Back in Town: Premiership Rugby club London Irish return home

Hamish Percy

After 20 years playing at the Madjeski Stadium in Reading, London Irish are moving back home.

The Exiles will be playing their rugby at Brentford’s new Community Stadium from the start of the 2020/21 season.

Having played their home matches at The Avenue in Sunbury and then sharing The Stoop with Harlequins for one season in 1999, London Irish moved to the Madjeski in 2000.

However, Irish are moving back home, re-establishing themselves closer to their historic base.

With a capacity of 17,250, outstanding transport links and excellent brand-new facilities the stadium will be a perfect fit for the club’s future.

London Irish’s season tickets for their first season at Brentford are now on sale.

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Hamish Percy

Rugby union and football fanatic. Wasps ultra and Liverpool fan. Hamish, 22, is a recent graduate from the University of Nottingham where he attained a first in History and was awarded a national prize for his dissertation. Hamish has always had a love for sport, growing up playing mainly rugby union and hockey. He represented his county and region in hockey before captaining his school 1st XI and playing it frequently at University. Hamish currently works for BT Sport Rugby part-time and has had previous work experience with BBC Sport where he worked on Watford FC and Luton Town. In addition, he has had previous experience producing match reports for BBC Three counties radio. He also commentated on the BUCS finals for the men and women’s hockey in 2019 with the combined view count of these matches totalling north of 9,000. Follow Hamish on twitter @hamish_percy

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