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Article: London Irish fight as French take fancy to Geraghty.(Sport)
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- The Mail on Sunday (London, England)
- Article date:
- February 22, 2009
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Byline: Paul Morgan
Bath 20
London Irish 20
LONDON IRISH last night revealed they were fighting to stop Shane Geraghty becoming the latest England international to make a big-money move to France.
Wasps and England have already lost James Haskell, Riki Flutey and Tom Palmer to France and Irish coach Toby Booth confirmed that Geraghty, 22, who came off the bench against Italy two weeks ago, has edged closer to leaving.
'Shane has an opt-out clause in this contract, that was negotiated before I came to the club, and he activated that in January,' said Booth. "It doesn't mean he will leave, as we can still offer him a new ...