Nice to be playing a new team in Grenoble. I can't imagine the Munster game being what they are trying to hype it up as. It'll be two weakened sides warming up for the league but should be a useful workout nonetheless.

Accidentally Onside wrote: Look like good warmups but worried this is the "big news" to get us to renew season tickets :sick:

Nope, I doubt it very much...
Has to be said, even if they brought in Toulon/Toulouse and Racing...in terms of "Big News" the bar has been raised at Connacht substantially higher than that...

Look like good warmups but worried this is the "big news" to get us to renew season tickets :sick:

GTTC wrote: 2 decent warm ups.

Grenoble will be great to host.

Find the Munster one very strange though! Maybe a pre RWC thing for IRFU if players need game time or something??

More likely to be the non-availability of foreign opposition - the Top 14 will have started and the English Premiership doesn't begin until October. Plus any English teams looking for a friendly in August will find a queue of tier 2 World Cup teams looking for warm-up games.

2 decent warm ups.

Grenoble will be great to host.

Find the Munster one very strange though! Maybe a pre RWC thing for IRFU if players need game time or something??

Both Munster and Grenoble will be visiting the Sportsground in August.

www.independent.ie/sport/rugby/connacht-...-visit-31165998.html

Exact dates to follow shortly.

Edit: Grenoble August 7th; Munster August 21st.
www.connachtrugby.ie/connacht-to-host-tw...august/#ConnachtNews
Kickoffs not yet confirmed.