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 […]
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2021/22 Season preview for Connacht Rugby
The Craggy Crew preview the new rugby season with Connacht rugby tinted glasses
URC fixtures announced and Women’s Interpros kickoff
William Davies and Alan Deegan discuss the somewhat lob-sided looking URC fixture list from a Connacht perspective as the approaching new season for the Men’s team gathers momentum. There is […]
Mid Summer review for all things Connacht Rugby
Connacht are back training, the Lions have just won the first Test against South Africa, the Champions Cup draw has Connacht taking on the might of Leicester Tigers, who will […]
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 […]
The United Rugby Championship is announced
The PRO14 has morphed once again and now we have the United Rugby Championship, the URC. William Davies and Niall Shiel join Alan Deegan to discuss this seismic shift in […]
End of season review
Well that was a sometimes weird and sometimes wonderful season. Was it a good season or not for Connacht, how much did Connacht miss their fans, who was the most […]
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 […]
Jimmy Duffy on team selection for Ospreys
William Davies chatted to Connacht forwards coach Jimmy Duffy about the team selection for Connacht’s final game of the season.
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 […]
Bundee Aki press conference mini pod
Bundee Aki spoke at a Connacht press conference for the first time since being selected for the British and Irish Lions today, we hear all the questions from the live […]
Beaten by Benetton in the Rainbow Cup
Benetton kept their hopes reaching the Rainbow Cup final firmly on course when a dogged win over the maddeningly inconsistent Connacht team in Treviso.The visitors lost the man earning his […]
Nigel Carolan on team selection for Benetton away
William Davies spoke to Nigel Carolan after the Connacht team was announced for the trip to Treviso to take on table topping Benetton in the Rainbow Cup.
Benetton away preview Rainbow Cup
Denis Buckley will become only the 3rd player to play 200 times for Connacht when he takes the field against Benetton in the Rainbow Cup in a game that sees […]
Standing Up to Munster
Connacht stood up and fought for every minute of this hard fought victory against a fully loaded Munster team to halt a run of 8 defeats in a row against […]