Irish power through despite late red card for All Black Franks

London Irish 55
Yorkshire Carnegie 48
London Irish win 84-66 on aggregate
A THREE-TRY blitz at the start of the second half ensured London Irish will return to the Premiership after seeing off Yorkshire Carnegie.
Having won the first leg 29-18, the Exiles went into the home leg at the Madejski on Wednesday high on confidence and took under a minute to register the first try through Ciaran Hearn. However, Carnegie were still in the fight at half-time trailing only 22-20 after tries from Seb Stegmann and Mike Mayhew.
But a try-double from Alex Lewinfton either side of a score from Wallaby Bre...

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