Craggy Rugby Podcast

A win was required and a win was secured on the new artificial turf in front of a packed Sportsground.Almost the full Craggy Crew were in attendance and we hear their views on the hard fought win over a pretty insipid Munster team, as well as the thoughts of the ever entertaining Finlay Bealham and a relieved Andy Friend in the post match press conference. Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

William Davies and Alan Deegan review another dispiriting defeat for Connacht as they are hammered by the Bulls in Pretoria.We hear from an angry Andy Friend and philosophical Jarrad Butler in the post match press conference.  Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

William Davies, Danny Deegan and Alan Deegan take you through another tough defeat for Connacht and spend a lot of time talking about the red card decision that destroyed any chance of a Connacht comeback.We hear the post match thoughts of Andy Friend, Dylan Tierney-Martin and Stormers head coach John Dobson too. Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Well that was a pretty sobering start to the season for Connacht. Rob Murphy hosts the first post-match pod of the season with Niall "Packie" Shiel and William Davies not holding back on what was one of the most insipid displays by Connacht of the Andy Friend era.We hear the post match thoughts of a seething Andy Friend and a very downbeat captain for the night Gavin Thornbury.The trip to SA to take on the champions and runners-up is next on the cards, a tough start to the season looks a lot tougher now.If you like what we do and would like to support the podcast please let people know about us, rate on whatever podcast app you are listening to this podcast on or you could even signup to patreon.com/craggyrugby get the full comprehensive package of podcast hat we create on Connacht rugby throughout the season. Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Craggy Crew were in Dubarry Park to see an impressively gritty display from Connacht as they stood up to a typically physical visiting English side in Sale for the second preseason friendly of the new season to win by 3 tries to 1. Tries from Conor Oliver and Academy players Eoin de Buitlear and Josh O'Connor showed the potency of the Connacht attack is still very much in evidence.We hear from Andy Friend about his new title of Director of Rugby as well as new signing Josh Murphy and Dylan Tierney-Martin in the post match interviews. Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Connacht just about managed to win their final game of the season and the Craggy Crew were as rusty as the team in recording the various bits of this podcast.Rob Murphy hosts the podcast, William Davies and Alan Deegan take you through the game and Dave Finn joins the post match analysis that spent more time reminiscing about the Sportsground before the pitch is dug up.We hear from Andy Friend and new superstar Cian Prendergast as well as Ultan Dillane and very emotional Eoghan Masterson in the post match interviews. Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Rob Murphy hosts the first of a series of podcasts to wrap up the rugby season for Connacht with guests Niall Shiel, Dave Finn and Danny Deegan.There is the latest news roundup, tributes to the players leaving at the end of the season and a new quiz feature where the guests are marked on their arguments for their player of the season, young player of the season and try of the season. Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

William Davies and Rob Murphy review round 4 of the 6 Nations as well as talking about the plethora of new signings being announced by Connacht and we also hear some of the highlights of the interview William did with Ireland U20s forwards coach Jimmy Duffy, the full interview is available on patreon.com/craggyrugby Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Connacht had to dig deep to ensure their unbeaten home record against South African sides stayed intact.Alan Deegan hosts this weeks podcast with guests Danny Deegan, Fiona Halligan and Dave Finn and we hear from Rob Murphy and William Davies in the match commentary snippets.William also got the post match musings of Andy Friend, Paul Boyle and Stormers head coach John Dobson. Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Linley Mackenzie and Danny Deegan join host Alan Deegan to preview the visit of the Stormers to what will probably be a pretty stormy Sportsground for the re-fixed Round 10 match of the United Rugby Championship.We hear some of the highlights of the both the Connacht and Stormers press conferences.And finally there is a big call out to the award winning friend of the podcast photographer James Crombie who picked up the Press Photographer of the Year last week. Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Enjoy this small sample of some of the content for the Scarlets review podcast which is available at patreon.com/craggyrugby to Craggy club members only, which has exclusive post match audio from Andy Friend as well as the normal Craggy Crew analysis on the match.So if you are not already a club member, why not join the Craggy Rugby club on patreon.com/craggyrugby for the price of a coffee and a snack to support the work we do in providing the most comprehensive coverage of Connacht Rugby anywhere. Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

