Darragh Murray of Connacht (left) and teammate Dylan Tierney Martin (right) in action against Montpellier last weekend. Photo: Alexandre Dimou/Sportsfile Connacht are back in Challenge Cup action against Montauban at Dexcom Stadium (Premier Sports 1, 8pm) on Saturday night with a place in the last 16 of the competition up for grabs. Source link
Harry Byrne’s late heroics in Leinster’s 25-24 win over La Rochelle last weekend have earned him a start at outhalf ahead of Sam Prendergast, who’ll take a place on the bench for the province’s Champions Cup trip to Bayonne on Saturday (kick-off 3.15pm Irish time). Leo Cullen’s side is boosted by returns from injury for … Read more
Connacht have had plenty of fine coaches in their time, Warren Gatland, Pat Lam and Andy Friend among them, but no appointment will ever have grabbed wider attention and generated such excitement among the province’s players and supporters alike as much as Stuart Lancaster. First and foremost, securing Lancaster as Connacht’s next head coach is … Read more
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On the surface, all seems hunky dory. The Ireland men’s team are ranked third in the world, the ever-improving women’s side are ranked fifth and Leinster are one more home semi-final win away from becoming the first side ever to reach four successive Champions Cup finals. Scratch underneath, though, and the gap between Leinster and … Read more
Connacht and the IRFU have announced head coach Pete Wilkins will step down from the role with immediate effect. Cullie Tucker will continue to take charge in an interim capacity, as he had done through Wilkins’ recent illness, until the end of the season. Wilkins was promoted to his current role under the then director … Read more
BREAKING | Connacht head coach Pete Wilkins is leaving the province. Picture: SPORTSFILE Connacht head coach Pete Wilkins has stepped down from his role with immediate effect. The Englishman, who has been with the province for eight seasons in a number of roles, has been off on sick leave for a number of weeks at a … Read more
Connacht head coach Pete Wilkins is expected to leave the province. Picture: SPORTSFILE Significant developments are expected in the Connacht coaching situation with Pete Wilkins’ eight years at the Sportsground looking like it might be coming to an end. Wilkins, who joined Connacht as an assistant coach to Kieran Keane at the start of the … Read more
Making his mark: IRFU performance director David Humphreys. Photo by Brendan Moran/Sportsfile It’s coming up on a year since David Humphreys took over as IRFU performance director, and the former Ulster and Ireland out-half has wasted no time in putting his own stamp on how Irish rugby operates. Last May, shortly after Humphreys replaced David … Read more
Challenge Cup quarter-final: Connacht 40 Racing 92 43 Connacht’s Ben Murphy scores a try despite the efforts of Vinaya Habosi of Racing 92 during the Challenge Cup quarter-final at Dexcom Stadium in Galway. Photo: Thomas Flinkow/Sportsfile Connacht blew a glorious chance of Challenge Cup glory against a Racing side who had a man sent off … Read more