Connacht Rugby | Clubs, Schools & Lifestyle
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 […]
Ahead of the round 6 GUINEESS PRO12 clash with Benetton Treviso on Friday night, Connacht Head Coach Pat Lam has made a total of five changes to the starting line-up that faced Cardiff Blues last week. In the same week that he signed a Connacht Academy contract, 20-year-old Shane Delahunt has been handed his first […]
NEW ITALIAN BROADCASTER FOR GUINNESS PRO12 PRO12 Rugby today announced the appointment of Nuvolari as Guinness PRO12 host broadcaster in Italy for the 2014/2015 season. Nuvolari is part of the LT Multimedia network and will broadcast live all Italian games in the PRO12. They will also broadcast live the Guinness PRO12 Play-Offs and Final. Nuvolari […]
Australia won the bronze medal at this year’s Commonwealth Games in Glasgow Defending champions New Zealand will play Samoa, France and Japan on the first day of the new season, after the pools were drawn for the first round of the HSBC Sevens World Series on Australia’s Gold Coast on 11-12 October. Having finished runners-up […]
DOUBLE FOR BUCCS! RUGBY with MICHAEL SILKE CORRIB 27 BUCCANEERS 32 For the first time in some seasons, Buccaneers Seconds got off to a winning start in the Connacht Junior 1B League when they outpointed Corrib 32-27 in a high-scoring and competitive encounter at Headford on Sunday. On a fine bright afternoon, new Reserves Coach […]
Were hearing reports of an earlier start than usual for the AIL, not sure if this applies to all leagues but certainly seems at this stage to definitely apply to 1 or more. MID SEPTEMBER START FOR ALL-IRELAND LEAGUE The coming season’s Ulster Bank League has an even earlier than usual start with the first […]
2014/2015 FIXTURES FOR GUINNESS PRO12 ANNOUNCED The PRO12, Rugby’s premier professional club competition in Ireland, Italy, Scotland and Wales, today announced the fixtures for the 2014/2015 season and welcomed Guinness as its’ new title sponsor, which now sees the competition called the GUINNESS PRO12. (See attached pdf for fixtures list). The GUINNESS PRO12 season will […]
New Commercial Role for Gavin Duffy Recently retired Connacht Rugby captain and former Ireland international Gavin Duffy has been appointed to a new role with the province, as Senior Development Executive, within the Commercial & Marketing department. Duffy, who has a Commerce Degree from NUI Galway and a BA in Strength & Conditioning from Setanta […]
