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Andy Friend

Disappointing display in loss to Glasgow

https://shows.acast.com/craggyrugby/episodes/glasgow-home-review-jan-2022 Well that was a pretty underwhelming way to get back to the bread and butter of the United Rugby Championship. Linley MacKenzie and Dave Finn are on analysis duty […]

Posted on January 31, 2022February 9, 2022 By Alan Continue reading

Losing Late to Leicester

Well that was pretty gut-wrenching but the saying goes that you learn more from your defeats than your victories, well lets hope Connacht learn some huge lessons from this. We […]

Posted on January 17, 2022January 25, 2022 By Alan Continue reading

Scraping past Munster

What a gritty win in an enthralling, if somewhat turgid, and fiery interpro battle by Connacht over Munster. Rob Murphy and William Davies take you through the match and analyse […]

Posted on January 3, 2022January 25, 2022 By Alan Continue reading

A deserved LBP in Leicester

Connacht proved that they are a full-on Champions Cup team this season with the performance and garnering of a LBP at the unbeaten Leicester Tigers in Round 2 of this […]

Posted on December 21, 2021 By Alan Continue reading

Crushed in Cardiff

A hugely disappointing start to the season for Connacht Rugby with a big defeat away to Cardiff is captured by William Davies and Rob Murphy who travelled to a Connacht […]

Posted on September 27, 2021September 27, 2021 By Alan Continue reading

Cardiff away preview Sep 21

The first match of the season is almost upon us. However the big news is not the trip to Cardiff. It’s the fact that the home interpro match against Ulster […]

Posted on September 22, 2021September 22, 2021 By Alan Continue reading

Exclusive interview with Andy Friend

In a Craggy Rugby exclusive, Andy Friend spoke at length about his hopes and expectations for Connacht Rugby in the new United Rugby Championship. He spoke to Rob Murphy and […]

Posted on July 12, 2021 By Alan Continue reading

Connacht finish the season on a high with a win over Ospreys

A craicing end of season performance brought the desired result that Andy Friend had demanded after the poor performance and result that leaves Connacht bouncing into the off-season on a […]

Posted on June 7, 2021June 7, 2021 By Alan Continue reading

Ospreys home preview Rainbow Cup

Connacht invariable finish the season on a loss, winning only 4 of their 19 final regular season games since the start of the PRO14, will it be any different against […]

Posted on June 2, 2021 By Alan Continue reading

Careering past Cardiff Blues

https://www.patreon.com/posts/47837403 Connacht got back to winning ways in the Sportsground win a bonus point win over Conference B rivals Cardiff that sees them narrow the gap to leaders Munster to […]

Posted on February 21, 2021February 21, 2021 By Alan Continue reading

Downing the Dragons

A valuable bonus point win in Wales saw Connacht get back to winning ways with 4 well taken tries. The 5 point haul solidifies Connacht’s 2nd place in Conference B. […]

Posted on February 7, 2021February 7, 2021 By Alan Continue reading

Ospreys home preview

William Davies caught up with Ultan Dillane and Andy Friend at the midweek press conference prior to the re-fixed home match against the Ospreys. Dave Finn and Alan Deegan join […]

Posted on January 21, 2021January 21, 2021 By Alan Continue reading

Andy Friend on team selection for Munster home

William Davies spoke to Andy Friend to find out the thinking behind the team selection for the season defining match against Munster in the Sportsground tomorrow evening.

Posted on January 8, 2021 By Alan Continue reading

Munster home preview

William Davies spoke to Tom Daly and Andy Friend at the press conference prior to the home match against Munster this week. William is joined by Dave Finn and Alan […]

Posted on January 7, 2021January 7, 2021 By Alan Continue reading

RDS hoodoo halted

Connacht defeated Leinster in the the RDS for the first time with a fiery display of dogged defense and clinical finishing to notch up a try bonus point win and […]

Posted on January 4, 2021January 4, 2021 By Alan Continue reading

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