THESE are tough times for London Irish, but as the Exiles fight for their Aviva Premiership survival they continue to look to the future with their excellent Academy –who won the Academy title last season – providing no fewer than five players for the England U20 squad announced earlier this week.
Josh Basham, Rory Brand, Tom Parton, Ben Loader and Matt Williams have all got the nod and bear in mind last season they also supplied Joe Cokanasiga and Theo Brophy Clews while this is also the club whose Academy gave us the blazing talents of Shane Geraghty Delon Armiatage, Jonathan ...