There is one change to the starting line-up of the team that played London Wasps last Sunday, Michael Horak returns at fullback.

Commenting on this weekend's match Head Coach, Gary Gold, said, "We were disappointed with last week's performance at Wasps.  We have worked hard in training this week to eliminate the errors that caused us to concede penalties.  Rotherham has always provided tough opposition for London Irish, I am not expecting things to be different on Sunday."

Injury update: Nick Greenstock is making good progress recovering from his shoulder injury and may be available for selection sooner than expected.

POWERGEN CUP ROUND 6 TICKETS
Gloucester v London Irish

Tickets for London Irish's Powergen Cup 6th Round match against Gloucester at Kingsholm on Saturday 15th November will be controlled by Tony Byrne of St Clare's Travel.  Tickets must be ordered in advance and all bookings must be received by Tony or Clare by 31st October 2003.

Ticket prices are as follows:

Seats - £25
Adult ground - £15
Junior - £4
Concession - £8

Please call 01344 641524 or e-mail bookings to Clare or Tony at St Clare's Travel  tony.stclares@ntlworld.com

INTERNATIONAL HOSPITALITY

We are delighted to confirm that Events International, who operate the leading hospitality site at Twickenham, will be our official partner for hospitality at this season's RBS 6 Nations matches. 

The following package is available in their luxurious marquees at the Orchard Enclosure situated just 20m from the East Stand for the England matches against Ireland and Wales. Bookings for as few as 2 guests can be made.  Private company tables are available for bookings of 8-12 guests. 

• Luxurious hospitality facility
• Reserved seated match ticket
• Drinks reception
• Complimentary bar
• Four-course hot luncheon
• Fine wines and liqueurs
• Cigarettes and cigars
• Celebrity guest speaker
• Post-match hot refreshments
• Colour TV and video facilities
• Souvenir programme
• Team rosettes
• Daily newspapers
• Floral décor
• Individual guest documentation
• VIP hostess service

Sat 6 March	England v Ireland	Orchard Enclosure	£549
Sat 20 March	England v Wales	Orchard Enclosure	£499

Similar packages are also available at the following matches:

Please contact us for full details or a booking form on 01932 750114 or e-mail abigail.findlay@london-irish.com or kelly.adey@london-irish.com

POINTS MEAN PINTS!!
Win Guinness to enjoy with your friends

Don't forget you only have 3 more days to enter our fantastic Guinness competition by correctly forecasting the total number of points that will be scored in the next home game against Rotherham Titans on Sunday 26th October.

The winner will receive a can of cool, refreshing Guinness Draught for every point scored when Rotherham visit the Madejski Stadium later this month. So points will mean pints that day! The winner will also receive a Guinness t-shirt.

To enter, all you have to do is send an e-mail to competition@london-irish.com, with your Name, Address and a Contact Telephone number (please state whether Home, Work or Mobile) plus the total number of points you think will collectively be scored in the London Irish vs. Rotherham match on Sunday 26th October.

The closing date for entries is Friday 24th October. Entrants must be aged 18 or over. In the event of there being more than one correct entry, the Guinness prize will go to the first one pulled from the hat. The judge's decision is final.

CHARITY COLLECTION

The Maiden Erlegh Rotary Club will be holding a charity collection at the London Irish home match at the Madejski Stadium this Sunday, 26 October.  The Rotary members will be collecting for the Thames Valley & Chiltern Air Ambulance Trust, and will bring along a helicopter fuselage equipped like an air ambulance for spectators to see what their charity donations will help to fund.

Rotary Club members will be collecting pre and post match at the Irish home match against Rotherham Titans and the mock helicopter will be on display throughout the afternoon (kick off at 3pm).

REDINGENSIANS MINI TOURNAMENT

On Sunday 17th October Redingensians (a London Irish Partner club) held its popular Mini Tournament, which was contested by Bristol, Newbury, Reading and Reading Abbey as well as two teams from the host club. In spite of the rival attractions of the Rugby World Cup and London Irish's local derby at London Wasps, both Redingensians and Newbury entered teams in each age group, and a large numbers of spectators cheered on all the teams.

After several close battles each age group came down to the match between Redingensians and Newbury, with these two clubs taking first and second places across the board. At Under 7 and Under 12 Redingensians prevailed, and at Under 8, Under 9 and Under 10 Newbury won through. The closest age group was the Under 11s where the two teams fought to a standstill in a 0-0 draw, with Newbury taking the honours on tries scored in the league games.

Picture courtesy of Tim Hodges Photography

This good set of results for Redingensians follows on from an excellent performance at the Windsor tournament two weeks before. The Under 9s and Under 10s both lost narrowly in semi-finals, and the Under 11s lost a close final. However, the Under 12s won their age group for the second year in succession, and didn't concede a try in the whole competition.

For information on joining the biggest and best Minis' Section in the Reading area contact Alan Jones, the Section Manager, on 0118 940 4303 or alan-jones@redingensians.org.uk

INTERVIEW WITH ......

This week we have interviewed Bob Casey, next week Phil Murphy will answer your questions. If you have any questions you would like us to put to Phil please email them to info@london-irish.com

BLARNEY ARCHIVE

As mentioned previously, there are still issues with sending the Blarney to AOL or Hotmail accounts, which is currently being looked in to.  However, thanks to Paul Warrender you can now access an archive of The Blarney through the following link - http://www.london-irish-rugby.com/blarney.htm

THE BLARNEY

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