By Nick Pearce Published: 6:14PM GMT twenty-eight February 2010
Easy access: Ryan Lamb clears for Irish opposite Quins Photo: GETTY IMAGES London Irish finished a seven-game winless strain and purebred their initial feat of 2010 after they outgunned Harlequins in an interesting and well-attended derby game.
Tries by Steffon Armitage and Nick Kennedy and nineteen points from the increasingly arguable foot of Tom Homer were sufficient for the home side to get their joining debate behind on march underneath the gawk of Irish boss Mary McAleese.
Leeds twenty-six Wasps 10 Saracens fourteen Bath sixteen In pictures: week 3 Sport on radio Northampton stir on home territory Southern Kings 8 British & Irish Lions 20: compare informBoth Armitage and Kennedy have responded well to Test omissions and they showed what strengths they can suggest England in their particular areas of imagination the relapse and the line-out.
Their using with the round wasnt bad either. First Armitage found himself on Chris Halaufias shoulder for a barnstorming 15-metre run-in and afterwards Kennedy got his prolonged legs going to finish off an interception with an even lengthier trot to the line.
Quins had taken the lead after twenty mins following a array of mortal scrums that stirred arbitrate Wayne Barnes to endowment the visitors a chastisement try, but Homers foot kept the scoreboard ticking over in Irishs favour.
George Lowe one after another his glorious new thing deteriorate with a well-taken try in the dilemma late on, by afterwards though the diversion had already been killed off.
