All posts tagged "Connacht"
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United Rugby Championship
/ 7 months agoCardiff’s second-half fightback stuns Ulster
By Simon Thomas Cardiff ............... 21pts Tries: Stephens 49, Hughes 64, Young 68 Conversions: Sheedy 50, 65, 69 Ulster ................. 19pts...
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News Extra
/ 7 months agoMcElroy joins Sale
SALE have signed Tadgh McElroy from Ulster until the end of the season. Luke Cowan-Dickie is with England and Tommy Taylor...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 7 months agoConnacht vs Dragons – United Rugby Championship Preview
By Peter Ryan The Dragons will hit the road this weekend and travel to Northern Ireland to face Connacht. Dai Flanagan’s...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 7 months agoSnyman shows who’s boss
Connacht ........ 12 Leinster ...........33 ■ By JOHN FALLON RG SNYMAN again showed his class as an understrength Leinster side proved...
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Features
/ 7 months agoYoung Guns – Max Clein
Young Guns Max Clein is enjoying learning from his childhood hero Sean Cronin at Munster and hopes to emulate the Ireland...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 7 months agoMurphy has the last word over his son
By JOHN FALLON Ulster ................32pts Tries: Andrew 2, Postlethwaite 11, Cooney 28, McCann 49, Timoney 76 Conversions: Cooney 3, 29 Penalty:...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 8 months agoDavies double not enough for Scarlets
By ROGER PANTING Scarlets ............23pts Tries: Davies 22, 30 Conversions: Costelow 22, 30 Penalties: Costelow 42, 73; Lloyd 52 Connacht ............
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United Rugby Championship
/ 8 months agoOspreys can do nothing to stop Munster taking charge
■By JOHN FALLON Munster ...........23pts Tries: McCarthy 1, Farrell 26, Nash 40, O’Donoghue 64. Penalty: Crowley 9 Ospreys .............. 0pts IRISH...
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Latest News
/ 8 months agoJuarno Augustus: I fight to stop feeling sick
By Jon Newcombe Saints fans’ favourite Juarno Augustus leaves nothing in the tank on the pitch and is close to emptying...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 8 months agoZebre stun Munster with almighty comeback win
By James Lyons Zebre, beaten in all 20 previous games by Munster, pulled off one of the biggest shocks in URC...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 8 months agoConnacht launch incredible second half comeback to down the Sharks
By Matt Couch Connacht overturned a 20-point half-time deficit to clinch a five-try victory to go third in the table. First...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 8 months agoAlex Nankivell the difference as Munster win a thriller
By John Fallon Munster ...........35pts Tries: Nankivell 29, Haley 32, Hodnett 45, Coombes 60, Daly 70 Conversions: Burns 29, 33, 46,...
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Latest News
/ 8 months agoURC SQUADS
Benetton Giosué Zilocchi, Ivan Nemer, Mirco Spagnolo, Nahuel Tetaz Chaparro, Riccardo Genovese, Simone Ferrari, Thomas Gallo, Tiziano Pasquali, Bautista Bernasconi, Marco...
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Latest News
/ 8 months agoBristol Bears can win the Premiership says Steven Luatua
Steven Luatua believes Bristol can became the first West Country team to win the Premiership – if they start where they...
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Latest News
/ 9 months agoRocky start for Sharks as Connacht enjoy their day in the sun
■ By LUKE JARMYN Connacht .......... 21pts Tries: Conversions: Tierney-Martin 18, Oliver 37, B Murphy 76 Carty 19, 38, Forde 77...
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Dream Team
/ 9 months agoDream Team – JJ Hanrahan
JJ Hanrahan, the Munster, Northampton, Clermont, Dragons, and Connacht fly-half, chooses the best XV he has played with or against... 1....
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Features
/ 10 months agoThe Bears blueprint: Go and play without fear
PAUL REES ON HOW BRISTOL HEAD COACH PAT LAM PLANS TO GUIDE THE WEST COUNTRY OUTFIT BACK TO THE TOP Class...
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Latest News
/ 10 months agoNewcastle agree deal for Arnold
NEWCASTLE Falcons have signed centre Sammy Arnold on a two-year contract. The 28-year-old has spent the last two seasons at Brive,...
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International Rugby
/ 12 months agoFrance & Japan are showing the way
Rugby's governing class might explain it this way: “We’re making the game leaner and meaner by cutting off the excess fat.”...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 12 months agoLeinster get back on right track
By JOHN FALLON Leinster ..........33 Connacht ........ 17 Leinster coach Leo Cullen praised his men for the manner in which they...
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Champions Cup
/ 12 months agoAwesome! Toulouse make it a super six
By BEN JAYCOCK at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium Champions Cup final player of the match and European rugby’s biggest star Antoine Dupont...
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Latest News
/ 12 months agoIRFU changing funding model
THE Irish Rugby Football Union has announced a change to its funding model which will see the four provinces contribute “up...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 12 months agoCalcutta Cup win the highlight of my career
MY LIFE IN RUGBY Scott Steele - Former Scotland, Leicester, London Irish Harlequins & Edinburgh Scrum-Half I was sat on a...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 12 months agoThe time Tony did plenty of learning
RUGBY MATTERS - A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER It might surprise some to learn that...
