Connacht pride themselves on the quality of their defence, with opposition, only having a 46% scoring success rate in the Connacht 22. However, that percentage looked in trouble with Montpellier […]
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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 […]
Sale Preview
Coach Andy Friend renews his relationship with premiership rugby when Connacht take on Sale in the European Challenge Cup second round at the AJ Bell Stadium on Saturday (3pm ). […]
Bordeaux-Begles preview
Connacht must turn their positivity into points on Saturday when French side Bordeaux-Begles visit the Sportsground for this year’s opening European fixture. Although Sale Sharks are top seeds in pool […]
Connacht crash to defeat against Gloucester
Connacht 28 Gloucester 33 By Rob Murphy at the Sportsground. The message is muddled at the moment. On the face of it, Connacht lost a rugby game on Saturday and […]
Connacht quarter final nightmare loss
Connacht lost a cracking Challenge Cup quarter final to Gloucester at a packed Sportsground on Easter Saturday. The whole Craggy Crew are on hand to take you through the match, […]
Preview of Gloucester on match day morning
Rob Murphy, William Davies, Danny Deegan and Alan Deegan preview the Challenge Cup quarter-final from the Clan Stand a few hours before the match.
Pre Gloucester midweek podcast
We have a packed show for the biggest game of Connacht’s season. Rob Murphy, William Davies and Alan Deegan are on hand to take you through the show. Kieran Keane […]
Oyonnax Ousted
Connacht 50 Oyonnax 14 By Rob Murphy at the Sportsground The Challenge Cup only really gets going in the knockout stages. Connacht secured their spot there with the draw in […]
Overcoming Oyonnax
Connacht secured a home quarter final in the Challenge Cup with a comprehensive defeat over a disinterested Oyonnax team in the Sportsground. William Davies and Alan Deegan take you through […]
Oyonnax match preview
By Linley Mackenzie (this article first appeared in the Galway Advertiser) Connacht host their final European pool fixture against French visitors Oyonnax on Saturday determined to finish with a flourish […]
Midweek podcast prior to Oyonnax home
William Davies speaks to Nigel Carolan and Conor Carey at the pre Oyonnax Challenge Cup match in the Sportsground. William is joined by Alan Deegan to discuss the injury update […]
Connacht Top Group Despite Draw
Worcester 24 Connacht 24 By Rob Murphy at the Sixways Game number 18 in the season brought a first draw and delivered a guaranteed quarter final spot in the Challenge […]
Sauce Squeezed Out of Worcester
Connacht 15 Worcester 8 By Alan Deegan at the Sportsground [soundcloud id=’348163231′ height=’false’] Connacht defeated Worcester Warriors in a dour, stop-start encounter with two well crafted tries that glistened like […]
Worcester worn down
Connacht won their second Challenge Cup match of the campaign to keep them at the top of their pool. William Davies, Dave Finn, Niall ‘Packie’ Sheill and Alan Deegan ruminate […]