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Connacht 31 Dragons 7<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Connacht got the job done against a very nuggetty Dragons side to finish the first third of the season in a very creditable 5th position.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Danny Deenan and Emmett McNamara alongside Alan Deegan take you through the match whiie William Davies, Dave Finn and Rob Murphy join the pod for the post match analysis that got pretty heated by the end of the podcast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We hear the post-match thoughts of Pete Wilkins and Sean O’Brien.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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