Heineken Cup , Pool 2 - Reading, 12 November 2011, 13:30 local, 13:30 GMT
London Irish (16) 19 - 20 (10) Edinburgh (FT)

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Timeline

Time London Irish  Score  Edinburgh
0 start of first half start of first half
6 Homer - penalty goal 3 - 0
8 Homer - penalty goal 6 - 0
15 6 - 5 Jones - try
16 6 - 7 Leonard - conversion
21 Niven - sub on
Cross - sub off
23 Homer - penalty goal 9 - 7
24 Niven - sub off
Cross - sub on
27 Cox - sub on
Denton * - sub off
29 Samson - try 14 - 7
30 Homer - conversion 16 - 7
37 16 - 10 Leonard - penalty goal
40+1 end of first half end of first half
40 start of second half start of second half
45 Homer - penalty goal 19 - 10
47 Blair - sub off
Laidlaw - sub on
Rennie - sub off
Grant - sub on
53 Corbisiero - sub off
Lahiff - sub on
Ion - sub off
Rautenbach - sub on
59 19 - 15 McInally - try
60 19 - 17 Laidlaw - conversion
62 Garvey - sub off
Sandford - sub on
Thorpe - sub on
Gibson - sub off
67 Samson - sub off
Hodgson - sub on
68 Hape - yellow card 19 - 20 Laidlaw - penalty goal
70 Buckland - sub off
Blaney - sub on
80 end of second half
end of half		 end of second half
end of half
0
80

Notes

 
Result Edinburgh won by a margin of 1 point
 
Ground name Madejski Stadium, Reading

Teams

London Irish Edinburgh
Tries Samson (29) Tries Jones (15), McInally (59)
Cons Homer (30) Cons Leonard (16), Laidlaw (60)
Pens Homer (6, 8, 23, 45) Pens Leonard (37), Laidlaw (68)
    Team
15 FB
Tom Homer
14 W
Joe Ansbro
13 C
Steve Shingler
12 C
Shontayne Hape
68
11 W
Adam Thompstone
10 FH
Dan Bowden
9 SH
Ross Samson
1 P
Alex Corbisiero
2 H
James Buckland
3 P
Paulica Ion
4 L
Nick Kennedy
5 L
Matt Garvey
6 F
Bryn Evans
7 F
Jamie Gibson
8 N8
Jebb Sinclair
    Replacements
16 R
Brian Blaney
17 R
Max Lahiff
18 R
Faan Rautenbach
19 R
James Sandford
20 R
Richard Thorpe
21
Jonathan Spratt
22
Adrian Jarvis
23 R
Paul Hodgson
    Team
15 FB
Jim Thompson
14 W
Lee Jones
13 C
Nick de Luca
12 C
Matt Scott
11 W
Tim Visser
10 FH
Harry Leonard
9 SH
Mike Blair
1 P
Allan Jacobsen
2 H
Ross Ford
3 P
Geoff Cross
4 L
Esteban Lozada
5 L
Grant Gilchrist
6 F
David Denton *
7 F
Ross Rennie
8 N8
Stuart McInally
    Replacements
16
Steven Lawrie
17
Kyle Traynor
18 R
Lewis Niven
19 R
Sean Cox
20 R
Roddy Grant
21 R
Greig Laidlaw
22
James King
23
Tom Brown

