 0 Mauls won 0 from 0
11 Turnovers conceded 14
Defensive
96/19 Tackles made/missed 84/19
83.0% Tackling success rate 82.0%
Set pieces
7 won, 3 lost (70.0%) Scrums on own feed 4 won, 1 lost (80.0%)
8 won, 2 lost (80.0%) Lineouts on own throw 9 won, 5 lost (64.3%)
Discipline
12 Penalties conceded 10
0/0 Yellow/red cards 0/0

Irish stats

Pos   T/A Pts K/P/R MR CB DB OL TO Tack LO Pen Y/R
FB Fenby 0/0 0 5/3/8 54 1 0 0 2 6/0 0/0 0 0/0
W Ojo 0/0 0 1/3/10 59 2 4 0 1 4/0 0/0 0 0/0
C Mulchrone 0/1 0 1/5/6 8 1 1 0 0 4/1 0/0 0 0/0
C Griffin 0/0 0 0/0/1 0 0 0 0 0 5/0 0/0 0 0/0
W Lewington 1/0 5 1/2/9 62 2 5 0 3 2/1 0/0 0 0/0
FH Geraghty 0/1 5 15/16/8 50 0 2 2 0 5/2 0/0 1 0/0
SH Steele 0/0 0 3/22/3 10 0 0 1 1 3/3 0/0 0 0/0
P Court 0/0 0 0/1/1 2 0 0 0 0 4/1 0/0 2 0/0
H Paice 0/1 0 0/3/7 9 0 1 2 2 9/2 0/0 0 0/0
P 'Aulika 0/0 0 0/0/2 1 0 0 0 0 3/0 0/0 1 0/0
L Skivington 0/0 0 0/1/4 0 0 1 0 1 12/2 4/1 0 0/0
L Rouse 0/0 0 0/0/1 2 0 0 0 0 8/1 1/0 0 0/0
F Guest 1/0 5 0/3/7 13 1 1 1 1 3/0 1/0 0 0/0
F Cowan 2/0 10 0/4/5 10 1 1 1 0 14/0 1/0 3 0/0
N8 Treviranus 0/0 0 0/0/9 35 0 2 0 0 4/3 1/0 1 0/0
(P) Parr 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 1/0 0/0 0 0/0
(P) Cross 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 5/0 0/0 0 0/0
(L) Leo 0/0 0 0/0/2 2 0 0 0 0 1/2 0/0 2 0/0
(F) Low 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 1/0 0/0 1 0/0
(SH) O'Leary 0/0 0 1/20/2 6 0 1 0 0 2/1 0/0 1 0/0
(C) Dorrian 0/0 0 0/1/1 0 0 0 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 0/0
(FB) Homer 0/0 3 3/1/4 20 0 0 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 0/0
Key:  T/A Tries / Try Assists Pts Points scored
K/P/R Kick / Pass / Run MR Metres Run with ball
CB Clean Breaks DB Defenders Beaten OL OffLoads TO TurnOvers
Tack Tackles made / missed LO LineOuts won on throw / stolen on opp throw
Pen Penalties conceded Y/R Yellow / Red cards

Exet stats

Pos   T/A Pts K/P/R MR CB DB OL TO Tack LO Pen Y/R
FB Dollman 0/0 0 2/1/7 37 0 2 1 0 3/1 0/0 1 0/0
W Nowell 0/0 0 2/1/6 21 0 2 1 1 6/1 0/0 1 0/0
C Slade 0/0 0 7/9/8 50 1 1 2 2 7/2 0/0 0 0/0
C Hill 0/0 0 0/0/4 24 1 4 0 0 8/1 0/0 1 0/0
W Jess 0/0 0 0/1/2 26 0 2 0 2 3/2 0/0 2 0/0
FH Steenson 0/0 16 9/13/11 35 0 3 1 2 5/5 0/0 0 0/0
SH Chudley 0/0 0 5/41/2 5 0 0 0 2 5/0 0/0 0 0/0
P Rimmer 0/0 0 0/1/2 0 0 0 0 0 4/0 0/0 4 0/0
H Yeandle 0/0 0 0/1/5 7 0 0 0 0 1/0 0/0 0 0/0
P Francis 0/0 0 0/0/1 1 0 0 0 0 5/0 0/0 1 0/0
L Mumm 1/0 5 0/1/3 5 0 1 0 2 5/2 5/1 0 0/0
L Welch 0/0 0 0/2/5 33 1 1 0 0 7/0 2/0 0 0/0
F Ewers 1/0 5 0/3/9 10 0 1 0 0 11/1 0/0 0 0/0
F Armand 0/0 0 0/0/7 8 0 1 0 1 6/0 2/1 1 0/0
N8 Waldrom 0/0 0 0/6/13 32 0 1 1 1 3/0 0/0 0 0/0
(H) Cowan-Dickie 0/0 0 0/0/3 11 0 0 0 0 1/2 0/0 0 0/0
(R) Moon 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 3/0 0/0 0 0/0
(P) Low 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 0/1 0/0 0 0/0
(SH) Thomas 0/0 0 2/10/2 0 0 0 0 1 1/1 0/0 0 0/0
Key:  T/A Tries / Try Assists Pts Points scored
K/P/R Kick / Pass / Run MR Metres Run with ball
CB Clean Breaks DB Defenders Beaten OL OffLoads TO TurnOvers
Tack Tackles made / missed LO LineOuts won on throw / stolen on opp throw
Pen Penalties conceded Y/R Yellow / Red cards

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