By JORDAN DAVIES
LI W Geese 5 Barnstaple 12
BARNSTAPLE edged past London Irish in a crucial relegation dogfight that saw the home side lose their eighth consecutive game.
The Chiefs have now completed the double over their rivals following a comfortable 27-10 win at home earlier in the season.
Both sides racked up the phases throughout the encounter, but several handling errors and some impressive defending from either end made for a scrappy match.
Barnstaple then dominated possession, but were restricted to just a single penalty on 30 minutes through James Bath to make it 3-0 following Iri...