Match stats

London Irish   Edinburgh
1 Tries 2
1 from 1 Conversion goals 2 from 2
4 from 5 Penalty goals 2 from 4
83.0% Kick at goal success 67.0%
0 (1 missed) Dropped goals 0
Kick/pass/run
29 Kicks from hand 30
172 Passes 120
103 Runs 118
335 Metres run with ball 403
Attacking
47% (44%/49%) Possession (1H/2H) 53% (56%/51%)
44% (40%/47%) Territory (1H/2H) 56% (60%/53%)
3 Clean breaks 3
7 Defenders beaten 9
7 Offloads 10
86 from 88 (97.7%) Rucks won 96 from 99 (97.0%)
2 from 3 (66.7%) Mauls won 1 from 1 (100.0%)
13 Turnovers conceded 10
Defensive
129/9 Tackles made/missed 107/7
93.0% Tackling success rate 94.0%
Set pieces
4 won, 1 lost (80.0%) Scrums on own feed 8 won, 3 lost (72.7%)
9 won, 1 lost (90.0%) Lineouts on own throw 10 won, 0 lost (100.0%)
Discipline
7 Penalties conceded 9
1/0 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 Homer 0/0 14 8/8/15 85 0 1 1 2 0/1 0/0 0 0/0
W Ansbro 0/0 0 0/1/7 56 1 1 0 1 6/1 0/0 0 0/0
C Shingler 0/0 0 3/16/5 13 0 0 2 1 5/0 0/0 0 0/0
C Hape 0/0 0 1/6/6 9 0 1 2 2 12/1 0/0 1 1/0
W Thompstone 0/0 0 0/1/8 83 1 2 0 0 1/0 0/0 1 0/0
FH Bowden 0/0 0 13/38/5 21 0 0 0 2 6/0 0/0 0 0/0
SH Samson 1/0 5 3/56/4 1 0 0 0 0 4/0 0/0 0 0/0
P Corbisiero 0/0 0 0/3/4 0 0 0 0 0 8/0 0/0 1 0/0
H Buckland 0/0 0 0/0/4 7 0 0 0 0 10/0 0/0 0 0/0
P Ion 0/0 0 0/1/0 0 0 0 0 0 5/0 0/0 0 0/0
L Kennedy 0/0 0 0/1/7 2 0 0 0 0 11/0 4/0 0 0/0
L Garvey 0/0 0 0/3/7 10 0 0 1 0 13/2 0/0 1 0/0
F Evans 0/0 0 0/2/3 1 0 0 0 1 10/1 3/0 0 0/0
F Gibson 0/0 0 0/1/3 4 0 0 0 1 14/0 0/0 0 0/0
N8 Sinclair 0/0 0 1/3/6 6 0 0 0 2 8/0 2/0 0 0/0
(R) Blaney 0/0 0 0/0/1 1 0 0 0 0 1/0 0/0 0 0/0
(R) Lahiff 0/0 0 0/1/4 5 0 0 1 1 4/1 0/0 1 0/0
(R) Rautenbach 0/0 0 0/0/7 2 0 0 0 0 4/1 0/0 0 0/0
(R) Sandford 0/0 0 0/0/2 2 0 0 0 0 2/0 0/0 0 0/0
(R) Thorpe 0/0 0 0/0/5 27 1 2 0 0 5/0 0/0 0 0/0
(R) Hodgson 0/0 0 0/31/0 0 0 0 0 0 0/1 0/0 1 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

Edinb stats

Pos   T/A Pts K/P/R MR CB DB OL TO Tack LO Pen Y/R
FB Thompson 0/0 0 7/5/9 70 0 0 1 2 3/1 0/0 0 0/0
W Jones 1/0 5 2/1/2 15 0 1 0 0 5/1 0/0 0 0/0
C de Luca 0/1 0 0/5/4 8 0 1 2 0 12/1 0/0 0 0/0
C Scott 0/0 0 1/1/5 12 0 0 1 0 8/1 0/0 0 0/0
W Visser 0/1 0 3/6/8 86 1 3 2 0 4/1 0/0 0 0/0
FH Leonard 0/0 5 7/20/3 1 0 0 1 2 4/1 0/0 0 0/0
SH Blair 0/0 0 4/28/3 11 0 0 1 0 2/0 0/0 0 0/0
P Jacobsen 0/0 0 0/2/9 10 0 0 0 0 8/0 0/1 1 0/0
H Ford 0/0 0 0/1/13 24 0 1 0 0 7/0 0/0 0 0/0
P Cross 0/0 0 0/0/10 14 0 0 0 1 2/0 0/0 2 0/0
L Lozada 0/0 0 0/2/9 15 0 0 0 0 5/0 0/0 2 0/0
L Gilchrist 0/0 0 0/4/8 27 0 0 1 1 12/0 5/0 0 0/0
F Denton * 0/0 0 0/1/4 3 0 0 0 1 1/0 0/0 0 0/0
F Rennie 0/0 0 0/1/5 12 0 0 1 0 11/0 0/0 1 0/0
N8 McInally 1/0 5 0/4/16 78 2 3 0 2 8/0 1/0 1 0/0
(R) Niven 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 0/0
(R) Cox 0/0 0 0/2/4 2 0 0 0 1 5/0 2/0 0 0/0
(R) Grant 0/0 0 0/1/4 12 0 0 0 0 9/0 0/0 0 0/0
(R) Laidlaw 0/0 5 5/36/2 3 0 0 0 0 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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