Erratic performances aside, this isn't a bad start. (It's a pity that both Edinburgh and the Scarlets have gotten off to even better starts)

I hope so too, one of my favourite threads.

Connacht cows will you be updating this this year ?

From the remaining games last year we got 6 points. We'll obviously need a lot more than that if we want to finish 6th or 7th.

I think a lot hinges on the Ulster game, a win there would open that small bit of a gap again and would get everyone believing again. Leaving aside the whole qualification side of things to complete 3 wins at home to the provinces would be another milestone. I still remember us beating Leinster and Munster in 2008/09 and then carelessly losing late in the season to one of the weaker Ulster sides to come to Galway by 2 points in a game where we missed a number of relatively simple kicks at goal and Ulster knocked over a penalty to win it with pretty much their only attack of the 2nd half.

Our record against Ulster at home isn't great and brought some of the most grim (home) nights of Bradley's time in charge. After the Munster game I was confident we'd beat them but we have stumbled since and they have got the likes of Pienaar, Henderson etc. back, won a few handy games and are starting to rebuild confidence again.

ConnachtCows wrote: I'll be a bit slow getting this updated for the rest of the season. Started a new job, so can't be spending my working time on this, just yet.
I'll try to get it updated tonight

Not good enough get your priorities right!

I'll be a bit slow getting this updated for the rest of the season. Started a new job, so can't be spending my working time on this, just yet.
I'll try to get it updated tonight

I'm not sure if it's worth continuing to do this, but it's set up so here it is:

Points up/down compared to last year
Edinburgh 17
Connacht 14
Dragons 3
Ospreys 3
Glasgow -3
Munster -3
Scarlets -3
Ulster -3
Cardiff -8
Zebre -8
Treviso -11
Leinster -16

We're no longer top of the "most improved" table.
If ourselves, scarlets and edinburgh match our results from last year in the final 4 games, they'll both finish ahead of us, scarlets by 3 and edinburgh by 6.

Week 17 Updated

Updated for Week 16

Win the next game and connacht cross the 40 point threshold for the first time in this league format. significant milestone for the players and no doubt on their target list for this season.

WEEK 15 Updated:



So despite results going our way this weekend, and struggling to victory, we actually dropped another point on last season.
We are still 14 points better off than last season though. Need another win on Sunday

Week 14 Updated

Great idea. Looking at this form we need only a few extra league points on top of results based on last year and top 6 is ours.

You are probably right Salmson, but there was nothing at stake for coming sixth in previous years.