Newcastle Falcons power past London Irish in LV Cup

Newcastle Falcons scored five tries on their way to a 13-31 victory over Premiership rivals London Irish in the Anglo Welsh LV Cup on Saturday.

Newcastle were already out of the tournament, but continued their good try-scoring form with a convincing win away at Irish.

They ran in five tries, with Ally Hogg grabbing a double. Will Welch, Alex Tuilagi and Jamie Helleur scored the other tries for Dean Richards’ side.

Final Score London Irish 13 (6) Newcastle Falcons 31 (14)

Scorers

London Irish
Tries : Mulchrone
Pen : Dorrian (2)
Con : Dorrian
Drop :

Newcastle Falcons
Tries : Welch, Tuilagi, Sinoti, Hogg, Helleur
Pen :
Con : Catterick (3)
Drop :

Teams

London Irish

15 Homer , 14 Ojo , 13 Sheridan , 12 Griffin , 11 Dorrian , 10 O’Leary , 9 Halavatau 8 Short , 7 Leo , 6 Gilsenan ,5 Low ,4 Cox , 3 Rouse , 2 Aulika , 1 Stevens

Replacements : 6 Mayhew , 17 Dowding , 18 Palframan , 19 Lyons , 20 Curry , 21 Allinson , 22 Brophy-Clews , 23 Mulchrone

Newcastle Falcons

15 Hammersley , 14 Sinoti , 13 Powell , 12 Socino , 11 Tuilagi , 10 Catterick , 9 Blair , 8 Hogg , 7 Welch , 6 Wilson , 5 MacLeod, 4 Green , 3 Wilson , 2 Lawson ,1 Fry

Replacements : 16 Hawkins , 17 Vickers , 18 Rogers , 19 Barrow , 20 Mayhew , 21 Davies , 22 Tait , 23 Helleur