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Premiership
/ 1 year agoWilliams is still the centre of attention
By PAUL REES When Bristol signed Benhard Janse van Rensburg and Virimi Vakatawa last year to boost their midfield, few would...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 1 year agoLibbok books spot in play-offs
By JOHN FALLON Connacht ........ 12 Stormers.......... 16 Connacht coach Pete Wilkins lamented his side’s failure to fire a shot in...
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Premiership
/ 1 year agoBest I’ve felt for six years – Roux
By JON NEWCOMBE Quinn Roux is feeling in the best shape of his life but the former Ireland international admits it’ll...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 1 year agoMunster make it seven in a row
Munster ......... 47 Connacht......... 12 By JOHN WILKINS MUNSTER made it seven wins on the spin with a seven-try victory over...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoCarter gets three-game suspension
DRAGONS second row Ben Carter has been banned for three games following his red card for a dangerous tackle against Connacht...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 1 year agoTop two set up a final showdown
Premiership round-up By ROB COLE THE top two teams in the regular Premiership season will face off in the final on...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 1 year agoConnacht work hard for valuable five points
By ROGER PANTING Dragons.............27pts Tries: Hughes 5, R Williams 40, Dyer 54 Conversions: Evans 5, 40, 54 Penalties: Evans 49, 62...
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Paul Rees
/ 1 year agoWales on a mission to survive or decline
Paul Rees asks whether the country which has won 12 Grand Slams can still afford to run four regional sides A...
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Premiership
/ 1 year agoMalins keen to get back into England contention
By PAUL REES Max Malins will use the closing weeks of the season to give the England selectors a nudge ahead...
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Premiership
/ 1 year agoLam knows Diamond’s Newcastle will be tough to crack
By PAUL REES Ready: Virimi Vakatawa PAT Lam has told his players to be aware of the Steve Diamond effect when...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 1 year agoLivewire Devine the star of show
By JOHN FALLON @therugbypaper Connacht ...... 54 Zebre ..............16 CONNACHT skipper Dave Heffernan said they need to build on this easy...
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Champions Cup
/ 1 year agoOutsiders aiming for a place in the final
Paul Rees looks ahead to the Champions Cup semi-finals where Quins and Saints are facing an uphill battle BEFORE this season’s...
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Challenge Cup
/ 1 year agoConnacht know they must rise to the occasion
By SAM JACKSON PREVIEW... Benetton v Connacht Today. Kick-off 12.30pm CONNACHT know they will have to go up a gear to...
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Challenge Cup
/ 1 year agoPienaar heads the list for Europe’s golden oldies
In the course of wheeling their way into the Challenge Cup quarter-finals last weekend against the Cheetahs, the Michelin Men of...
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Challenge Cup
/ 1 year agoBundee’s back to boost Connacht
Preview Pau v Connacht Today. 5.30pm IRELAND duo Bundee Aki and Finlay Bealham come into the starting XV as Connacht head...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 1 year agoBenetton snatch it in final play of game
Benetton ......... 18 Connacht ........14 By KEVIN FALLON BENETTON captain Eli Snyman said this is a huge win for the Treviso...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 1 year agoConnacht left at the gate by proud Lions
By JOHN FALLON Connacht ........14 Lions ................38 MAN of the match JC Pretorious said a first ever win in Ireland could...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 1 year agoNFL sides look set to take punt on Mallinder
ON THE BLINDSIDE Harry Mallinder’s dream of winning an NFL contract has moved a step closer after the former England U20...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 1 year agoForde finds his feet as Connacht romp home
By JOHN FALLON Connacht ..........26pts Tries: Jansen 23, 58; Blade 6, de Buitlear 10 Conversions: Hanrahan 6, 24, 59 Scarlets ...............
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Sevens World Series
/ 1 year agoDupont looks sharp at 7s
Antoine Dupont’s Olympic dream got off to a winning start with two victories on his sevens debut for France at the...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 1 year agoLee-Lo red too much for Cardiff to live with
By ROGER PANTING Cardiff ................................. 12pts Tries: Thomas 18, Timani 46 Conversions: de Beer 18 Connacht .......................... 16pts Tries: Dooley 62...
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Six Nations
/ 1 year agoAssiratti goes from novice to mainstay
By ROB COLE A year ago Keiron Assiratti was wondering how he could prop up his family, never mind the Welsh...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 1 year agoThis Irish dynasty will keep on going
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE... EVERY WEEK WAS the speed of the Irish recovery after the World Cup surprising? No, because...
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Chris Hewett
/ 1 year agoShort-term ban means Willemse is evading natural justice
Natural justice is conspicuous by its absence in the union game. Think of the relegation-free protectionism of the Six Nations and...
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Premiership
/ 1 year agoBears believe they can mount a title challenge
By PAUL REES Bristol went into the Six Nations break as one of the form teams in the Premiership with skipper...
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Features
/ 1 year agoThe Six Nations round one unavailable XV
As the first Six Nations campaign of the new World Cup cycle draws nearer, the respective international coaches will be praying...