By Linley MacKenzie (this report first appeared in the Galway Advertiser) Connacht’s miserable record continued at Parc y Scarlets in their Guinness Pro 14 season opener on Saturday evening when […]
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Connacht can’t weather Scarlets Storm
A disappointing start to the PRO14 season for Connacht as they continue their poor run of not having won the first game of the season since they won the Championship […]
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. […]
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 […]
Classy Connacht into Interpro Final
Connacht Women caused a major upset by beating a much fancied Munster team in the semi-final of the IRFU Women’s Interprovincial championship at a sunkissed, if breezy, St. Mary’s College […]
Aki & Henshaw – the Connacht Connection
In Ireland’s final warmup the centre partnership of Bundee Aki and Robbie Henshaw lit up the Aviva Stadium. There was plenty of mentions about how quickly they rekindled their symbiotic […]
Connacht Women Lose to Munster
Connacht Women 6 Munster Women 27 Sat 24th September 2019, Sportsground Connacht lost their second match in a row in the Women’s Interprovincial series after Munster outmuscled them in the […]
Connacht Eagles 24 Dragons 19
Friday Aug 23 2019, Sportsground, Galway A dominant display from the Connacht Eagles pack laid the platform for a winning start to their Celtic Cup campaign over a dangerous Dragons […]
Connacht Women Defeated in Donnybrook
It was a tough first out for a young Connacht Women’s team and their new coach Brian McClearn at Energia Park in Dublin in the initial round of this season’s […]
Midsummer news roundup
William Davies and Alan Deegan discuss the Champions Cup draw from a Connacht perspective, mull over how difficult Conference B is in the PRO14 for the next two seasons, talk […]
End of Season review
The Craggy Crew – Rob Murphy, William Davies, Linley MacKenzie, Niall Sheil, Dave Finn and Alan Deegan (ably assisted by stats man Danny Deegan and podcast editor Emmett McNamara) chew […]
Beaten in Belfast
Connacht could not extend their season to a PRO14 semi-final as they were defeated by a fired-up and clinical Ulster side who were determined to give Rory Best and Darren […]
Midweek prior to PRO14 QF away to Ulster
We have a jam packed midweek podcast prior to the biggest game of the season for Connacht as they travel to Belfast for the PRO14 quarter-final away to Ulster. We […]
Momentum stalled in Munster
A scratch Connacht side put in a strong display in Thomond Park, but were not as clinical as their interpro rivals as the Munstermen completed a season double them. We […]
Midweek prior to Munster away
Andy Friend and Eoin McKeon spoke to William Davies in the lead up to the final inter-provincial match of the regular season in Thomond Park on Saturday. Linley MacKenzie and […]