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Full time at the Sportsground and Connacht have won their opening game of the Challenge Cup by 48 points to La Rochelle’s 12. Back in action at the Sportsground on Friday November 21st for the visit of Zebre in the GUINNESS PRO12 CLICK HERE for TICKETS CLICK HERE for CONNACHT RUGBY FB Page and HERE […]
On Saturday & Sunday 80+ Rugby Union teams in the province of rugby called Connacht will compete in some of the most skillful, intense and enjoyable games of rugby that you will see anywhere. What is at stake first and foremost is the opportunity to play a game that this country has played for over […]
Head Coach Pat Lam has named his side for Connacht’s opening round in the new European Rugby Challenge Cup. French side La Rochelle visit the Sportsground on Saturday for the 5pm kick off. Returning from injury, hooker Jason Harris-Wright makes his season debut in a pack that sees five personnel changes from last week’s PRO12 […]
The Connacht Eagles team, sponsored by NUI Galway, has been named for Sunday’s round 2 British & Irish Cup tie with Pontypridd RFC. Head Coach Nigel Carolan, recently appointed to the role of Ireland U20’s Head Coach, has made six personnel changes from the team that started the campaign against Bristol Rugby last weekend. Roscommon-born […]
Rugby fans were left scratching their heads after a baffling decision by the TMO during today’s NRC match between the Sydney Stars and the North Harbour Rays. The Sydney Stars were attacking on the try line when Rays prop Mitch Lewis took the ball and planted it for a team-mate to pick up. Referee Ian […]
Avan Lee, the IRB’s general manager of sevens, believes the Twenty20 of rugby will continue its rapid growth because of Olympic inclusion Photo: IRB / MARTIN SERES LIMA Avan Lee is a man on a mission. His task, to improve the popularity of sevens, has been aided considerably by the decision to include the sport […]
Players and directors of rugby at England’s leading clubs face fines and potential suspensions if they fail to adhere to an unprecedented initiative to improve the safety of players who suffer from concussion in the sport. More than 1,500 players, coaches and referees from the Premiership and Championship clubs, as well as all those involved […]
A list of people and techniques that have been game changers. For the generations that witnessed their achievements it must have seemed as if they were defying gravity, rewriting rules, bucking trends that were unbuckable. A unique moment that became the norm. After last Saturday, when Ireland beat Australia, we have another couple of names […]
The only problem with being a trailblazer is that everyone starts copying you, and what was once unique suddenly become run of the mill. The more it happens, the less you end up liking it. I am thinking beards, tattoo sleeves and Justin Bieber singing. But there is also something in rugby that has got […]
IRFU performance director keeps cards close to chest as reform looms The former Australia hooker is four months into his five-year contract with the union and this week gave his first media interviews since his unveiling back in April. His was a notable presence on the summer tour to Argentina and, since then, his appearances […]
