The Craggy Crew finish the 2016/2017 season with a review of Pat Lam’s tenure in the Western Province.
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Pat Lam’s final interview with the Craggy Crew
Pat Lam interview The week after the Northampton match 2 members of the Craggy Crew, William Davies and Linley MacKenzie, sat down with Pat Lam to review his time with […]
Northampton 21 Connacht 15 – 20th May 2017
Northampton 21 Connacht 15 By Rob Murphy at Franklin’s Gardens Having first embraced his captain John Muldoon near the dugout, Pat Lam then begin a slow but purposeful walk across […]
Preview of Northampton match – Linley MacKenzie
(originally published in the Galway Advertiser) Connacht have a real opportunity to pull off a season-saving performance in Saturday’s crunch Champions Cup play-off against Northampton in England. Ultimately it may […]
The Northampton match – Rob’s View
Northampton v Connacht, Franklin’s Gardens, Saturday 4pm Four teams are vying for the twentieth and final spot in next season’s Champions Cup in these perplexing, and seemingly needless qualifiers, over […]
History of results against Northampton
As we build up to the Northampton v Connacht match in the Champions Cup qualifier we take a look at the history of competitive matches between the clubs. Connacht have […]
Munster 50 Connacht 14 – 6th May 2017
Munster 50 Connacht 14 By Rob Murphy This is and has been a bad season for Connacht rugby. That in itself is hardly cause for concern because, ask yourself, how […]
3 stats for the Munster match
Connacht travel to Thomond Park for their last match of the season as PRO12 champions, here are some stats on the meetings between the provinces in the Celtic League/PRO12 Munster […]
Connacht 8 Scarlets 30 – 29th April 2017
Connacht 8 Scarlets 30 By Alan Deegan at the Sportsground The Connacht performance in this match was like watching the clock being turned back 4 years, to the pre-Pat Lam […]
3 stats for the Scarlets match
Connacht take on Scarlets in their last home game of the season on Saturday, here are 3 stats for the match: Connacht’s only home try bonus point win against the […]
Preview of Scarlets home match
By Linley MacKenzie (initially published in the Galway Advertiser) Possibly – and hopefully – not Connacht’s last home fixture this season, but Saturday is the final PRO12 game in the […]
John Muldoon – a podcast special
William Davies interviews John Muldoon on the occasion of his 300th Connacht cap.
Connacht 24 Leinster 37 – 15th April 2017
Connacht 24 Leinster 37 By Rob Murphy at the Sportsground In twelve short months Leo Cullen has transformed Leinster. He might just be on the cusp of orchestrating an even […]
3 stats for the Leinster match
Connacht take on Leinster on Easter Saturday, April 15th at 19:35 in the Sportsground, here are 3 fun stats for the match: Connacht’s top try scorers against Leinster are Kieran […]
Preview of Leinster home match
By Linley MacKenzie (initially published in the Galway Advertiser) Long-serving Connacht forward John Muldoon will make his 300th appearance on Saturday evening against Leinster at the Sportsground. At 34 years […]