Join the Connacht Clan in Murty Rabbittes for the first away game of 2017. An injury ravaged Connacht side travel to Swansea to take on second placed Ospreys. Catch all the action live in Murtys from 1.30 p.m! All are welcome!
Join the Connacht Clan in Murty Rabbittes for the first away game of 2017. An injury ravaged Connacht side travel to Swansea to take on second placed Ospreys. Catch all the action live in Murtys from 1.30 p.m! All are welcome!
Borders no.2 wrote: "Where to do we go from here..."
Something we are all scratching our heads thinking about.
salmson wrote:
Accidentally Onside wrote: That's a really competitive team. I don't think we'll win but with all the injuries it says a lot about our squad that we can still field such a strong 15.
That said the osprey bench looks very strong so think we might be very competitive for 55-60 mins then fall away. Would snap your hand off for a bonus point. We need Ulster and Glasgow to have big games this weekend to keep the league interesting for us
Surely it doesn't matter which of Scarlets or Ulster wins (Ulster would be a point ahead of Scarlets if the Zebre game handn't been called off)? I'll be happy either way as long as only 4 match points are awarded between the two.
Edit: You might have a point in rooting for Ulster - Scarlets are away to Glasgow, Leinster & Munster in their next 5 so a loss tomorrow could start them tanking as per lat year.
Accidentally Onside wrote: That's a really competitive team. I don't think we'll win but with all the injuries it says a lot about our squad that we can still field such a strong 15.
Accidentally Onside wrote: That's a really competitive team. I don't think we'll win but with all the injuries it says a lot about our squad that we can still field such a strong 15.
Accidentally Onside wrote: That's a really competitive team. I don't think we'll win but with all the injuries it says a lot about our squad that we can still field such a strong 15.
That said the osprey bench looks very strong so think we might be very competitive for 55-60 mins then fall away. Would snap your hand off for a bonus point. We need Ulster and Glasgow to have big games this weekend to keep the league interesting for us
Team to face Ospreys
Saturday January 7th, kick off 13:30, Liberty Stadium
(Connacht caps in brackets)
15 Tiernan O’Halloran (115)
14 Niyi Adeolokun (46)
13 Rory Parata (23)
12 Peter Robb (23)
11 Matt Healy (81)
10 Jack Carty (69)
9 John Cooney (28)
1 Denis Buckley (105)
2 Tom McCartney (53) (captain)
3 Finlay Bealham (69)
4 Quinn Roux (44)
5 James Cannon (6)
6 Sean O’Brien (28)
7 Jake Heenan (45)
8 Naulia Dawai (3)
Replacements:
16 Dave Heffernan (72)
17 JP Cooney (41)
18 John Andress (1)
19 Lewis Stevenson (9)
20 Eoin McKeon (99)
21 Caolin Blade (35)
22 Danie Poolman (76)
23 Ciaran Gaffney (1)
Injured / Unavailable: Ronan Loughney, Conor Carey, Dominic Robertson-McCoy, Ivan Soroka, Conan O’Donnell, Ultan Dillane, Ben Marshall, Andrew Browne, Nepia Fox-Matamua, John Muldoon, Eoghan Masterson, Marnitz Boshoff, Shane O’Leary, Craig Ronaldson, Stacey Ili, Bundee Aki, Eoin Griffin, Cormac Brennan, Cian Kelleher, Josh Rowland, Darragh Leader.
Evil_g wrote: As far as I can tell, the last official update on our academy locks was last August when we were told: "Cian Romaine, Peter Claffey and Cillian Gallagher are all unavailable to the senior coaching team due to respective injuries"
Last update on Josh Rowland was after the Ulster game when he was "progressing well with his ankle rehabilitation and is due for a return to play in the coming weeks"
Masterson in the same update was "due to be available in the coming weeks". Ronaldson was "progressing well in his thigh rehabilitation and is due to be available in mid-January"
Not sure what the latest on Conan O'Donnell is.
Hope we see some of the above this weekend. It would be great in particular for Ronaldson to have a few games before Toulouse.