Connacht 16/17

[Deraless]

Bad start though.

[Snipe Watson]

Just like last week. A lot of guys who were playing out of their skins last season have come back down to earth with a slap. Muldowney and Henshaw are sorely missed.

[Russ]

They must be missing Big Rodders more than they expected lol

Or Henshaw ...
Or whoever else D4 stole

[UlsterNo9]

Disband Connacht

[Rooster]

Disband Connacht

Wouldn't be surprised if they try that again and give the money to the Turnips to run 2 stadiums which haemorrhage money faster than a blind poker player

[Neill_M]

Westies in Parma - 5:05 pm (UK time) KO. No TV coverage, but the same crowd http://www.therugbychannel.it who provided BBCNI with pictures last week, say they are streaming the game. It may be geo-blocked however. Also available through http://www.olweb.tv/arena-sport-2 (Serbia). This also may be geo-blocked.

Zebre

15 Edoardo Padovani 14 Gabriele Di Giulio 13 Giulio Bisegni 12 Tommaso Boni 11 Venditti Giovanbattista 10 Carlo Canna 9 Guglielmo Palazzani 8 Federico Ruzza 7 Maxime Mbandà 6 Jacopo Sarto 5 George Biagi (cap) 4 Quintin Geldenhuys 3 Pietro Ceccarelli 2 Oliviero Fabiani 1 Andrea De Marchi

16 D’Apice Tommaso 17 Postiglioni Bruno 18 Guillermo Roan 19 Gideon Koegelenberg 20 Derick Minnie 21 Carlo Engelbrecht 22 Tommaso Castello 23 Kayle Van Zyl

Connacht

15 Tiernan O’Halloran 14 Niyi Adeolokun 13 Bundee Aki 12 Eoin Griffin 11 Cian Kelleher 10 Jack Carty 9 Caolin Blade 1 Denis Buckley 2 Tom McCartney 3 JP Cooney 4 Lewis Stevenson 5 Andrew Browne 6 Eoin McKeon 7 James Connolly 8 John Muldoon (c)

16 Dave Heffernan 17 Ronan Loughney 18 Conor Carey 19 Ultan Dillane 20 Rory Moloney 21 Kieran Marmion 22 Shane O’Leary 23 Matt Healy

Injured/Unavailable: Finlay Bealham, Nathan White, Dominic Robertson-McCoy, Quinn Roux, Ben Marshall, Nepia Fox-Matamua, Jake Heenan, Sean O’Brien, Eoghan Masterson, John Cooney, Stephen Kerins, Conor Lowndes, Craig Ronaldson, Marnitz Boshoff, Rory Parata, Peter Robb, Josh Rowland, Danie Poolman, Darragh Leader, Ciaran Gaffney.

Connacht need a win, big surprise if they slip up again.

[solidarity]

Injured/Unavailable: Finlay Bealham, Nathan White, Dominic Robertson-McCoy, Quinn Roux, Ben Marshall, Nepia Fox-Matamua, Jake Heenan, Sean O’Brien, Eoghan Masterson, John Cooney, Stephen Kerins, Conor Lowndes, Craig Ronaldson, Marnitz Boshoff, Rory Parata, Peter Robb, Josh Rowland, Danie Poolman, Darragh Leader, Ciaran Gaffney.

I know they're not all injured and not all natural first picks but how can any club prosper with the equivalent of a team and five subs unavailable?

[BaggyTrousers]

Westies in Parma - 5:05 pm (UK time) KO. No TV coverage, but the same crowd http://www.therugbychannel.it who provided BBCNI with pictures last week, say they are streaming the game. It may be geo-blocked however. Also available through http://www.olweb.tv/arena-sport-2 (Serbia). This also may be geo-blocked.

Zebre

15 Edoardo Padovani 14 Gabriele Di Giulio 13 Giulio Bisegni 12 Tommaso Boni 11 Venditti Giovanbattista 10 Carlo Canna 9 Guglielmo Palazzani 8 Federico Ruzza 7 Maxime Mbandà 6 Jacopo Sarto 5 George Biagi (cap) 4 Quintin Geldenhuys 3 Pietro Ceccarelli 2 Oliviero Fabiani 1 Andrea De Marchi

16 D’Apice Tommaso 17 Postiglioni Bruno 18 Guillermo Roan 19 Gideon Koegelenberg 20 Derick Minnie 21 Carlo Engelbrecht 22 Tommaso Castello 23 Kayle Van Zyl

Connacht

15 Tiernan O’Halloran 14 Niyi Adeolokun 13 Bundee Aki 12 Eoin Griffin 11 Cian Kelleher 10 Jack Carty 9 Caolin Blade 1 Denis Buckley 2 Tom McCartney 3 JP Cooney 4 Lewis Stevenson 5 Andrew Browne 6 Eoin McKeon 7 James Connolly 8 John Muldoon (c)

16 Dave Heffernan 17 Ronan Loughney 18 Conor Carey 19 Ultan Dillane 20 Rory Moloney 21 Kieran Marmion 22 Shane O’Leary 23 Matt Healy

Injured/Unavailable: Finlay Bealham, Nathan White, Dominic Robertson-McCoy, Quinn Roux, Ben Marshall, Nepia Fox-Matamua, Jake Heenan, Sean O’Brien, Eoghan Masterson, John Cooney, Stephen Kerins, Conor Lowndes, Craig Ronaldson, Marnitz Boshoff, Rory Parata, Peter Robb, Josh Rowland, Danie Poolman, Darragh Leader, Ciaran Gaffney.

Connacht need a win, big surprise if they slip up again.

If anyone wants to watch & these sites are geo-blocked, Tunnelbear is a useful thing.

[Deraless]

zebre 22 connacht 10 after 55 suspended due to weather. poor zebre if it is called off as result stands after 60?

[Deraless]

Abandoned. Wee bit of Jam for Connacht there.

[Neill_M]

Thats lucky for the westies and super harsh on zebre. Replay needed I think

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[Rooster]

Thats lucky for the westies and super harsh on zebre. Replay needed I think

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Replay later in season harsh on Zebre since they had 3 trys already, was heading for 5 points if they had kept going

[BaggyTrousers]

I'd look on it more as a stay of execution, things are looking a tad grim for Connacht. I'm hoping they don't disintegrate but I suppose they genuinely have a mountain of injuries.

[Neill_M]

I'd look on it more as a stay of execution, things are looking a tad grim for Connacht. I'm hoping they don't disintegrate but I suppose they genuinely have a mountain of injuries.

Injured/Unavailable: Finlay Bealham, Nathan White, Dominic Robertson-McCoy, Quinn Roux, Ben Marshall, Nepia Fox-Matamua, Jake Heenan, Sean O’Brien, Eoghan Masterson, John Cooney, Stephen Kerins, Conor Lowndes, Craig Ronaldson, Marnitz Boshoff, Rory Parata, Peter Robb, Josh Rowland, Danie Poolman, Darragh Leader, Ciaran Gaffney.

[Dublin4]

Game abandoned at half time so has to be a complete rematch. These are basement teams anyway so it won't have an impact on the league.

I'm all for keeping Connacht going as a developmental outfit, just as long as they don't drain resources needed elsewhere.