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United Rugby Championship

Connacht claim season-ending win over Zebre

Shayne Bolton of Connacht celebrates after scoring his side's second try during the United Rugby Championship match between Connacht and Benetton at the Dexcom Stadium in Galway. (Photo By Tyler Miller/Sportsfile via Getty Images)
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Connacht concluded an underwhelming United Rugby Championship campaign with a 22-12 victory over Zebre in Parma.

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Captain Cian Prendergast and wing Shayne Bolton claimed first-half tries to put the Irish province on course for a first win in six URC games.

Zebre flanker Bautista Stavile crossed and fly-half Giovanni Montemauri added the extras to leave the Italian hosts 12-7 down at the break.

Back-rower Shamus Hurley-Langton went over with an hour played to stretch Connacht’s lead, with JJ Hanrahan adding the second of his successful conversions.

A score from Zebre full-back Jacopo Trulla and a yellow card for Connacht’s replacement scrum-half Matthew Devine set up a tense finale.

Fly-half Hanrahan slotted a late penalty to help the visitors over the line and claim a 13th-placed finish.

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JW 3 minutes ago
Half of this All Blacks team deserves praise

A well considered article this time Hamish, thank you.

I agree there are some forwards that have the potential now to take the team to new heights like Retallick, Whitelock, Richie, etc etc did. Not so much in the backline department yet though.



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Carlos 4 minutes ago
Why ‘generational talent’ Peter Lakai is the new ‘man in black’ for all seasons

And I have my fingers crossed for them keeping doing this….

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KwAussie 10 minutes ago
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Looking forward to the 7’s kicking off. The ladies competition is my all time favourite for watching. I love that they are so competitive but still seem to be enjoying the games and enjoying each other so much. It’s just great to watch.

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J Marc 15 minutes ago
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You are right, Lucu was on the bench, Le Garrec was first choice.

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PMcD 27 minutes ago
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I’m not too sure what all that was about. It did look a bit disrespectful to the opposition if I am being honest. Hopefully that was a one off and will be a short lived response.

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Soliloquin 29 minutes ago
France forced into bold Antoine Dupont call for Springboks

Baille isn’t injured, just hasn’t got back to a proper test level. And he might never.

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Soliloquin 31 minutes ago
France forced into bold Antoine Dupont call for Springboks

Lucu was there, but Cros, Moefana, Atonio or Attissogbé were not, added to Dupont, Jalibert and Mauvaka.

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Lofty 33 minutes ago
France forced into bold Antoine Dupont call for Springboks

If AD & ML gel it could be very interesting. Both excellent players with good vision. Can France win ? I believe they're still the best NH side by a a small margin so yes they they're well placed to do so !!

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Lofty 44 minutes ago
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Why not pay a Willis or a Sinkler £1M Mr Craig ? rather than a Russel or a Jalibert. Same question to all the other prem owners. Support the system that pays you millions for your lack of support !!

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cm 44 minutes ago
Wallabies' defensive woes demand overhaul to avoid Murrayfield bloodbath

Weird article - it only focusses on the Wallabies, but not their opponents. What are their opponents likely to do? How would that play against the Wallaby’s defence? How could the Wallabies exploit this to their advantage, etc….

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JW 55 minutes ago
Why ‘generational talent’ Peter Lakai is the new ‘man in black’ for all seasons

Yeah I’d really prefer a lock, and looseforward pair, with LF as a 23 and genuine 7-1 option. Theres no telling if he’s going to be upto anything at test level though, thankfully I dont think he’s important to 6-2 being used.

If these two go on to cement themselves, I’d love for Lakai to be playing 12, and Jordie switching to 10 or 15, for a couple of games next year in Super Rugby (he could be fairly rusty having not done it since Leinster and he is the key versatility to enabling 6-2 or 7-1), while Sititi could partner ALB playing 13 (their loosies are packed, well maybe less so no Finau isn’t taking a starting spot).



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PMcD 58 minutes ago
Victor Matfield: 'There's a big hype around him... I just can't understand it'

He’s always in the right place at the right time, which is a combination of how he reads the game and his pace to get him there but what’s more exciting is where he will be in a decade and he should only get better from here on in.

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HenryAU 1 hour ago
France forced into bold Antoine Dupont call for Springboks

Silver linings, a French team with nothing to lose throwing caution into the wind ..

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mJ 1 hour ago
Wallabies' defensive woes demand overhaul to avoid Murrayfield bloodbath

They need to get the basics right and this is fundamentally their biggest issue, just like the opposite is true for their attack. The Wallabies don’t defend the gain line, teams constantly get gain line and the second is slowing down the ruck. So they are continually on the back foot and playing flat out in defence trying to get into the right positions and teams manipulate this. If the Wallabies suddenly got physical dominance with their defence and slowed each ruck down by another second or two things would be materially different. Like every 10 likes to play behind a forward pack winning gain line, every good defence benefits with time as well. If the Wallabies go out this weekend and stop Scotland gainline and slow their rucks down to 2 or 3 seconds on average our defence will be significantly better. And that is the easy fix for this weekend.

In attack our forwards need to stop being static and Lonergan needs to play with some deception and he needs to get out from behind the ruck as no one on this planet will expect him to run with the ball. Set the forward pod to go one way and then just get out and link with a runner on the opposite side. He is so one dimensional, he needs to be able to change it up and he needs to play with more tempo. So like the defence if our forwards win the gain line and rucks and we get quick ball we will stress the Scotland defence and their will be plenty of opportunities.



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HenryAU 1 hour ago
France forced into bold Antoine Dupont call for Springboks

Home ground of Perth 😆

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JW 1 hour ago
Why ‘generational talent’ Peter Lakai is the new ‘man in black’ for all seasons

I think you mean form wise, yes. My comment missed it’s most important component. He let a soft try go in when Sititi was asked to make a 1on1 tackle on his inside many, he’s obviously half puffing because he’s only a couple of months back into rugby, but he is older now is should mainly be an impact player.

Again, he needs his other locks to step up to make that come to fruition though.



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Tom 1 hour ago
Victor Matfield: 'There's a big hype around him... I just can't understand it'

Hes played about 5 games worth of international minutes and scored 8 tries. LBB and Will Jordan would be happy with that strike rate

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JW 1 hour ago
Why ‘generational talent’ Peter Lakai is the new ‘man in black’ for all seasons

Sorry what does a pure second row mean? Someone able to jump into the middle like Vaa’i? Just not sure what you’re trying to say with that sentence structure, like you mean the ABs should have two “new” locks in the second half? I certainly hope so.

Personally I would prefer Holland to truck 80 (he is just a metronome machine) and for Vaa’i to be replaced by a second row ‘hybrid’, like a Scooter/Segner/Sititi, and the other lock to be replaced by a lock. I’m sure you must mean LF is in his own group as the “sixth” spot and you’re not including him in that main group of loosies. It will be interesting if LF brings his weight back upto what it was in France again, it wasn’t helping him in the backline but if he’s mainly wanting to play in the pack he might put it on again and negate his bench versatility.



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cnw 2 hours ago
Why ‘generational talent’ Peter Lakai is the new ‘man in black’ for all seasons

Yeah I would prefer lock, loosie, loosie combo. But as a minimum a genuine 6-2

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FC 2 hours ago
France forced into bold Antoine Dupont call for Springboks

Lets see how good Dupont truly is behind a pack going backwards…

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