Irish v Exeter Sat 3pm

[fivepointer]

London Irish: Stokes; Loader, Rona, Van Rensburg, Cinti; Jackson, Phipps; Goodrick-Clarke, Cornish, Hoskins, Simmons, Coleman, Rogerson (capt), Pearson, O'Brien.

Replacements: Willemse, Gigena, Van der Merwe, Munga, Cracknell, Martin Gonzalez, O'Sullivan, Rowe.

Exeter: Hogg; Woodburn, Whitten, H Skinner, O'Flaherty; J Simmonds (capt), J Maunder; Kenny, Innard, Schickerling, Gray, S Skinner, Ewers, Kirsten, Armand.

Replacements: Yeandle, Keast, Iosefa-Scott, Jenkins, Grondona, S Maunder, O'Brien, Hodge.

[twitchy]

Good win for irish. Apparently tom pearson is another rough diamond from cardiff met (he's english). I hadn't seen him before.

[FKAS]

I'd seen snippets of Tom Pearson previously. The BUCS system really is a good place for players that might be slower developers or have been missed by the academy system.

He looks quite a handful and LI don't have tons of backrow options so he could get plenty of game time.

[fivepointer]

Pearson looks a seriously good young player. In the same mould as Jack Kenningham. Two good 'uns to keep an eye on.

[Scrumhead]

Agreed. I’ve been impressed more or less every time I’ve seen him play.

He’s come from nowhere to make that 7 shirt his own.

[Danno]

Just watched this and yeah, Pearson seems to all the right things both sides of the ball. Some good carries as well.

Well done to Irish, keeping Exeter scoreless for over an hour in good weather is no mean feat.