Side to face Wales in JWC at 5.30 tomorrow (Tuesday)

15. Jacob Stockdale (Belfast Harlequins/Ulster)
14. Matthew Byrne (Terenure College/Leinster)
13. Shane Daly (Cork Constitution/Munster)
12. Conor O'Brien (Clontarf/Leinster)
11. Hugo Keenan (UCD/Leinster)
10. Bill Johnston (Garryowen/Munster)
9. Stephen Kerins (Sligo/Connacht)
1. Andrew Porter (UCD/Leinster)
2. Adam McBurney (Ballymena/Ulster)
3. Conor Kenny (Buccaneers/Connacht)
4. Cillian Gallagher (Sligo/Connacht)
5. James Ryan (Lansdowne/Leinster) (capt)
6. Greg Jones (UCD/Leinster)
7. David Aspil (St. Mary's College/Leinster)
8. Max Deegan (Lansdowne/Leinster)

Replacements:
16. Vincent O'Brien (Cork Constitution/Munster)
17. Vakh Abdaladze (Clontarf/Leinster)
18. Ben Betts (Young Munster/Munster)
19. Sean O'Connor (Cashel/Munster)
20. Kelvin Brown (Shannon/Munster)
21. Niall Saunders (Epsom College)
22. Johnny McPhillips (Queen's University/Ulster)
23. Jimmy O'Brien (UCD/Leinster)

Great to see lads coming through Ballinasloe and Garbally with Claffey and Conor Kenny.
Looking forward to seeing them tonight. We have picked a big side.
O'Donnell has the look of one of the traditional props shape that love scrums. His going to be a good lad for us in the future.

Suppose this is as good a thread as any to mention Ireland U20 side to face Wales:

15. Jack Power (UCD / Leinster)*
14. Matthew Byrne (Terenure / Leinster)*
13. Shane Daly (Cork Con / Munster)*
12. Jimmy O’Brien (UCD / Leinster)*
11. Hugo Keenan (UCD / Leinster)*
10. Johnny McPhillips (QUB / Ulster)*
9. John Poland (Cork Con / Munster)*
1. Andrew Porter (UCD / Leinster)
2. Adam McBurney (Ballymena / Ulster)
3. Conan O’Donnell (Sligo / Connacht)
4. Peter Claffey (Galwegians / Connacht)*
5. James Ryan (Lansdowne / Leinster)* Captain
6. Cillian Gallagher (Sligo / Connacht)*
7. Will Connors (UCD / Leinster)*
8. Max Deegan (Lansdowne / Leinster)*
Replacements:
16. Shane Fenton (Young Munster / Munster)*
17. James Bollard (Dublin University / Leinster)*
18. Conor Kenny (Buccaneers / Connacht)*
19. Sean O’Connor (Cashel / Munster)*
20. Kelvin Brown (Shannon / Munster)*
21. Stephen Kerins (Sligo / Connacht)*
22. Brett Connon (Newcastle Falcons)*
23. Conor O’Brien (Clontarf / Leinster)*


Fair play to the 5 Connacht lads, some day for Sligo RFC!!

Good eagles finished the B&I Cup with a point. FT Puppy Dragons 10 Eagles 3

jaysus the state of the pitch.

2pm. I thought it was down for 3. We can watch first half.

With Leader out for season interesting how Api gets on at FB

Eagles team announced - Dave Nolan is back!

www.connachtrugby.ie/connacht-eagles-tea...select/#ConnachtNews

Connacht Eagles team to face Dragons Select, Ebbw Vale, Saturday January 23rd, 2pm

15 Api Pewhairangi
14 Ed O’Keeffe
13 Cormac Brennan
12 Peter Robb
11 Fionn Carr
10 Shane O’Leary
9 Conor Lowndes

1 Ronan Loughney
2 Jack Dinneen
3 Conan O’Donnell
4 Danny Qualter
5 Dave Nolan
6 Marc Kelly
7 Rory Moloney (captain)
8 Cillian Gallagher

REPLACEMENTS

16 Pat O’Toole
17 Matthew Burke
18 Cian Romaine
19 Matthew Cosgrove
20 Stephen Kerins
21 Conor McKeon
22 Adam Leavy

wp_rathead wrote: it wasn't pretty
Eoin McKeon looks like he injured his ankle
I was impressed with Cormac Brennan though at 13, so was bit of a positive from today

was a pretty decent team. surprised with the result

it wasn't pretty
Eoin McKeon looks like he injured his ankle
I was impressed with Cormac Brennan though at 13, so was bit of a positive from today

beatthedeck wrote: FT Eagles 0 Knights 40

Yeesh, what happened?

FT Eagles 0 Knights 40

HT Eagles 0 knights 26

If someone has a look at 21 Heaney and 22 Cusack, ex Ulster and Munster very promising boys, would be interesting. Could both be the perfect IQ recruits for Cooney and McGinty if they have to leave

That team should do ok. Delighted to see Eoin McKeon and Darragh Leader back in particular.

By far the best team we've put out in the B&I Cup.

Connacht Eagles team to face Doncaster Knights, the Sportsground, Saturday January 16th, 1pm

15 Darragh Leader
14 Fionn Carr
13 Cormac Brennan
12 Api Pewhairangi
11 Ciarán Gaffney
10 Shane O’Leary
9 Conor Lowndes

1 Conan O’Donnell
2 Shane Delahunt (captain)
3 Conor Kenny
4 Cillian Gallagher
5 Danny Qualter
6 Cian Romaine
7 Rory Moloney
8 Eoin McKeon

REPLACEMENTS

16 Dave Heffernan
17 Jacob Walshe
18 Marc Kelly
19 Matthew Cosgrove
20 Stephen Kerins
21 Conor McKeon
22 Ed O’Keeffe