Booth celebrates sinking Leinster

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Irish's successful raid on the home of reigning European champions Leinster - a tense 12-9 verdict secured by substitute Ryan Lamb's late penalty - installed them as strong Pool Six favourites.

"We've won a game in the back-yard of a very difficult place to come against the defending champions that are in good form," said Irish head coach Toby Booth.

"Of course, we were expecting a very difficult contest.

"We've snuck it at the end, and I think the enthusiasm with which the boys celebrated was purely out of respect for Leinster because they know how hard it is to come here and get anything.

"Part of the evolution of London Irish has been trying to be adaptable. Being able to win in different ways is all about your evolution as a team."

Hosts Leinster came into this match on the back of an impressive 30-0 thumping of Munster in the Magners League, however they were unable to match the dynamism of that performance.

Asked if his team deserved something from the match, Leinster coach Michael Cheika replied: "We didn't play well on the ground. We had the opportunity to put a fair bit of play together at various moments but we weren't effective enough at ruck time.

"I think that was a really costly area of the game for us.

"We got a losing bonus point but the target was to get four and we didn't get it."