Connacht started the game like a whirlwind but got blown away by a hurricane of a performance by the PRO14 champions in the Sportsground in round 2 of the Rainbow […]
Leinster rugby
Jimmy Duffy on team selection for Leinster home match
William Davies chatted to Connacht forwards coach Jimmy Duffy about the team selection for the home match against Leinster in the Sportsground on Saturday evening.
Leinster home preview
Connacht have an unusual opportunity to complete a double over Leinster when the PRO14 champions arrive in the Sportsground on Saturday evening. Linley Mackenzie, Sports Editor for the Galway Advertiser […]
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 […]
Pete Wilkins on team selection for Leinster away
William Davies caught up with Connacht defense coach Pete Wilkins after the selection of the team to play Leinster in the RDS on Saturday evening to find out what the […]
Leinster away preview
Connacht travel to Dublin on the back of a disappointing defeat at home to Ulster hoping to break their duck in the RDS. Andy Friend and Jarrad Butler spoke to […]
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 […]
Lambasted by Leinster
Connacht fell to their worst ever defeat against Leinster in the professional era with a pretty abject display, especially in the first half. The Craggy Crew pick over the bones […]
A Leinster lambasting
LEINSTER 54 CONNACHT 7 ROB MURPHY at the RDS WELL this was predictable. It was always going to be this way. A run of games like never before, 13 straight […]
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 […]
Lacerated by Leinster
The PRO14 champions gave Connacht a huge reality check in the week prior to the return of Champions Cup rugby for the western province. It is the most tries Leinster […]
Lashed by Leinster
BY the time Jack Carty decided to place a restart deep into the Leinster 22 rather than go short to contest, the game was done, the margin was 35-6 and […]
Midweek prior to Leinster
We get the big guns out for the first Interpro of the season with audio from Andy Friend, Jarrad Butler, Johnny Sexton and Leo Cullen. Rob Murphy and Alan Deegan […]
Connacht Can’t Conquer Champions
The Connacht Women put up a spirited but ultimately futile display at Energia Park in the inaugural Women’s Interprovincial Final as they were defeated by a classy Leinster team who […]
Ireland Second Row Stats
With the 6 Nations (6N) starting this weekend we decided to look at how Connacht second rows Quinn Roux and Ultan Dillane stack up with their provincial rivals in the […]