{"id":2646,"date":"2021-05-05T20:49:17","date_gmt":"2021-05-05T20:49:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/craggyrugby.com\/?p=2646"},"modified":"2021-05-05T20:49:18","modified_gmt":"2021-05-05T20:49:18","slug":"leinster-home-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/craggyrugby.com\/index.php\/2021\/05\/05\/leinster-home-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Leinster home preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-acast wp-block-embed-acast\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" title=\"Leinster home preview\" src=\"https:\/\/player.acast.com\/5fbd0c8df7be0c153a19ab19\/episodes\/60930411c07a887cefc336de#?secret=BBGI40XE9x\" data-secret=\"BBGI40XE9x\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"640\" height=\"110\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Connacht have an unusual opportunity to complete a double over Leinster when the PRO14 champions arrive in the Sportsground on Saturday evening.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Linley Mackenzie, Sports Editor for the Galway Advertiser and Connacht Rugby correspondent for the Irish Times joins resident Craggy statsman Danny Deegan and host Alan Deegan to discuss the challenge that the Leinster will represent to a resurgent Connacht as well as hearing about the new signing Mack Hansen, the contract extension for Abraham Papali&#8217;i and the new forwards coach Dewald Senekal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We also hear the thoughts of Dave Heffernan and Andy Friend from the Connacht press conference as well as some snippets of James Tracey and Stuart Lancaster from the Leinster press conference.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Connacht have an unusual opportunity to complete a double over Leinster when the PRO14 champions arrive in the Sportsground on Saturday evening. 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