CLARK Laidlaw hailed the attacking talents of the London Irish squad following their convincing derby victory over London Welsh.

Promotion-chasing Irish maintained their 100% start to the Greene King IPA Championship season with a bonus-point 35-12 win in the battle of the Exiles at Madejski Stadium on Saturday.

Tries from Fergus Mulchrone, Sebastian De Chaves, Brendan McKibbin and captain David Paice on his 250th club appearance sealed Irish's place at the top of the table.

And London Irish assistant coach Clark Laidlaw was delighted with the skills his side had to offer.

“We were happy with certain aspects of our attack,” beamed Laidlaw. “We had a lot of good shape in the first-half, but we didn’t quite capitalise in certain parts of the game.

“That said, we are happy where it’s at and we will continue to work on improving our attack.

“But we’re delighted to have got the win as we knew it was going to be a tough game. We stuck at it and for long periods it was tough going, but we deserved the win in the end.”

Saturday's impressive derby win was especially memorable for 32-year-old Exiles skipper Paice.

The former England hooker crashed over for his side's second try and the 19th of his London Irish career to put Nick Kennedy's men on their way to another bonus-point victory.

Paice left the field to standing ovation when he was substituted late on and walked away with the man-of-the-match honours on an emotional day for him and his family.

“To get myself a try was the icing on the cake and was very pleasing,” beamed Paice.

“Clark [Laidlaw] is doing a great job with our attack and has put an effective game plan in place.

“We are making it difficult for a lot of opposition defences this season.”

Irish now face back-to-back British & Irish Cup fixtures with a trip to Ospreys this Saturday (2.30pm) followed by a home clash against Connacht Eagles at Madejski Stadium the following week.