sligsup wrote:

beatthedeck wrote:

Shelflife wrote: Its just you dobby, everyone else got the email about the game , how each of them played and a full injury list. !!

Pat usually rings me after each training session to let me know whos not putting it in and whos flying !

This made my day :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo:

This should keep dobby happy for a while

Thank God its only me then. My mommy always said I worried too much

Connacht 0 Italy 41.

Very big Italian team beat a spirited Connacht team.

beatthedeck wrote: Anyone know why the Italian flag was raised at the Sportsground today ?

I believe there an underage Italy team (u18 or u19 I think) touring the country and playing the provinces at the moment.

Anyone know why the Italian flag was raised at the Sportsground today ?

EnricoPalazzo wrote:
Seems a little unfortunate that Kieran won't be avalable especially considering that he only played 3 min in south africa. On the other hand it was a long season and he may need the rest. I wonder if this is the same for Matt, Tiernan, Ultan, Quinn and Finlay?

The interview was with Kieran and Denis as part of their Mazda duties so I'd say that's why Kieran's non-availability was singled out. I'd be very surprised if the same didn't apply to the other lads who all had more playing time. There was chat earlier in pre-season about the internationals being available next weekend, but that doesn't tally with previous years where touring Irish internationals players miss one or more games the following September.

Hope not, if it's not mentioned.
Not worried at all to have Cooney/Blade against Glasg. SH is the (only) area where we've the deepest bench of the provinces

Evil_g wrote: Kieran Marmion was not on the trip to England and won’t feature for his province next weekend as he was part of the summer tour to South Africa with Ireland.

Seems a little unfortunate that Kieran won't be avalable especally considering that he only played 3 min in south africa. On the other hand it was a long season and he may need the rest. I wonder if this is the same for Matt, Tiernan, Ultan, Quinn and Finlay?

'My 1st year in the academy we finished bottom': Buckley relishing new season after missing Connacht's finest hour

Buckley was part of the Connacht squad who flew over to meet Sale for an intense training session yesterday to fill the void left by their lack of pre-season fixtures.

“Contact training sessions, if you like,” the 26-year-old described the day in England. Scores weren’t kept, attacking and defensive setups were evenly shared.

“An opportunity to run a couple of plays against full opposition, who didn’t know the calls and plays, then swap around and we’d defend play against good opposition who we weren’t familiar with.

“It was a good opportunity to implement some of the structures we worked on in pre-season into a match environment.”

Kieran Marmion was not on the trip to England and won’t feature for his province next weekend as he was part of the summer tour to South Africa with Ireland.

beatthedeck wrote:

Shelflife wrote: Its just you dobby, everyone else got the email about the game , how each of them played and a full injury list. !!

Pat usually rings me after each training session to let me know whos not putting it in and whos flying !

This made my day :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo:

This should keep dobby happy for a while

www.the42.ie/denis-buckley-connacht-prop...son-2948997-Aug2016/

Shelflife wrote: Its just you dobby, everyone else got the email about the game , how each of them played and a full injury list. !!

Pat usually rings me after each training session to let me know whos not putting it in and whos flying !

This made my day :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo:

I find this all hilarious.
It's a nothing game. A warm up match. Fans would learn very little, if nothing from it.
The only benefit from this game, is that the players get to play in a more competitive training session.

Relax everyone. The real stuff starts next week

Yeah, it's not a big deal. The match is behind closed doors, probably because either Sale or Connacht want to try out some things and not let the cat out of the bag. Or Sale/Connacht feel like their are not ready and don't want media and fans getting over excited about it.

Its just you dobby, everyone else got the email about the game , how each of them played and a full injury list. !!

Pat usually rings me after each training session to let me know whos not putting it in and whos flying !

sligsup wrote:

dobby wrote: Anyone hear anything about sale game today? Its like there is a huge conspiracy going on. In all my years as a Connacht supporter this is reaching a level of paranoia I have never witnessed.

In all your years ..... What would that be dobby ...3??? Grow up !!!!

Utterly stupid behaviour. Simply cannot believe management simply turning a blind eye to fans. Ludicrous

dobby wrote: Anyone hear anything about sale game today? Its like there is a huge conspiracy going on. In all my years as a Connacht supporter this is reaching a level of paranoia I have never witnessed.

In all your years ..... What would that be dobby ...3??? Grow up !!!!

Branch and supporters just keeping it old skool, bwoy.