1
London Irish sign forward Matt Cornish
By Online Editors
London Irish have confirmed the signing of former Ealing Trailfinders hooker Matt Cornish. At just 23 years of age, Cornish has experienced plenty of time on the rugby field, mustering up over 90 appearances for Ealing.
Amongst his career development pathway, the hooker notably spent a season with London Irish Wild Geese, the top ranked men’s team of London Irish Amateurs, and his performances for the Wild Geese saw him rewarded with an England Counties tour to Canada.
The season with the Wild Geese proved to be a crucial one for Cornish, earning himself a contract in the Championship with Ealing. Now, after a stint with the Trailfinders, Cornish returns to Hazelwood to continue his journey under the London Irish name.
“Matt has built up a good amount of experience in his short career and we are looking forward to seeing his development continue with us here at Hazelwood” said Declan Kidney, Director of Rugby.
“It is a brilliant story that Matt has come through a journey that includes the London Irish Wild Geese and now has returned to Hazelwood with the professional team. It shows the close link between the two clubs and hopefully this can continue in the future.”
When commenting on joining London Irish, Matt said: “London Irish is a great club steeped in history and I am very excited to be here.
“I thoroughly enjoyed my time with the London Irish Wild Geese, and it is nice to now be back at Hazelwood with the professional team. The club has an impressive squad and I can’t wait to take to the field with them.”
Trending on RugbyPass
2
Jake White: Ireland, Australia and Wales have the same problem
3
David Campese names his Springbok world player of the year winner
4
Let's be real about these All Blacks
5
Latest Comments
Which people exactly?
Go to commentsWas anything but fine margins, the scoreline was flattering for that game. They were beat in every margin but most emphatically be effort of Argentina. They were slow and likely arrogant in their prep following the England series. You can see the effect on the selection and poor messaging all the playmakers started receiving from the coaching setup there after.
Otherwise though there was also a lot of really good stuff that can too easily be labelled as lucky by people intent on making a point. The team was far from certain and clinical though and the best that can be said of their losses was that they were largely due to some atrocious decisions with cards twice against SA and the neckroll last weekend (you can't take away the 14 point try, that is typical French rugby and to be expected).
This team is good enough to be able to cope with those sorts of difficulties if they could just execute a bit better (but only as well as they have traditionally mind you). Sound selections aside. Some good positivity in this article but we know it's not going to be easy as the ABs have just been trying to return to their DNA after Fosters control but countries like Aussie have a much bigger task in that respect and SA is even trying to change their DNA (again). Those two opponents (along with France obviously) are going to provide some tough competition in seeing who can lead into the 2027 RWC with the best prospects and form behind them.
Go to comments