rugby dump posted a clip of the match. over 8mins long

It was a mad weekend. Between lads climbing trees and racing cars like a bad dog. Lost iphones
Loss of memory- Standard weekend really
The Toulouse people were great craic. Mad too sing and chat. And the beautiful women

Its deff been the best place Ive been on a trip.

Hadn't heard about the collateral damage out there.
Was it a messy weekend, had in good spirits?

Trevor Brennan was praising ye all on twitter

Its a thought that alot of the fans had after the game at the weekend. I spoke to one or two of the alickadoo's after and they were delighted with the performance.
Most people would say that we will learn and improve after the season. Its been tough but we have been competitive an most of our games.
I couldnt fault any of the players for their effort at the weekend in the face of an impossible task.
That performance at the weekend has set the standard that the players need to be reaching.
Great to see some of the connacht players take on and beat their men.
As for the coverage of the game by the media it was a disgrace. The indo had nothing in it about the match. That was a decent performance. Sure even some of the top Irish sides have been happy with Losing bonus points on their travels in France.
Any news on the lad that fell and hit the bollard? 20 staples and a few stitches.
Also someone had a bad fall in the Frog on the stairs.

Sheepsean wrote: Really needed a lift and strangly this has done it for me .Thought they defended superbly (for most of the game) and did there bit attacking and in the lineouts .T'O'H will have raised a few eyebrows for any scouts watching .Won't go as far as to say this season is a right off but am looking forward to and expecting a lot more next season.Lets be honest ,team mixed of new inexperienced youngfellas together with some hardened regulars.Mistakes will(should) be learned from and think next year will be a different ,confident team.
9:00 RTE news annoyed me,as they seemed to make a lot of emphasis to the losing streak as opposed to an excellent display against possibly the greatest European team to date .

Would love a win against quins .Will be tough and the games must be taking it toll on the lads .Applause to anyone who can make it to last training session before the game.The lads are human,they feel our pain tenfold and would surely get a boost to know that we're all still behind them .

C'Mon Connacht

Exactly this all came much too quicky for a squad which replaced half it's players. I'd hope that one of the other provinces does us a another favour in the HEC and wins. A second consecutive season in the HEC would hold a lot less fears for the lads, they'd have a a full summer to work together and might just get the one or tow first class singings that will make us really competitive...

Really needed a lift and strangly this has done it for me .Thought they defended superbly (for most of the game) and did there bit attacking and in the lineouts .T'O'H will have raised a few eyebrows for any scouts watching .Won't go as far as to say this season is a right off but am looking forward to and expecting a lot more next season.Lets be honest ,team mixed of new inexperienced youngfellas together with some hardened regulars.Mistakes will(should) be learned from and think next year will be a different ,confident team.

9:00 RTE news annoyed me,as they seemed to make a lot of emphasis to the losing streak as opposed to an excellent display against possibly the greatest European team to date .

Would love a win against quins .Will be tough and the games must be taking it toll on the lads .Applause to anyone who can make it to last training session before the game.The lads are human,they feel our pain tenfold and would surely get a boost to know that we're all still behind them .

C'Mon Connacht

"The Fields" came through loud and clear on't telly. It was spine tingling. The team are totally different when they can hear the crowd chanting for them. We can moan all we like about them when there's a bad performance, but as a clan we have to look at ourselves and ask where were we when the team needed us.

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Shots from the toulouse game online.

eastcoastconnacht wrote: Just saw some of the pictures from the game on the net. Some great shots of the fans, is that the biggest travelling support we've ever had? Saw the game on tv and to hear the fields of athenry coming from the right province was absolutely brilliant. Roll on Friday.

Links to the shots please - there's a few on the facebook page but that's all I've seen!

Seconded on the fans; there were multiple, long, periods on the tv coverage where the home crowd was completely silenced by the team's performance, and all you could hear behind the commentators was the fields or chants of "Connacht", 24th man matching (and sometimes surpassing) the efforts of the 23 on the pitch.

Just saw some of the pictures from the game on the net. Some great shots of the fans, is that the biggest travelling support we've ever had? Saw the game on tv and to hear the fields of athenry coming from the right province was absolutely brilliant. Roll on Friday.

Henry has looked better coming off the bench, true, but we need him to start occasionally to give players rest.

Fets looked dangerous on Saturday, because we made an effort to get him into the game. We're learning how to use these guys finally.

Sometimes it takes SH Players time to settle in. Look at Richardt Strauss for Leinster in his first season he was pretty bad it was only in season 2 that he found his feet. I'd give Fetu the benefit of the doubt for the moment.

Fa'aili has looked better coming off the bench mainly because the pace has slowed down a bit and he can use his physicality. He hasn't impressed in the majority of starts he's been given.

Vainikolo has improved the last few weeks and hasn't been afraid to get involved, still not sure about him in a number of areas, he is improving but he was coming from a low base. Really though our "star" foreign signings should be showing some form quicker than they are. He needs to make his mark on the final run in of league games and bring that into next season.

seanin4711 wrote:

clan clover wrote: A loss is a loss but a big step up and a good performance all across the park, good to see some of the players that were been unfairly knocked on here show their worth,fetu,henry,george to name but a few. When McSharry learns how to pass the ball he could go all the way into another green jersey. Big trick is to back that up next week against the quins, if we can do that we can win and what a game to pick to end the loosing streak.

unfairly knocked?
come on man fetu and Henry have been shocking up until the last 2 games maybe

Totally disagree, yes both have made mistakes, but so have the golden boys. Both of these guys look for work ,Fetu covers every blade of grass and does so much work off the ball, Henry is not a 12 I keep saying it and I will be proved right eventually but his work rate is well up there as is his vision. If you want to point out glaring mistakes and brainfarts I could be here all night
writing them, the biggest brainfart IMHO happened yesterday when McSharry not only totally ignored Duffy for a certain try he also cut back ,when he may even have made it himself if he kept going. But that is just one of many ,but every single Connacht player is guilty at some stage this year of having brainfarts.

I agree Fetu is a keeper