Ambitious Irish end exile from top-flight

■By NEALE HARVEY

Bright start: Jesse Liston goes over to score

LONDON Irish hammered Richmond to seal promotion to the Premiership – then laid out their manifesto to become the best team in England.
Pro rugby’s yo-yo side have been demoted and promoted twice in the last four seasons but their bold aim this time is to finally make it stick.
High calibre recruits such as Sean O’Brien, Nick Phipps and Curtis Rona are ready to come on board and the foreign legion will be boosted with Adam Coleman, Waisake Naholo and Paddy Jackson.
Exiles’ chief executive Brian...

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