Today is the day no one who cares for English rugby, and specifically London Irish, wanted to see. The news that the Premiership club has gone into administration has rightly sent shockwaves through English rugby, Exiles supporters, and the wider Irish community in London and the UK. I understand and feel this pain deeply.
To those unfamiliar with my personal history with London Irish, this began when I moved to London in 1995. I was at Irish for the next ten years, as player, captain, then director of rugby – a role in which I led the club to its first and only senior trophy win in the 2002 Powergen Cup final versus Northampton Saints.
