Brian Blaney rebuilding career at London Irish

Blaney is in his first season with Irish since joining from Leinster

London Irish hooker Brian Blaney says he is determined to improve after a difficult start with the Exiles.

Blaney scored twice on Sunday as he made his first start against Northampton in the LV= Cup.

He told BBC Berkshire: "I missed the pre-season through a freak injury with a glass vase.

"I came on against Leicester and had an absolute shocker - I was unfit, I didn't know the calls. I want to push on and this was a massive game for me."

He added: "From a personal point-of-view I was more happy with the line-outs, with the 100% accuracy.

"The two tries were bonuses as my job first is scrummaging and line-outs."

Despite losing their first two pool matches, beating Northampton means that Irish could still progress to the semi-finals of the LV= Cup, although they need Newport and Saracens to lose.

Blaney continued: "I'll be honest, I've no idea what's going on in the LV= Cup, no idea.

"It's their way of doing it and I suppose it makes sense to them, but I haven't made sense of it yet. I just go out to win every game."

Gloucester versus London Irish kicks off at 1500 GMT on Saturday 5 February and is live on BBC Radio Berkshire.