Connacht host Munster at the Sportsground in their first home Interpro of the season on Friday Oct 27, 2017. Here are some stats on the meetings between the sides in the Celtic League/PRO12/PRO14:
- Munster have 2 try bonus victories in the Sportsground compared to 1 from Connacht:
- 01/10/2005 Connacht 19 (try: C McPhillips; conversion: P Warwick; penalties: P Warwick(2), D Slemen(2)) – Munster 44 (tries: G Connolly(2), M Horan, F Sheahan, F Pucciariello; conversions: R O’Gara (4), P Burke; penalties: R O’Gara (3))
- 19/04/2014 Connacht 23 (tries: M Healy, D Poolman, E McKeon; conversion: D Parks; penalties: M Nikora(2)) – Munster 32 (tries: A Conway, G van den Heever, D Hurley, P Butler; conversions: I Keatley(3); penalties: I Keatley (2))
- 16/04/2016 Connacht 35 (tries: N Adeolokun(2), F Bealham, Penalty try; conversions: S O’Leary(3); penalties: S O’Leary(3)) – Munster 14 (tries: S Zebo, M Sherry; conversions: J Holland(2))
- Connacht have lost 11 matches in 14 seasons in the league, but have managed 8 losing bonus points in those 11 losses (Jan ’04 0-3, Dec ’04 0-3, Dec
- 02/01/2004 – 0:3
- 27/12/2004 – 0:3
- 31/12/2006 – 8:14
- 18/04/2010 – 12:18
- 27/12/2010 – 12:16
- 24/03/2012 – 16:20
- 22/12/2012 – 12:16
- 09/12/2016 – 9:16
- Top try scorers in the fixture:
- Connacht 2 tries – Conor McPhillips(Sept 2004, October 2005); Niyi Adeolokun(April 2016(2)); , penalty try (May 2004, April 2016)
- Munster 4 tries – Simon Zebo (May 2011, March 2012, March 2015, April 2016)