menacethedenis wrote: Not long to go now lads! Time to resurrect this thread for the new season

1. What position will Connacht finish in the Pro12?
First

2. How far will Connacht go in the Champions Cup?
Final

3. Our player of the Season?
Ultan Dillane

4. Our flop of the Season?
Losing to Ulster twice

5. Biggest home crowd of the season (which opponent?)
Leinster always

6. Which (if any) of our players will make the final 6Nations Squad?
Would suggest question changed to which player will make starting 15. Answer Dillane.

7. Shock of the season?
Jack remains in the squad after the season

8. Top Points scorer of the season (Tries, and Total)?
Boshoff, thats easy. he was employed for a reason

9. Biggest improvement of the season?
Kelleher will do well, parata will do well (but they are just starters). shane delahunt

10. Biggest disappointment of the season?
To have us underperform when I have such high hopes

fatgav wrote: Hope I'm not hijacking the thread here, but just a quick question as we look ahead to the season.

If, right now, the rugby Gods offered you 6th place for Connacht - no better or no worse - would you take it, or would you take your chances in the hope we finish higher up the table?

good question
for me Glasgow, Leinster and Ulster will defo fin Top 6, so is kinda between ourselves, Munster, Ospreys, Scarlets, Edinburgh and Cardiff for the other 3 spots
I'd almost go "no" because finishing 6th will land you in a horror group in ECC so may aswell roll the dice

Hope I'm not hijacking the thread here, but just a quick question as we look ahead to the season.

If, right now, the rugby Gods offered you 6th place for Connacht - no better or no worse - would you take it, or would you take your chances in the hope we finish higher up the table?

1. What position will Connacht finish in the Pro12?
5th

2. How far will Connacht go in the Champions Cup?
Group Stages, 2nd in Pool, just miss out

3. Our player of the Season?
Buckley

4. Our flop of the Season?
N/A

5. Biggest home crowd of the season (which opponent?)
Think we'll see 3 or 4 sell outs at least (Toulouse, Leinster, Munster, Wasps etc.)

6. Which (if any) of our players will make the final 6Nations Squad?
Denis Buckley, Finlay Bealham, Ultan Dillane, Kieran Marmion, Tiernan O'Halloran

7. Shock of the season?
Beating Wasps in Galway

8. Top Points scorer of the season (Tries, and Total)?
Healy, Boshoff

9. Biggest improvement of the season?
Peter Robb

10. Biggest disappointment of the season?
Narrowly missing out on Top 4 and/or Champions Cup Pool progression

1. What position will Connacht finish in the Pro12?
4th

2. How far will Connacht go in the Champions Cup?
2nd in pool not advancing to knockout stages

3. Our player of the Season?
Fox Matamua

4. Our flop of the Season?
Boschoff (Tough for anyone to come from SH and slot in right away but would think especially hard for an outhalf.)

5. Biggest home crowd of the season (which opponent?)
Leinster

6. Which (if any) of our players will make the final 6Nations Squad?
Bealham, Dillane, Marmion, O'Halloran

7. Shock of the season?
Bundee staying in Galway for 2 more years

8. Top Points scorer of the season (Tries, and Total)?
Healy and Carty

9. Biggest improvement of the season?
Jack Carty

10. Biggest disappointment of the season?
Losing home and away to Ulster

1. What position will Connacht finish in the Pro12?
Top 4 (Given the rub of the green, Top 2!!!)

2. How far will Connacht go in the Champions Cup?
Quarters (A bonus point gained or lost somewhere will be the difference between us and Toulouse)

3. Our player of the Season?
Bundee

4. Our flop of the Season?
Boschoff (I wouldn’t expect too much from him this year. He is coming into the squad very late, plus he is just finished a season in South Africa)

5. Biggest home crowd of the season (which opponent?)
Any of the inter-pros (they are all going to sell out)

6. Which (if any) of our players will make the final 6 Nations Squad?
Ultan, Finlay, and possibly Niyi

7. Shock of the season?
Niyi getting a call up for the Lions

8. Top Points scorer of the season (Tries, and Total)?
Niyi and Carty

9. Biggest improvement of the season?
Fox Matamua

10. Biggest disappointment of the season?
Not beating Ulster home or away (I want Connacht to get the win over them so much!)

1. What position will Connacht finish in the Pro12?
5th

2. How far will Connacht go in the Champions Cup?
Quarter Finals

3. Our player of the Season?
Niyi

4. Our flop of the Season?
No major change to facilities

5. Biggest home crowd of the season (which opponent?)
Leinster

6. Which (if any) of our players will make the final 6Nations Squad?
Dillane, Marmion, O'Halloran

7. Shock of the season?
George Clancy gives us a (another) break

8. Top Points scorer of the season (Tries, and Total)?
Niyi

9. Biggest improvement of the season?
Craig Ronaldson

10. Biggest disappointment of the season?
Losing last game of the season to miss top 4 play-off

1. What position will Connacht finish in the Pro12?
5th

2. How far will Connacht go in the Champions Cup?
Quarter Finals

3. Our player of the Season?
Tom McCartney

4. Our flop of the Season?
AJ having a stormer in the AVIVA and knowing he should be ours

5. Biggest home crowd of the season (which opponent?)
Leinster

6. Which (if any) of our players will make the final 6Nations Squad?
Bealham, Dillane, Marmion, O'Halloran

7. Shock of the season?
A dodgy game-defining referee decision to go our way in an interpro

8. Top Points scorer of the season (Tries, and Total)?
Niyi and Boshoff

9. Biggest improvement of the season?
Romaine to have a breakthrough year in the second row

10. Biggest disappointment of the season?
once again losing home and away to Ulster

1. What position will Connacht finish in the Pro12?
Sixth

2. How far will Connacht go in the Champions Cup?
Quarters

3. Our player of the Season?
Bundee

4. Our flop of the Season?
N/A

5. Biggest home crowd of the season (which opponent?)
Toulouse

6. Which (if any) of our players will make the final 6Nations Squad?
Bealham, Dillane, , Marmion,

7. Shock of the season?
Not one complaint about the performance of Refs

8. Top Points scorer of the season (Tries, and Total)?
Niyi Carty

9. Biggest improvement of the season?
Place kicking

10. Biggest disappointment of the season?
Bad news about Bundee's contract and missing out on the playoffs on the final day

