Sure we do, it was how we were able to hold onto Henshaw and Muldowney. :S

Maybe they forgot to tell us about the new big budget...........

From Edinburgh's coach about Connacht, "Let’s be honest, they have now got a big budget." When did we get a big budget? Did I miss something?

www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/sport/rug...043102#ixzz41wgE4qys

I've only recently moved to Dublin so trying to create a gathering somewhere like the woolshed is handy enough for most

Normally I would but heading home to sligo today - where do you normally watch the games in Dublin?

If there's anyone in Dublin who wants to meet up and watch the match lemme know

Note for anyone watching in the UK, or who has crap Gaeilge, or likes High Def or just wants an Edinburgh slant on their coverage: the game is on BBC2 Scotland and not on BBC Alba as stated on the Pro12 fixture list.
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/guide

But for the rest of us, it is of course also on TG4.

Evil_g wrote:

pinky wrote: Note that the Henshaw bit wasn't actually part of the quote - might just have been speculation. I'll be interested to see who has actually been released once all the teams are announced.

The team announcement will presumably have to make it clear whether he's unavailable.

Remember post world cup when we were at peak "it's a done deal" Pat surprised everyone by slotting him in at full back to keep his centre partnership of Ronaldson and Aki together?

I'm probably reading too much into this.

No internationals in the Ulster squad, but then again they're at home to Zebre, so maybe they turned Joe down on his offer. I can't see there being 12.

Edinburgh team announced:

15. Blair Kinghorn
14. Damien Hoyland
13. Chris Dean
12. Matt Scott
11. Tom Brown
10. Phil Burleigh
9. Sam Hidalgo-Clyne

1. Rory Sutherland
2. Neil Cochrane
3. John Andress
4. Anton Bresler
5. Ben Toolis
6. Jamie Ritchie
7. Hamish Watson
8. Cornell Du Preez

Substitutes
16. George Turner
17. Allan Dell
18. Simon Berghan
19. Alex Toolis
20. Magnus Bradbury
21. Sean Kennedy
22. Sam Beard
23. Dougie Fife

Bealham switches back to LH ahead of Loughney is interesting..

ConnachtCows wrote: Really not a fan of Muldoon playing 8, but hopefully I'm proven wrong tomorrow
Glad to see Quin back, but my only worry is that he will probably only last 45 - 50 minutes due to lack of game time

Same, but he had great game there against Brive this season at 8 so hopefully goes well
Agree with Roux aswell but Qualter probably had his best game in Connacht jersey when he came on for second half against Ospreys so say he will be buzzing when he comes on

Glad to see that Blade passed any HIA and back on bench
Also Carr, he gets hard time but thought he started season well for us before he got injured - hope it goes well for him

Fionn Carr, He hasnt been involved much this season. But his been a great finisher for Connacht over the years.

Hope it goes well for him.

Really not a fan of Muldoon playing 8, but hopefully I'm proven wrong tomorrow
Glad to see Quin back, but my only worry is that he will probably only last 45 - 50 minutes due to lack of game time

Connacht team to face Edinburgh, Friday March 4th, 7:35pm

15 Tiernan O’Halloran
14 Danie Poolman
13 Bundee Aki
12 Craig Ronaldson
11 Matt Healy
10 AJ MacGinty
9 Kieran Marmion

1 Denis Buckley
2 Tom McCartney
3 Nathan White
4 Quinn Roux
5 Aly Muldowney
6 Sean O’Brien
7 Jake Heenan
8 John Muldoon (captain)

Replacements:

16 Dave Heffernan
17 Finlay Bealham
18 Rodney Ah You
19 Danny Qualter
20 Eoin McKeon
21 Caolin Blade
22 Peter Robb
23 Fionn Carr

Injured/Unavailable: Shane Delahunt, Andrew Browne, Ben Marshall, Nepia Fox-Matamua, Eoghan Masterson, John Cooney, Jack Carty, Dave McSharry, Rory Parata, Darragh Leader, Niyi Adeolokun.

Ireland Squad: Ultan Dillane, Robbie Henshaw

pinky wrote: Note that the Henshaw bit wasn't actually part of the quote - might just have been speculation. I'll be interested to see who has actually been released once all the teams are announced.

The team announcement will presumably have to make it clear whether he's unavailable.

Remember post world cup when we were at peak "it's a done deal" Pat surprised everyone by slotting him in at full back to keep his centre partnership of Ronaldson and Aki together?

I'm probably reading too much into this.

Note that the Henshaw bit wasn't actually part of the quote - might just have been speculation. I'll be interested to see who has actually been released once all the teams are announced.