Connacht pride themselves on the quality of their defence, with opposition, only having a 46% scoring success rate in the Connacht 22. However, that percentage looked in trouble with Montpellier […]
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Champions Cup Preview
The return of Champions Cup rugby to Galway, after a two-year absence, should be cause for celebration, excitement and anticipation but instead, trepidation is the most prominent emotion amongst the […]
Leinster Defeat in Stats
Leinster’s victory in the Sportsground last Friday night was clinical and it included them scoring the most points, winning by the biggest winning margin and them scoring the most tries […]
Ospreys overcome with big D performance
Connacht had an impressive defensive performance in the Liberty Stadium in their victory over the Ospreys, missing only 1 tackle out of 128 made in the game. Defence wins championships […]
The win over Cheetahs – a steal or fully deserved?
The general feeling in the Sportsground at the end of a pulsating match between Connacht and the Toyota Cheetahs was that the home side had snatched victory by the skin […]
Stats Review of Dragons win and Cheetah threat
Connacht sit in second in Conference B after a convincing win over the Dragons in Rodney Parade. The Dragons came out firing, putting Connacht under a lot of early pressure […]
Connacht v Benetton in stats
Not only has the world cup taken the best players to Japan it has also had an impact on the quality of stats that are available to us. So we […]
Scarlets v Connacht visits to 22 stats
Connacht lost their 8th game in a row in the Principality and continue their hoodoo of losing their first match of the season since winning the PRO12 in 2016. Looking […]
Midweek prior to Scarlets Away Sep 19
The Craggy Crew are back just in time for the new PRO14 season. William Davies caught up with Andy Friend and Caolin Blade at the press conference in the Sportsground. […]
New Conference Old Foes
The PRO14 conference have been shaken up for the next two seasons with the 4 Irish Provinces and 2 Welsh regions are swapping conferences.At first glance it looks like Connacht […]
Champions Cup draw permutations for Connacht
Connacht are back in the Champions Cup next season, for the 5th time in their history and only the second time on merit. Pool 3 The draw is being held […]
History Versus Ulster
Connacht will have no fear of traveling to the Kingspan this weekend. They have come out on top in 4 of the last 6 meetings between the provinces, which should […]
Unhappy Hunting Grounds
The regular season for Connacht comes to a close this weekend with a derby game against Munster in Thomond Park. Limerick is not the happiest of hunting grounds for the […]
Andy Friend’s First Season in Stats
The general feeling among Connacht fans and anyone with an interest in Connacht rugby is that Andy Friend has had an excellent first season in charge of the Western province. […]
Friends First Season
Andy Friend has been a revelation at Connacht this season. He has totally turned Connacht’s fortunes around from last season when they finished in 6th on 39 points under Kieran […]