London Irish 20-15 Newcastlepublished at 78 mins
Irish manage to waste a little time with a series of re-set scrums.Time running out for the Falcons.
European Champions Cup result: Toulon 12-9 Bath
Premiership result: Wasps 32-22 Worcester
Premiership result: London Irish 20-15 Newcastle
Nabil Hassan
Irish manage to waste a little time with a series of re-set scrums.Time running out for the Falcons.
Newcastle win the line-out but after setting up the maul they're penalised for an accidental obstruction. Is that their chance gone?
Fifteen phases and London Irish concede a penalty on halfway, Andy Goode sends Newcastle into Irish's 22m and they have a line out. Four minutes left.
Wasps 0-13 Worcester
My word, what do we have here? Cooper Vuna intercepts a pass inside his own half and runs the length to touch down for Worcester.
Andy Symons converts and the Wasps are reeling at the Ricoh.
London Irish 20-15 Newcastle
London Irish have a penalty with Todd Clever penalised for a neck roll. Shane Geraghty sends his kick across the face of the posts and the advantage is still just five points.
Ten minutes left at the Madejski Stadium - an absorbing contest as London Irish are back up to 15 men.
Wasps may well have dazzled in Europe this season, boasting victories over Toulon, Leinster and Bath, they've been less than impressive domestically - and a second Andy Symons penalty sees them trail Worcester by six points after half an hour.
London Irish 20-15 Newcastle
Marcus Watson has his first Premiership try, going over in the corner after being put through by Simon Hammersley's clever grubber kick. Goode kicks the conversion and it's game on.
Toulon v Bath (15:15 GMT)
London Irish 20-8 Newcastle
Andy Goode kicks the resulting penalty for his first Newcastle points and they are to within 12 points of Irish.
London Irish 20-5 Newcastle
David Paice is sent to the bin for a high tackle and London Irish are down to 14 men. That's his 17th in the Premiership which is a record.
Newcastle are back in this game and back in Irish's 22 as Andy Goode kicks a penalty to 22m.
London Irish 20-5 Newcastle
Meanwhile, Andy Goode enters the pitch to a chorus of boos for his Newcastle debut.
Not a huge amount to write home about in the opening 15 minutes at the Ricoh, with an Andy Symons penalty for the visitors all that's separating the two teams.
London Irish 20-5 Newcastle
Newcastle win the line-out and Nili Latu peels off the back of the maul to bundle over. Craig Willis puts the conversion wide.
Line-out won by Newcastle, the driving maul makes decent progress before London Irish are penalised again. It's another line-out as they kick the penalty to the corner.
Again they win the line-out but Irish are penalised for jumping early. Newcastle kick to the corner for a third time.
Newcastle win the line-out and send a driving mail to inside Irish's 5m line, they're desperately close, are they over? The referee says "no, held up" but it's another penalty and another line-out.
Newcastle have a penalty in a kickable position but to their credit they go for the corner.
The man with the midas touch misses with a drop goal as Shane Geraghty's kick drifts just wide of the posts. London Irish are rampant.