Tag: Connacht

Libbok leads way for Champs

By SAM JACKSON Stormers ……..33 Bulls ……………..21 Reigning champions the Stormers secured another home semi-final as their dominant display over the Bulls sets up a […]

Carty kicks Connacht to South Africa

By JOHN FALLON Ulster …………….. 10pts Tries: O’Connor 65 Conversions: Cooney 66 Penalties: Cooney 21 Connacht ……….15pts Penalties: Carty 24, 34, 40, 45, 75 Connacht […]

Former Wasps star for Treviso

By JOHN FALLON Benetton ……..41 Connacht …….. 19 CONNACHT could have few complaints as yet another Challenge Cup campaign fizzled out. Connacht failed to build […]

Muldoon in demand

Connacht have launched a bid to take Bristol forwards coach John Muldoon back to Galway, where he made over 300 appearances as a player under […]

Connacht head coach Andy Friend

Late try flurry saves Connacht

By JOHN FALLON Zebre …………… 34 Connacht ……..57 Hooker Dylan Tierney-Martin became the fourth Connacht player in a row to score a hat-trick but they […]

Six Nations squads in-depth: Ireland

Ulster’s Jacob Stockdale has been recalled to Ireland’s 37-man Six Nations squad, but Munster fly-half Joey Carbery is a notable absentee. Stockdale joins Stuart McCloskey, […]

Connacht cruise into knockouts

By DARAGH SMALL Connacht …….. 61 Brive ………………. 5 ALEX Wootton scored a hat-trick as Connacht’s bonus point win secured their place in the knockout […]

Domachowski try kills off Dragons

By BEN JAYCOCK Match winner: Cardiff celebrate after Corey Domachowski’s late try downed the Dragons COREY Domachowski proved the unlikely match-winner for Cardiff as he […]

Adams shows he’s the man for Gatland

By LUKE JARMYN Newcastle……….. 10pts Tries: Stuart 44 Conversions: J Thomas 45 Penalties: J Thomas 30 Cardiff…………….. 47pts Tries: Adams 8, 55; Priestland 20, Lane […]

Graham Rowntree

Munster end run of derby defeats

By DARAGH SMALL Munster ……… 34 Connacht……… 17 Another encouraging URC win continued Munster’s turnaround in fortunes. Connacht left Thomond Park with a losing bonus […]

We’ll be ok, says IRFU chief

THE Irish Rugby Football Union are optimistic the four provinces will survive the financial crisis engulfing the English club game. The IRFU reported a 5.9m […]

Bayonne turning home into a fortress

JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN HEADING into the three-week international break, two Top 14 teams in particular will be pretty happy with their opening 10-game block. […]

Butler: Discipline let us down

By JOHN FALLON Stormers …………..38 Connacht …………..15 Connacht skipper Jarrad Butler said discipline let them down for the second week in a row when a […]

Prop McGrath lands at Reds

JERSEY Reds have signed Connacht prop Greg McGrath. The 25-year-old played seven times in the URC for last season and once in the European Champions […]

‘Scrappy’ win sums up season

By JOHN FALLON Connacht …………..22 Zebre ………………….20 MAN of the match Cian Prendergast said the manner of Connacht’s win in their final game summed up […]

Dragons embarassed by lowly Zebre

By DELME PARFITT Zebre ………………21ptsTries: Bigi 24, Penalty 64, Gesi 75Penalties: Rizzi 12, 17Dragons…………..18ptsTries: Jones 54, Rosser 59Conversions: Davies 60Penalties: Davies 6, 15THE DRAGONS’ torturous […]

Late try by Tietie secures vital win

By DARAGH SMALL Benetton ……..17 Connacht ……..21 CONNACHT arrested a run of terrible form to beat Benetton at Stadio Monigo. With back-to-back Champions Cup clashes […]

Ruthless Edinburgh get back on track

By GARY HEATLY Edinburgh ……56Connacht ……….8HEAD coach Mike Blair praised Edinburgh’s “ruthless edge” after they downed Connacht with ease on Friday night.After three away defeats […]

We lacked muscle admits Pivac

WALES coach Wayne Pivac and his skipper Dan Biggar pinpointed their inability to match Ireland’s physicality as the reason for their heavy defeat in Dublin. […]

Glasgow pile on the late pressure

By JOHN FALLON Connacht ……..20 Glasgow ……..42 GLASGOW coach Danny Wilson was thrilled with the way his men attacked the Connacht set-piece and then made […]