The Irish Post is to become the official media partner to the London Irish Rugby Football Club.

The partnership has been forged to build a closer relationship between supporters of London Irish – who play their home games at Reading Football Club’s Madejski Stadium – and Irish Post readers.

Ten thousand copies of the paper, with a special London Irish wrap-around cover, will be handed out to fans before the team’s match against Leicester Tigers on Sunday.

Editor Murray Morse said: “We are delighted to be teaming up with London Irish and this partnership makes perfect sense as it will help raise the profiles of both the club and the newspaper in equal measure.”