1. What position will Connacht finish in the Pro12?
3rd

2. How far will Connacht go in the Champions Cup?
2nd in group. Wasps top.

3. Our player of the Season?
Sean O'Brien

4. Our flop of the Season?
Conor Carey

5. Biggest home crowd of the season (which opponent?)
Wasps

6. Which (if any) of our players will make the final 6Nations Squad?
Finlay, Ultan, Marmion and O'Halloran.
Bolter is Niyi.

7. Shock of the season?
Double against Toulouse.

8. Top Points scorer of the season (Tries, and Total)?
Niyi and Boshoff

9. Biggest improvement of the season?
Sean O'Brien

10. Biggest disappointment of the season?
Losing again to Ulster home and away.
No news of strategic stadium. Will be a stop gap, typical Irish solution!
Aki moving on.

1. What position will Connacht finish in the Pro12?
5th

2. How far will Connacht go in the Champions Cup?
3rd in the group

3. Our player of the Season?
Bundee

4. Our flop of the Season?
2nd row - no one in particular. Just a drop off in quality from last season

5. Biggest home crowd of the season (which opponent?)
Toulouse at home

6. Which (if any) of our players will make the final 6Nations Squad?
Finlay and Ultan

7. Shock of the season?
Losing to Munster in Thomand

8. Top Points scorer of the season (Tries, and Total)?
Niyi and Ronaldson

9. Biggest improvement of the season?
Jack Carty

10. Biggest disappointment of the season?
Going to Toulouse with a chance of reaching the Champions Cup 1/4 finals, and getting turned over badly

connemara man wrote: 1. What position will Connacht finish in the Pro12?
4th

2. How far will Connacht go in the Champions Cup?
Qualify from the Group

3. Our player of the Season?
Tom McCartney

4. Our flop of the Season?
Jack Carty


5. Biggest home crowd of the season (which opponent?)
Munster Home

6. Which (if any) of our players will make the final 6Nations Squad?
Ultan , Finlay , Keiran , Cian Kelleher

7. Shock of the season?
Gallagher progressing more quickly than not through the academy to have a role within the squad.

8. Top Points scorer of the season (Tries, and Total)?
Niyi and Boshoff

9. Biggest improvement of the season?
Player wise - Griffins Return and Peter Robb continuing to progress.

10. Biggest disappointment of the season?
Failing to secure Bundee for a further few seasons.

1. What position will Connacht finish in the Pro12?
3rd

2. How far will Connacht go in the Champions Cup?
Semi final. If we get out of the group

3. Our player of the Season?
Buckley

4. Our flop of the Season?
On pitch Boschoff just won't get up to speed ( I really want to be wrong about this.)

Off pitch a lack of signal about the sportsground development

5. Biggest home crowd of the season (which opponent?)
Munster at home new year's eve and my birthday

6. Which (if any) of our players will make the final 6Nations Squad?
Denis, Finlay, Ultan, Niyi, Matt, Tom

7. Shock of the season?
Clean sweep of the interprovincial matches home and away

8. Top Points scorer of the season (Tries, and Total)?
Niyi or Matt for tries, Boshoff for total.

9. Biggest improvement of the season?
Average attendance to go up by a thousand per game

10. Biggest disappointment of the season?
I'm personally resigned to Bundee leaving. But Pat going would be a huge disappointment

1. What position will Connacht finish in the Pro12?
Second

2. How far will Connacht go in the Champions Cup?
Valiant effort, but fail to get past the pool stages (but if we do I can see us going all the way)

3. Our player of the Season?
Finlay (but would love Boshoff to do the job!)

4. Our flop of the Season?
Ugh: losing home and away to Ulster.

5. Biggest home crowd of the season (which opponent?)
Munster at home (new years eve, so loads of people down!)

6. Which (if any) of our players will make the final 6Nations Squad?
Denis, Finlay, Quinn, Ultan, Niyi, Matt, Tom

7. Shock of the season?
Back to back Pro12, baby.

8. Top Points scorer of the season (Tries, and Total)?
Niyi or Matt for tries, Boshoff for total.

9. Biggest improvement of the season?
Away games in general, taking our points when they're on offer!

10. Biggest disappointment of the season?
Either failing to get out of the group in CC (hope I'm wrong on this one!) or Pat taking on the Irish job if the 6N doesn't go well.

Not long to go now lads! Time to resurrect this thread for the new season

1. What position will Connacht finish in the Pro12?
Second

2. How far will Connacht go in the Champions Cup?
Semi Finals

3. Our player of the Season?
Ultan Dillane

4. Our flop of the Season?
Getting beaten by a massive moneybags team in the Champions cup

5. Biggest home crowd of the season (which opponent?)
Leinster (pro 12 Semi final )

6. Which (if any) of our players will make the final 6Nations Squad?
Bealham, Dillane, Roux, Marmion, Healy, O'Halloran

7. Shock of the season?
Beating a massive moneybags team in the Champions Cup

8. Top Points scorer of the season (Tries, and Total)?
Healy, Ronaldson

9. Biggest improvement of the season?
Peter Robb hopefully

10. Biggest disappointment of the season?
Bad news about Bundee's contract