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Head Coach Pat Lam has made two personnel changes to his side to face Gloucester in the Champions Cup play-off game at Kingsholm Stadium (Sunday, 3:30pm). John Cooney, who was this week named on the Emerging Ireland squad, comes in to start at scrum half in the absence of an injured Kieran Marmion* while Ian […]
Head Coach Pat Lam has made one change to the starting XV from the last round of the Guinness PRO12 as his Connacht side prepare to face Zebre in Parma tomorrow evening (6:30pm). Scrum half John Cooney is named to start in an otherwise unchanged backline in what will be his 13th appearance of the […]
Connacht team named to face Ulster Connacht Rugby welcome provincial rivals Ulster to the Sportsground on Saturday (kick off 14:40) and head coach Pat Lam has made three personnel changes to the team named last week. As Bundee Aki makes a welcome return in midfield, there is shift in the back line as Robbie Henshaw, […]
The Ireland U19 team to play France at Marcoussis on Saturday 4th April at 7-00pm has been announced. 1/Vahk Abdaladze Clontarf RFC 2/Jonny Malony Clongowes Wood College 3/Conor Kenny Garbally College 4/Michael Melia Terenure RFC 5/Hugh Sloan Queen’s University RFC 6/Greg Jones UCD RFC 7/Neil Reilly Clontarf RFC 8/Dan Trayers Cistercian College, Roscrea 9/John Poland […]
YEOWWWWW BAIZ! Head Coach Pat Lam has made four personnel changes to his Connacht side to face Gloucester in the quarter final of the European Challenge Cup. Ireland international and 6 Nations winner Robbie Henshaw returns to the fray and is named at inside centre in a partnership with the competitions top try scorer Danie […]
Connacht Rugby can today confirm that Mils Muliaina will finish with the province at the end of the season having signed a one-year deal with Italian side Zebre. The 34-year-old became the first ever All Black to play at Connacht when he signed with the Irish province last summer as a player-mentor. The full back […]
Connacht team to face Munster Connacht Rugby Head Coach Pat Lam has announced the team to face Munster in round 18 of the Guinness PRO12 tomorrow (Kick Off: 5.15pm – live on Sky Sports). There are four personnel changes in total from the team that played Cardiff Blues last time out with three of those […]
ORFC brought two U10 teams to Ballina today for the Connacht blitz and played outstanding rugby. They were a huge credit to themselves, their families and the club. A big future awaits these guys. An absolute pleasure for the coaches to be involved with this group and they really appreciate the support from all the […]
Ireland Women’s Team to play Wales Women The Ireland Women’s team to face Wales in the fourth round of the RBS Women’s Six Nations has been named. Head Coach, Tom Tierney has made a one change to the team that overcame England, 11-8 in the last round of the tournament. Katie Fitzhenry has been ruled […]
