Connacht Rugby has announced that Pat Lam will leave the club at the end of the 2016/17 season. The former Samoa captain, currently in his fourth season with Connacht, will finish up next summer to take over as Head Coach of Bristol Rugby. Picture Credit ©INPHO/James Crombie Commenting from Galway today, Pat Lam said: “This …
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Connacht Rugby head coach Pat Lam has made four personnel and two positional changes to his side ahead of tomorrow’s round 10 Guinness PRO12 clash with Benetton Treviso. . Outhalf Marnitz Boshoff has been handed his first start in a Connacht jersey having come off the bench in the win over Cardiff Blues seven days …
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The draw for the 2016/17 Connacht Rugby Junior Cup took place in the Sportsground last Friday evening and the Clubs in the greater Roscommon area managed to avoid each other. Picture Credit ©INPHO/James Crombie The draw itself threw up some mouthwatering ties with Connacht Rugby J1A rivals Buccaneers and NUIG drawing each other in the …
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Roscommon’s Denis Buckley along with Tom McCartney and John Cooney have returned from injury to take their place in the Connacht Rugby team for round 9 of the Guinness PRO12 against Cardiff Blues. Buckley runs out at the Sportsground tomorrow night for his 100th Connacht Rugby appearance and his first game in two months, packing …
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Ahead of Friday’s Guinness PRO12 round 9 game at home to Cardiff Blues, the Connacht Rugby medical team have announced that seven players have returned to full training. Picture Credit: twitter.com/connachtrugby Tom McCartney, Ronan Loughney, Sean O’Brien, Nepia Fox Matamua, John Cooney, Matt Healy and Roscommon’s Denis Buckley are all back in action and will …
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Connacht Rugby head coach Pat Lam has made five personnel changes to his side for the trip to play Newport Gwent Dragons at Rodney Parade tomorrow evening at 7:15pm. Picture Credit ©INPHO/James Crombie Bundee Aki returns to the starting lineup and partners Peter Robb in midfield. 25-year-old Stacey Ili will make his first Guinness PRO12 …
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Ahead of tomorrow’s Guinness PRO12 round 7 clash with Leinster at the RDS, Pat Lam has made three personnel changes to his Connacht side that defeated Zebre in Europe five days ago. Picture Credit ©INPHO/James Crombie Tiernan O’Halloran, who missed out last week through injury, returns to the starting lineup and will take his place …
Connacht Rugby and the IRFU have announced that Bundee Aki and Ultan Dillane have extended their contracts. It is believed that the contracts were signed two weeks ago but Connacht held off on announcing the news due to the sudden passing of Anthony Foley. Commenting on the latest contract news, Connacht Rugby CEO Willie Ruane …
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The Connacht Rugby team to face Zebre in Round 2 of the European Champions Cup has been named. Ahead of the trip to Italy, Pat Lam has made seven personnel changes from the side that defeated Toulouse six days ago. In the absence of Tiernan O’Halloran due to injury, Cian Kelleher starts at fullback for …
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The Connacht Rugby team to face Toulouse at the Sportsground in round 1 of the 2016/17 European Champions Cup has been named. Pat Lam has made just one change from the side that registered a bonus point win over Ulster in the Guinness PRO12 seven days ago. Picture Credit ©INPHO/James Crombie Second row Quinn Roux …
Connacht Rugby have announced the signing of Fijian International back row forward Naulia Dawai on a two year deal. The 29-year-old, who joins Connacht on the back of three seasons with NPC-side Otago in New Zealand, was capped for Fiji in June 2016, starting three tests against Tonga, Samoa and Georgia. Born in Fiji, Dawai …
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There was mixed news for Connacht Rugby ahead of Saturday’s Champions Cup opener to Toulouse at the Sportsground. The Medical Team confirmed returns for the three front line players injured against Edinburgh. Roscommon’s Denis Buckley will be unavailable until November with the knee injury he sustained. Front Row partner Tom McCartney will remain out of …
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The Connacht Rugby team to face Ulster in the first inter-provincial clash of the season has been named. Head coach Pat Lam has had to make six front-line changes from the side that secured a bonus point victory over Edinburgh six days ago. Last week’s try scorer Cian Kelleher will start on the left wing …
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It was another day of mixed news for Connacht Rugby with the announcement of a new signing, three new injuries and four contract extensions. This morning it was announced that Sean O’Brien, James Connolly, Peter Robb and Caolin Blade had all extended their contracts. The four Academy graduates will continue to play at the Sportsground …
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Connacht Rugby head Coach Pat Lam has made two changes to the starting team ahead of tomorrow evening’s Guinness PRO12 Round 5 game at home to Edinburgh (Kick Off: 7.35pm – live on TG4). Peter Robb returns to the starting lineup to partner Bundee Aki in midfield and in an otherwise unchanged backline. In the …
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