article_snippet.sent: Irish scored three tries through Alex Lewington (two) and Andrew Fenby with Chris Noakes adding two penalties and two conversions.
article_snippet.sent: However against the run play, Irish produced an excellent movement with Allinson, Narraway and Fergus Mulchrone all prominent and Irish succeeded in winning a penalty, which Noakes kicked to leave Noakes side trailing 5-3 at the end of the first quarter.
article_snippet.sent: After 33 minutes, Irish prop, Tom Court, was sin-binned for dragging down a driving line-out and
article_snippet.sent: Irish capitalised with Fenby seizing the loose ball to race away for the try, which Noakes converted for a 13-10 interval lead.
article_snippet.sent: Court returned but Irish were soon back down to 14 men when Blair Cowan was yellow carded for a deliberate offside with Noakes making no mistake with the resulting kick to tie up the scores.
article_snippet.sent: Irish fought back and Irish appeared to have scored when a driving maul crashed over the visitors' line but the TMO was unable to confirm the grounding.
article_snippet.sent: the TMO did not matter for long as Sale's Chris Cusiter was yellow carded which give Irish a hance to score Irish second through Lewington.
article_snippet.sent: Topsy Ojo was the next to receive a yellow card, this one for dangerous play but Irish overcame this setback when Lewington brushed aside some weak tackling to score Lewington second.
article_snippet.sent: Noakes converted to give Irish a 25-20 lead at the end of the third quarter.
highlights_snippet.sent: London Irish scored tries through Alex Lewington (two) and Andrew Fenby .
  