London Irish are still without a win this season as they were outclassed by Stade Francais in their opening European Conference game at Sunbury. The exiles found the early going tough against a side that recently received a massive £2.6 million injection from a local Paris businessman.
The visitors scored two early tries and looked set for a runaway victory before Niall Woods and Niall Hogan both went over to close their-half time lead to just two points.
London Irish came out strongly after the break showing all the commitment missing from their opening two league games.
Well-worked tries by Conor O'Shea and Gary Halpin put them back on track, but it was merely a false dawn.
Stade Francais hit back with three tries in just 10 minutes, avoiding half-hearted tackles to find gaping holes in the Irish defence.
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