mikey wrote:

GlawsFan84 wrote: Just want to say a huge thank you to the lads who sat behind us in Block Q, some of the best travelling fans I have ever met! Had us laughing throughout and knew their rugby and gave out some great banter!
I think many of us fans are happy with the win but many know underlying you equally deserved it too! The ref was a bloody menacy with his decisions equally didn't pick up things for both sides!
I said it to the guys after the game but you have made a life long fan out of me and I will be cheering you on a my second team!

Cheers guys! James, Emily, Vicky and the reast of the Glaws Family!

This guys are legends behind me!

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Just want to add that Kingsholm is my favorite overseas club to visit;great rugby town, fans that will stop and chat in the street,buy ya a pint and make to feel welcome;maybe you could teach that art to some so called 'rugby supporters' belonging to a team based in north London...awful trip over there 18 months ago ! Good luck against the French...cos my god ye got it Sunday !

I have to agree with this. Lot's of people stopping us in the streets and coming up to us in the pubs to welcome/congratulate us on a good game.

We met a great bunch of Gloucester fans in the shed at the 1/4 final. Then when we returned for the play-off, we took roughly the same spot in the shed and got a call from our right - the same Gloucester fans signalling to us to move down to them.

There's a nice thread on their forum about us too: www.rugb.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=2194

salmson wrote:

GP80 wrote: Still gutted about Sunday but looking forward already to giving this a huge lash next year. Top 6 and auto Champions Cup qualification should of course be priority number 1, but the buzz of winning a trophy would be out of this world

There are no playoffs for the last not-HEC place next season due to the World Cup telescoping the season - we'll be playing every weekend form Oct. 17 to Jan. 30 inclusive (16 weeks). Challenge Cup winner will take the last place if not already qualified so we have 2 ways in.

www.pro12rugby.com/news/17434.php#Uc1gk110UUF7epEC.97

www.epcrugby.com/europeanrugbychampionsc...lification/index.php

Good to hear but as winnable as the CC is, the league is a better avenue I think, too many variables in knockout Rugby (as seen on Sunday) that can cost you.

GP80 wrote: Still gutted about Sunday but looking forward already to giving this a huge lash next year. Top 6 and auto Champions Cup qualification should of course be priority number 1, but the buzz of winning a trophy would be out of this world

There are no playoffs for the last not-HEC place next season due to the World Cup telescoping the season - we'll be playing every weekend form Oct. 17 to Jan. 30 inclusive (16 weeks). Challenge Cup winner will take the last place if not already qualified so we have 2 ways in.

www.pro12rugby.com/news/17434.php#Uc1gk110UUF7epEC.97

www.epcrugby.com/europeanrugbychampionsc...lification/index.php

I didn't think it'd be that close good stuff

Draw will be done in early June. Fixtures should be confirmed in July. It was August last year but hopefully that was a one-off and we'll be back to normal this time. Not as urgent I suppose since the first game won't be til November.

No doubt it's a while off yet with RWC but I wonder when draw will be made for Challenge Cup next season

Serious chance to win it to be honest and we'll be top seeds aswell, rather than 3rd last year

I'd imagine Sale, Bordeaux (surely), and ourselves are guaranteed top seeds, with 2 from Quins, Edinburgh and Montpellier also. Sale, Quins and Montpellier (effort levels depending) will be the main challengers you'd imagine but we should avoid all till semis or at worst get a home quarter against one.

Still gutted about Sunday but looking forward already to giving this a huge lash next year. Top 6 and auto Champions Cup qualification should of course be priority number 1, but the buzz of winning a trophy would be out of this world

I'm still too angry with Poite to have any kind of perspective here. I have been critical of Carty this season so I wanted to say I thought he was outstanding on Sunday. It was his best game yet. Apart from one poorly executed grubber early on he was sublime and if he plays like that next season we'll be fine at 10.

Just want to say well done to Pat Lam on biting his tongue as much as he could over the decisions at the end of normal time yesterday. After Cardiff it was going to be hard but really thought that while he had every right to tear into Hodges on that occasion, it kind of hung over us for a long time afterwards. While I'm sure like all of us he was livid, he did well to realise that it was important to finish the season with positive vibes about how well we had played for large stretches and to try and not carry any negative baggage into next season.

That's not to say we should forget it happened but channelling it into a positive motivation for next season rather than the refs are all against us type attitude is important.