William Davies and Alan Deegan luxuriate in the fabulous debut by Mack Hansen as well as the excellence of Bundee Aki and not forgetting about a solid display by Finlay Bealham as the Connacht contingent were a major part of Ireland's destructive display in the victory over Wales in Round 1 of the 2022 6N.We also talk about the other matches in the 6N as well as the impressive win by the U20s where Connacht scrum-half Matthew Devine had an excellent game. Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Well that was a pretty underwhelming way to get back to the bread and butter of the United Rugby Championship. Linley MacKenzie and Dave Finn are on analysis duty to try and pick out some rays of light in the most disappointing display of the season, while Danny Deegan takes us through the match.We here the pre-match thoughts of former Connacht back coach Nigel Carolan and we hear a pretty angry Andy Friend and equally annoyed sounding Sammy Arnold in the post match press conference.We also have a new feature this week where we head down to Murty Rabbitts to get the thoughts of some of the hardcore Connacht fans, something that will happen after every home match, no matter what the result. Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Well Connacht are certainly the great entertainers in not only URC rugby but in Heineken Champions Cup rugby, all they need to do now is to finish games as strongly as they start.A second week in a row of losing a match from a strong position but with the benefit of both a try bonus point as well as a losing bonus point will hopefully lead to more good lessons as the season develops.Rob Murphy hosts the post match podcast with guests William Davies and Alan Deegan and we here the post match thoughts of Pete Wilkins and Jack Carty. Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Well that was pretty gut-wrenching but the saying goes that you learn more from your defeats than your victories, well lets hope Connacht learn some huge lessons from this.We have a bumper podcast, with the voices of Rob Murphy, William Davies, Niall Shiel and Dave Finn all joining host Alan Deegan in trying to make sense of how Connacht managed to throw that one away. We also hear from Connacht legend Michael Swift as well as the post match thoughts of Andy Friend, Niall Murray and Leicester's Steve Borthwick and a cameo appearance from BBC Leicester rugby correspondent Adam Whitty. Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What a gritty win in an enthralling, if somewhat turgid, and fiery interpro battle by Connacht over Munster.Rob Murphy and William Davies take you through the match and analyse a much needed win and we hear the immediate post match thoughts of Bernard Jackman. Johan van Graan spoke to William in the post match press conference, while Rob spoke to Cian Prendergast and Andy Friend. Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Rob Murphy and William Davies chat about the disappointment of not having a trip to Belfast, how all these postponements might affect the rest of the season and wax lyrical about the important re-signing of Finlay Bealham. Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Connacht proved that they are a full-on Champions Cup team this season with the performance and garnering of a LBP at the unbeaten Leicester Tigers in Round 2 of this season's Heineken Champions Cup.We have a packed podcast to take you through the match, hear the post match views of Andy Friend and Jack Carty as well as getting the view of BBC Leicester rugby commentator Chris Egerton on what was an absorbing encounter.Rob Murphy hosts the podcast with William Davies, Dave Finn and Alan Deegan all chipping in with their points of view on the match and we talk about Jack Carty becoming the first Connacht player to achieve the scoring grand slam of a try, conversion, penalty and drop goal in a match, could hardly have picked a better place to do it. Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Connacht recorded their joint biggest win in their Champions Cup history and their first every try bonus against French opposition as they put Stade Francais to the sword in the Sportsground in Round 1 of this season's Heineken Champions Cup.The Craggy Crew take you through the match and give their post match thoughts while we hear from Andy Friend and Jack Carty at the press conference. Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Connacht really did feel the full force of the backlash from Leinster after suffering another comprehensive defeat by the standard bearers in the URC. It looked so promising for the first 30 minutes or so, but Leinster had just too much firepower.William Davies, Dave Finn and Alan Deegan were on hand to run the rule over another disappointing trip to the RDS and we hear the post match thoughts of a contented Leo Cullen and a pretty annoyed Andy Friend. Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.