Former Prop Jon Ashley, who left the Irish after 12 seasons to move to England in 2003, has been playing with the Sheffield Tigers of the Yorkshire League 2 for the 2004 / 2005 season.

Ashley, who was the ICRC's first professional rugby player when he signed with Rotherham while in National Division 2 (2001), has been a try scoring machine during his time in Sheffield.  Jon has been joined by fellow Canadians and former internationals Harry Toews, Ed Knaggs and Mike Schmid, his team-mate at Rotherham.

Ash played professionally for Coventry with Canadian internationals John Cannon & Jared Barker before joining the Tigers this season.

The Tigers had a fantastic season, gaining promotion into Yorkshire League One for next season.  With their win over Sidmouth on March 5th, the Tigers have reached Twickenham for the 2nd time in 5 years.

Congratulations to Jon Ashley and the Sheffield Tigers!!

The Sheffield Tigers website has all the results, game reports and information that you require - www.sheffieldtigers.co.uk

Go to www.sportsactionphotos.co.uk for more pictures of this match by Nigel Chanter.