We still have a lot to work on as a lot of the recent games have demonstrated. We need to start games properly, restarts particularly after a score have to improve, defensive maul, defence, goal kicking, and general all round ruthlessness amongst other things need work over the season as a whole. However, there are so many positives to take from this season which we need to build on.

The only way we can get over this disappointment is to look forward and with a few good signings there is plenty to look forward to. We should be looking to fly out of the blocks during the World Cup (it's the first time we should be good enough to take full advantage of the World Cup) and we should be looking at Gloucester yesterday and from the quarter final this year and saying that with the right draw the Challenge Cup is winnable. 7th of August and the first pre-season friendly isn't too far around the corner. The bar has been set this season. Next season we need to make the next leap forward.

GlawsFan84 wrote: Just want to say a huge thank you to the lads who sat behind us in Block Q, some of the best travelling fans I have ever met! Had us laughing throughout and knew their rugby and gave out some great banter!
I think many of us fans are happy with the win but many know underlying you equally deserved it too! The ref was a bloody menacy with his decisions equally didn't pick up things for both sides!
I said it to the guys after the game but you have made a life long fan out of me and I will be cheering you on a my second team!

Cheers guys! James, Emily, Vicky and the reast of the Glaws Family!

This guys are legends behind me!

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Just want to add that Kingsholm is my favorite overseas club to visit;great rugby town, fans that will stop and chat in the street,buy ya a pint and make to feel welcome;maybe you could teach that art to some so called 'rugby supporters' belonging to a team based in north London...awful trip over there 18 months ago ! Good luck against the French...cos my god ye got it Sunday !

Little consolation, I'm sure, but great credit to Connacht for their contribution to a great game - pity it didn't 'end' in the draw. Your guys really put in a shift, especially with the 3 Yellows, a bit like us in the Final. Thanks to ' The Few' who travelled over.

Absolutely gutted with the result but could not be more proud to be from and support Connacht, what a display of courage and heart from the players but it was always going to be hard against 16!

I was at the game and it was great to meet some of the gang off here, there wasn't many of us but we made a he'll of a racket and ruffled some feathers of the glos supports but was all in good spirit. It was a emotional roller coaster at the game and I think we were all a little shell shocked.
It was great meeting some of the glos fans that we meet last time at Kingsholm and sharing some photos.

Roll on next season where hopefully we can change some of our luck and games like this will fall our way.

Best of luck in France! It was the best game of Rugby I've watched in a long time! And thanks for coming on here to post.

GlawsFan84 wrote: Just want to say a huge thank you to the lads who sat behind us in Block Q, some of the best travelling fans I have ever met! Had us laughing throughout and knew their rugby and gave out some great banter!
I think many of us fans are happy with the win but many know underlying you equally deserved it too! The ref was a bloody menacy with his decisions equally didn't pick up things for both sides!
I said it to the guys after the game but you have made a life long fan out of me and I will be cheering you on a my second team!

Cheers guys! James, Emily, Vicky and the reast of the Glaws Family!

This guys are legends behind me!

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Just want to say a huge thank you to the lads who sat behind us in Block Q, some of the best travelling fans I have ever met! Had us laughing throughout and knew their rugby and gave out some great banter!
I think many of us fans are happy with the win but many know underlying you equally deserved it too! The ref was a bloody menacy with his decisions equally didn't pick up things for both sides!
I said it to the guys after the game but you have made a life long fan out of me and I will be cheering you on a my second team!

Cheers guys! James, Emily, Vicky and the reast of the Glaws Family!

This guys are legends behind me!

Absolute heart break ...but never saw such spirit in our lads.We've been robbed twice now,but our day will come.Watching it was a mixture of exhilaration,dread,expectation and " just keep the ball for another 90 seconds and we're through! " to haunting memories of one Layton Hodges..now we can add Pointe also to cross off our Christmas Card list.But never more proud of Our Men In Green !

Just watched the game on TV. Hard luck to Connacht from an Ulster Rugby fan. You played great and deserved the win. I thought you had it. Like Ulster on Friday - so close. Keep 're lit for next year.

Carty was Heinekan Man of the Match. He's shown today why Pat put such faith in him all season, hopefully it's onwards and upwards for him next season. All the lads were immense today and all those lads who aren't first or even second choice stepped up and weren't found wanting.
Like everyone on here I'm disgusted at the manner in which they were robbed and PRIDE at an epic performance.
We mightn't be in the Champions Cup yet but we should be looking at winning the Challenge Cup next year.