Connacht 32 Southern Kings 10 By Rob Murphy at the Sportsground The result was expected and it was delivered with relatively little fuss on Saturday. The new South African sides […]
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Connacht Conquer Kings
Connacht snaffled a bonus point win in their first competitive match against a team from the Southern Hemisphere. The Craggy crew, Rob Murphy, William Davies, Linley MacKenzie, Dave Finn, Packie […]
Southern Kings match preview
By Linley MacKenzie (this article originally appeared in the Galway Advertiser) A mouth-watering and historic first Guinness PRO14 fixture between Connacht and South African side Southern Kings takes place at […]
Pre Kings Press Conference
William Davies spoke to Kieran Keane and Denis Buckley in the aftermath of the disappointing defeat to Glasgow last Saturday. William also spoke to Southern Kings forwards coach Barend Pieterse […]
Connacht 12 Glasgow 18 – 2nd Sept 2017
Connacht 12 Glasgow 18 By Rob Murphy at the Sportsground Something is not right. We might as well accept that from day one rather than adopt a wait and see […]
Warriors Wash Connacht Away
Connacht’s season opener was something of a damp squib. Glasgow deservedly won on a wild, wet and windy evening to dampen down early season expectations of a return to the […]
Glasgow match preview
By Linley MacKenzie (this article originally appeared in the Galway Advertiser) It gets under way for Connacht on Saturday evening in the Sportsground when Glasgow Warriors are the early visitors […]
3 stats for the Glasgow match
Connacht start the new PRO14 season against Glasgow Warriors in the Sportsground on Sat Sept 2nd 2017, here are some stats on the meetings between the sides in the Celtic […]
Pre Glasgow press conference Aug 2017
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Connacht 24 Bristol 14 – Preseason friendly Aug 2017
Connacht 24 Bristol 14 By Alan Deegan at the Sportsground Connacht gave Kieran Keane a winning start in his first home match with a 3 tries to 2 defeat of […]
Connacht Media Day August 2017
In preparation for the new PRO14 season Connacht held a media day at the Sportsground and the Craggy Crew were there in force to chat to the new coach, KK, […]
Kieran Keane brings his dreams and innovation to Connacht
By Linley MacKenzie (this article first appeared in the Galway Advertiser) New Connacht Rugby coach Kieran Keane, relishing a return to head coaching, is confident his new club “can do […]
We have our new competition – PRO14
At long last the wait is over and on Tuesday August 1st 2017 the PRO12 became the PRO14 with the addition of 2 teams from South Africa, the Cheetahs and […]
Who are the Cheetahs
The PRO12 announced the new structure for the championship for the upcoming season with the addition of two teams for South Africa, the Toyota Cheetahs (Bloemfontein) and the Southern Kings […]
Mid summer update
Rob Murphy, William Davies and Alan Deegan chew the fat as we wait for definitive news on the format of the new PRO12/PRO14 competition