LONDON Irish boss Declan Kidney praised his beaten team for the way they had stayed in “the fight”.
A try-scoring bonus point was some reward for their part in an entertaining match.
The defeat followed Irish’s exit in the Challenge Cup last week at Bath and Kidney felt his team lost their way in the third quarter before a late rally.
“I never take for granted how the boys always fight until the end,” he said. “And we could have had a fifth try but for a knock-on right at the end, though it would not have brought anything extra overall.
“It was one of those games where possession was ki...