Andy Friend spoke to the Craggy Crew after an interesting A game that saw Munster A defeat the Connacht Eagles in the first professional game of rugby in the Sportsground […]
Connacht victory over Ulster statscast
Craggy statsman Danny Deegan ran the rule over Connacht’s superb display and victory over Ulster in the Aviva stadium and the stats backup the general view that Connacht were well […]
Connacht conquer Ulster
An entertainingly emphatic display by Connacht in the Aviva stadium ensures that the western province will have back to back winning seasons in the PRO14 for the first time since […]
Team announcement for Ulster Aug 2020
The Connacht team to play Ulster in the Aviva Stadium on Sunday Aug 23rd 2020 is as follows: 15. John Porch – second time starting at fullback, his other start […]
Statscast Ep6 – The Halfbacks
Connacht have had plenty of quality players in both the scrum-half and outhalf positions over the years and in this weeks statscast we find out who comes out on top, […]
Statscast Ep. 5 – Centres of Attention
This week we focus on the Centres. There is only one player who is the unanimous choice in any position in the entries for the Connacht team of the professional […]
Statscast Ep 4 – The Best Back 3 Connacht players
In the run up to announcing the best Connacht players as picked by the Craggy Rugby podcast listeners, we are going to bring you the stats for the various mini […]
Statscast Ep 3 – Has the Academy hit it’s targets
In the summer of 2016 the Grass Roots to Green Shirts Vision and Strategy 2016-2020 was launched by Connacht. In this statscast we look at the targets set for the […]
Statscast Ep 2 – The Changing Squad
In our second statscast Danny and Alan discuss the size of the clearout and compare it to previous seasons and other provinces. They also look at the number of players […]
Statscast Ep 1 – Experience lost by clear out
This year’s end of season clearout saw a huge amount of experience, over 600 Connacht appearance between the whole group, with a couple of centurions, Tom McCartney and Eoin McKeon, […]
May 2020 update podcast
William, Rob and Alan bring you the latest news on player signings, players leaving, possible season restart date and a few other bits and pieces to help pass a few […]
Connacht’s Glory Day
With TG4 showing the 2016 PRO12 final this evening, April 25th 2020, at 19:15, why not relive not only the match and the glorious denouement (from a Connacht perspective at […]
Andy Friend Interview April 2020
The Craggy Crew bring you the assuring voice of calmness and reason that is Andy Friend in these strange and troubling times as the Connacht coach talks about how he […]
Conquering the Kings
Connacht got back to winning ways with a hard fought bonus point win in South Africa that initially looked like it might be a stroll before a contentious red card […]
Southern Kings away preview
Connacht travel to South Africa this week and William Davies caught up with Andy Friend, Paddy McAllister and Tiernan O’Halloran before they jetted off to the sunnier climes of the […]