We saw short fly balls routinely drop in front of outfielders that McCarver had noted just moments earlier were playing too deep.

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Encarnacion hit a two-run drive in the first, and Lawrie led off the second with a fly that landed in the second row of the short porch in right field for his first home run this season.

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The fly-half also had a late try disallowed for a knock-on in a game short of attacking flair and riddled with handling errors.

BBC: London Irish 18-12 Leicester

Irish's replacement fly-half Chris Malone was held up inches short and then Semisi Mapasua's back-of-the-hand pass, which put Tagicakibau in, was judged to have gone forward.

BBC: London Irish 40-24 Leeds

The Pirates got off to a flying start in the first minute as fly-half Johnny Bentley broke through the Bristol defence and was brought to ground 10 metres short of the try line.

BBC: Bristol 19-12 Cornish Pirates

The left wing gathered his own chip-ahead and stepped past O'Gara before offloading to the supporting Phil Godman, but the fly-half was thundered into touch by a retreating Brian O'Driscoll just a few metres short of the Irish line.

BBC: Scotland 15-22 Ireland

Saints fly-half Geraghty sliced a long-range drop-kick wide before O'Gara saw his penalty drop short of the post.

BBC: Munster 12-9 Northampton