William Davies talked to Connacht’s back coach Nigel Carolan and winger Cian Kelleher about getting over the disappointment of the Glasgow loss and the challenge of a high flying Zebre. […]
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Ground down by Glasgow
On a beautiful sunny day Connacht lost to Glasgow in the Sportsground when the visitors reverted to playing wet weather rugby by sticking the ball up their jumpers to grind […]
Connacht v Glasgow preview
By Linley Mackenzie (this article first appeared in the Galway Advertiser) Connacht open the 2018/19 Guinness PRO14 Championship campaign with a host of changes, but what remains the overriding goal […]
Pre Glasgow, Pre Womens Interpro, U18s Champions
PRO14 preview, Women’s Interpro preview, U18s are Interprovincial Club Champions, Mike McCarthy, it’s another busy podcast for the Craggy Crew. We hear from Jack Carty and Tom Farrell at the […]
PRO14 Fixtures Are Here!
The PRO14 fixtures for the 2018/19 season have been announced and William Davies and Alan Deegan mull over what looks like a very tough set of fixtures for Connacht in […]
Beaten in Belfast
Ulster extended their unbeaten run against Connacht in Belfast in a close, sometime contentious, match that was decided by a wonder try from the rising start of Ulster rugby, Jacob […]
Connacht Perform but Ulster Triumph
Ulster 16 Connacht 8 By Rob Murphy at Kingspan Stadium It is hard to credit the mood around Connacht right now. There’s certainly optimism around the group and an air […]
3 stats for the Ulster match
Connacht travel to Belfast to play the first Interpro of the season on Friday Oct 6, 2017. Here are some stats on the meetings between the sides in the Celtic […]
Ulster match preview
By Linley Mackenzie (this article first appeared in the Galway Advertiser) Connacht, boosted with a try bonus performance last weekend, will be looking to step up another level when they […]
Pre Ulster mini podcast
William Davies spoke with Connacht defense coach Peter Wilkins and Ireland prop Finlay Bealham at the Connacht press conference prior to the Ulster match. We also hear from John Muldoon […]
Scarlets Scalding
Scarlets 36 Connacht 27 By Rob Murphy at Parc y Scarlets It never takes much to soften the mood around the Connacht rugby team. No one is asking for silverware […]
Scalded by Scarlet
Connacht rediscovered their attacking prowess but it wasn’t enough to defeat a scintillating Scarlets side who ran out winners in a 5 tries to 4 shootout in Llanelli. Rob Murphy, […]
Scarlets match preview
By Linley Mackenzie (this article first appeared in the Galway Advertiser) It does not get any easier for Kieran Keane’s Connacht as they head to the home of the Guinness […]
3 stats for the Scarlets match
Connacht travel to Llanelli to play PRO14 champions Scarlets on Friday Sept 29, 2017. Here are some stats on the meetings between the sides in the Celtic League/PRO12/PRO14 at Parc […]
Post Cardiff Pre Scarlets mini pod
William Davies attended the Connacht mid-week press conference and spoke to Kieran Keane and Eoghan Masterson about getting over the disappointment of last weekend and the challenge that the Scarlets […]