Seven senior players join the club for the start of pre-season training this month while seven move on. Four players are promoted from the Academy to the senior squad and eight new players join the club's Academy.

Commenting on the player movements London Irish Head Coach, Toby Booth said, "Recruitment is the most important element in maintaining success. We have continued to adopt a quality rather than a quantity approach as well as developing and rewarding our home grown talent.

"We're committed as a club, and to our fans, to producing a competitive squad within wage cap constraints that can compete at the highest level. We're looking forward with much anticipation to the new season to continue our improvement."

Player Movements Season 2009 - 10

Confirmed Incoming

Name	Position	Previous Club
Buist, Andy	Lock/Back row	Newcastle Falcons
Ion, Paulica	Prop forward	Bath Rugby
Lamb, Ryan	Fly half	Gloucester Rugby
Lennard, Jamie	Fly half	Doncaster Knights
Malone, Chris	Fly half	Harlequins
Stowers, George	Back row	Kobe (Japan)
Tideswell, James	Prop forward	Plymouth, Albion

LINR/PLayer Movements 2009-10

Confirmed Outgoing

Name	Position	New Club
Bailey, James	Wing	Lyons
Fury, Warren	Scrum half	London Wasps
Geraghty, Shane	Fly half/ centre	Northampton Saints
Hudson, James	Lock forward	Newcastle Falcons
Lea'aetoa, Tonga	Prop forward	Toulon
Shabbo, Dominic	Wing/ centre	London Welsh
Skuse, Richard	Prop forward	Saracens

Promotions from Academy to Senior Squad

Name	Position
Corbisiero, Alex	Prop forward
Fisher, Jonathon	Back row
Gower, Charlie	Centre
Thompstone, Adam	Centre/Wing

Academy Entrants

Name	Position
Anderson, Max	Hooker
Garvey, Matt	Lock forward
Gibson, Jamie	Back row
Herring, Robert	Hooker
Joseph, Jonathan	Centre
Lahiff, Max	Prop forward
Low, Kieran	Second row
Watson, Marcus	Full back/wing