Northampton 21 Connacht 15 By Rob Murphy at Franklin’s Gardens Having first embraced his captain John Muldoon near the dugout, Pat Lam then begin a slow but purposeful walk across […]
2016/2017
The season in match previews and reports
Preview of Northampton match – Linley MacKenzie
(originally published in the Galway Advertiser) Connacht have a real opportunity to pull off a season-saving performance in Saturday’s crunch Champions Cup play-off against Northampton in England. Ultimately it may […]
The Northampton match – Rob’s View
Northampton v Connacht, Franklin’s Gardens, Saturday 4pm Four teams are vying for the twentieth and final spot in next season’s Champions Cup in these perplexing, and seemingly needless qualifiers, over […]
History of results against Northampton
As we build up to the Northampton v Connacht match in the Champions Cup qualifier we take a look at the history of competitive matches between the clubs. Connacht have […]
Munster 50 Connacht 14 – 6th May 2017
Munster 50 Connacht 14 This is and has been a bad season for Connacht rugby. That in itself is hardly cause for concern because, ask yourself, how many Connacht campaigns […]
Connacht 8 Scarlets 30 – 29th April 2017
Connacht 8 Scarlets 30 By Alan Deegan at the Sportsground The Connacht performance in this match was like watching the clock being turned back 4 years, to the pre-Pat Lam […]
Preview of Scarlets home match
By Linley MacKenzie (initially published in the Galway Advertiser) Possibly – and hopefully – not Connacht’s last home fixture this season, but Saturday is the final PRO12 game in the […]
Connacht 24 Leinster 37 – 15th April 2017
Connacht 24 Leinster 37 By Rob Murphy at the Sportsground In twelve short months Leo Cullen has transformed Leinster. He might just be on the cusp of orchestrating an even […]
Preview of Leinster home match
By Linley MacKenzie (initially published in the Galway Advertiser) Long-serving Connacht forward John Muldoon will make his 300th appearance on Saturday evening against Leinster at the Sportsground. At 34 years […]
Preview of Edinburgh away match
By Linley MacKenzie It has been a poor couple of weeks for Connacht. Losses to Glasgow and Zebre have been compounded by the nature of the defeats – games which […]
Zebre 25 Connacht 22 – 1st April 2017
Zebre 25 Connacht 22 The Craggy crew did not get to view this match, so here is the report from the PRO12 site: Zebre recorded their first home win of […]
Zebre away game preview
Preview by Linley MacKenzie This time last year Connacht were working their way to a first Guinness Pro 12 trophy and Champions Cup rugby. Twelve months later they are facing […]
Glasgow 35 Connacht 24 – 24th March 2017
Glasgow 35 Connacht 24 by Rob Murphy at Scotstoun Let’s call a spade a spade, Connacht are simply not a top six side this season. As a result, it is […]
Connacht 33 Zebre 3 – 3rd March 2017
Connacht 33 Zebre 3 By Rob Murphy at the Sportsground In normal run of the mill conditions, this game would have been a lot less dramatic and a lot more […]
Treviso 19 Connacht 34 – 26 February 2017
Treviso 19 Connacht 34 While Sunday’s bonus point win on the east coast of Italy was facile to say the least, the performance will have added to the sense that […]