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Connacht News

A glut of Lions balances the less than rosy state of the Irish rugby garden

Free-to-air TV option being considered by URC bosses

South African players dominate URC Elite XV vote

Stuart Lancaster heads up new multi-national coaching team at Connacht

Latest

Baby-faced 85kg back wins URC 'Ironman' award

Fissler Confidential: Paddy Jackson's future starts to become clearer

Leinster handed devilish start to 2025/26 URC campaign

Connacht claim season-ending win over Zebre

Coaching clearout continues at Connacht

Irish-qualified ex-England U20 centre Piers O'Conor in URC switch

Connacht Matches

Sat 17 May, 2025

FT
Stadio Sergio Lanfranchi
Zebre Zebre
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Connacht Connacht
11:00am
Round 18
LIVE
12
22

Sat 27 Sep, 2025

6:45pm CDT
Connacht Connacht
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Benetton Benetton
6:45pm
Round 1
LIVE
0
0
Who will win?
Connacht 0%
0% Benetton

Fri 3 Oct, 2025

7:05pm CDT
Connacht Connacht
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Scarlets Scarlets
7:05pm
Round 2
LIVE
0
0
Who will win?
Connacht 0%
0% Scarlets

Connacht Forwards

Name
Position
Peter Dooley
Prop
Dennis Buckley
Prop
Jordan Duggan
Prop
Charlie Ward
Prop
Dave Heffernan
Hooker
Adam McBurney
Hooker
Dylan Tierney-Martin
Hooker
Temi Lasisi
Hooker
Eoin Buitléar
Hooker
Finlay Bealham
Prop
Jack Aungier
Prop
Sam Illo
Prop
Fiachna Barrett
Prop
Oisin Dowling
Lock
Darragh Murray
Lock
David O'Connor
Lock
Joe Joyce
Lock
Niall Murray
Lock
Josh Murphy
Back Row
Sean O'Brien
Back Row
Cian Prendergast
Back Row
Conor Oliver
Back Row
Shamus Hurley-Langton
Back Row
Oisin McCormack
Back Row
Paul Boyle
Back Row
Sean Jansen
Back Row

Connacht Backs

Name
Position
Caolin Blade
Scrum Half
Colm Reilly
Scrum Half
Ben Murphy
Scrum Half
Matthew Devine
Scrum Half
JJ Hanrahan
Fly Half
Jack Carty
Fly Half
Josh Ioane
Fly Half
Harry West
Fly Half
Mack Hansen
Outside Back
Shayne Bolton
Outside Back
Shane Jennings
Outside Back
Josh O'Connor
Outside Back
James Nicholson
Outside Back
Bundee Aki
Centre
Cathal Forde
Centre
Daniel Hawkshaw
Centre
John Devine
Centre
Hugh Gavin
Centre
Sean Naughton
Centre
Piers O'Conor
Centre
David Hawkshaw
Centre
Santiago Cordero
Outside Back
John Porch
Outside Back
Byron Ralston
Outside Back
Finn Treacy
Outside Back
Andrew Smith
Outside Back
Chay Mullins
Outside Back

Connacht Tournaments

Connacht Rugby

Connacht Rugby are one of the four provincial rugby teams that represent Ireland in the PRO14 and European competitions. The team is responsible for representing the Connacht Branch of the IRFU and their crest is a modified version of the provincial flag of Connacht.Although the province contains only 8% of the total population of Ireland, the team is incredibly competitive and widely popular. In the club's history, they've won the Inter-Provincial Championship three times and the PRO14 once. They've also reached the semi-final stage of the European Rugby Challenge Cup on three occasions.

Historically, the Connacht Rugby team have been given a lower status than the three other Irish provinces of Leinster, Ulster and Munster. As a result, when the professional era of rugby began, the Connacht Rugby team only received half the budget of the other provinces and were labelled as a 'development team'. For this reason, when the Heineken Cup was formed (now the Heineken Champions Cup), the other three provinces were entered but Connaught were forced to play in the European Rugby Challenge Cup, a second-tier competition.However, since joining the PRO14 in 2001-02 (then known as the Celtic League), they have been reasonably successful. Against the odds, the team won the tournament in the 2015-16 season and they've also featured in the semi-final stage once and the quarter-final stage three times.The Connacht Rugby team have also fared well in European competitions. They've reached the semi-final stage of the European Rugby Challenge Cup three times and they've appeared in the Heineken Champions Cup on seven occasions (including the qualifying rounds).

Due to the fact that Connacht Rugby have a smaller playing population than the other Irish provinces, the team has a strong and proud history of developing academy players who are native to the province. Historically, these players include big names like Robbie Henshaw and Jack Carty, who is the club's record point scorer in the PRO14. However, unlike other provinces, Connacht also has a policy of bringing players in from outside its jurisdiction that have failed to reach their senior provincial team, such as Robbie McGrath and Victor Costello, who both went on to represent Ireland.Traditionally, the Connacht Rugby team does not contain as many Irish internationals as the other provinces. However, several international players do currently feature in the Connaught Rugby squad, such as prop Finlay Bealham, lock Ultan Dillane and centre Bundee Aki.Read on to learn even more about the Connacht Rugby team. On this page you can learn more about the team's upcoming fixtures, recent results and all the latest news.

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