MUNSTER 49 CONNACHT 12 ROB MURPHY AT THE AVIVA STADIUM FOR all the wrong reasons, this was another memorable occasion at the Aviva Stadium for Connacht on Sunday. Three yellow […]
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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 […]
Connacht hit the ground running
CONNACHT 26 ULSTER 20 ROB MURPHY AT THE AVIVA STADIUM THE Aviva Stadium provided a spectacular and eerie setting for rugby’s return at the weekend. On a bright Sunday afternoon, […]
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 […]
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
SOUTHERN KINGS 19 CONNACHT 29 TAKING on the Southern Kings in their home of Port Elizabeth on the southern coast of South Africa is an enormous logistic and mental challenge […]
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 […]
Eviscerated by Edinburgh
EDINBURGH 41 CONNACHT 14 ROB MURPHY AT MURRAYFIELD THE brilliance of Richard Cockerill’s Edinburgh collided with an uncertain and stuttering Connacht on Friday night in Murrayfield and the result was […]