Connacht 16/17

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Dublin4 wrote:Dave
you are forgetting we sent them Kelleher, Robb, Healy, Adeolokun et al.
They are a good developmental side.
Apart from Kelleher, the others came from club rugby. In fact you had Adeolokun and Healy under your nose but would prefer Dave Kearney.
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Dave wrote:5-41. It's a bit of a hammering for Connacht. Glasgow's handling is superb. Straight into their offloading game with a high degree of accuracy, which in game one of the season is highly impressive.

Glasgow were good but Connacht were a joke. They may have been rusty but their pack was non-existent mostly, they had no scrummie until Marmion came on, no centres interested in anything but boshing and one winger, the white one, who didn't bother sending his skin along with the bones to the sportsground. They should be ashamed of a performance like that at home.
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Record defeat from any defending champions.
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Dublin4 wrote:Dave
you are forgetting we sent them Kelleher, Robb, Healy, Adeolokun et al.
They are a good developmental side.
All well and good but I prefer our development side ........ :red: the Sharks :red:
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Dave wrote:
Dublin4 wrote:Dave
you are forgetting we sent them Kelleher, Robb, Healy, Adeolokun et al.
They are a good developmental side.
Apart from Kelleher, the others came from club rugby. In fact you had Adeolokun and Healy under your nose but would prefer Dave Kearney.
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BaggyTrousers wrote:Record defeat from any defending champions.
Feels like us after our Heineken Cup win all over again
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I really hope the wheels don't come off this season for them. Lam and Muldoon need to give them a collective kick in the ballix. Interesting on their forum that one of their main hopes is to beat us! We are their Leinster... They will miss Henshaw and look as if they could do with one of our centres. Hope it's just ring rust.
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Ospreys at home next week.... Doesn't get any easier for them - might have to change my prediction for the score....
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They can have Girrid @13
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You can attribute part of that to their jilted pre-season. Don't get me wrong, they were still soundly beaten, but only having one friendly three weeks before your opening game cannot be helpful in the slightest.
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It was a rude awakening for Connacht. Glasgow were humiliated by Connacht last season and they were seriously up for the game. The loss of probably their two best players was a massive blow for them and some of the guys who were playing out of their skins on the crest of a wave came back down to earth. Preseason was an issue no doubt.
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Another tough game for the Westies on Sat night - 7:35pm KO TG4/S4C. Hard to tell much about the Hairsprays last week as Zebre were rubbish. Connacht to edge it.

Connacht:

15 Tiernan O’Halloran 14 Niyi Adeolokun 13 Eoin Griffin 12 Bundee Aki 11 Matt Healy 10 Jack Carty 9 Kieran Marmion 1 Ronan Loughney 2 Tom McCartney 3 Finlay Bealham 4 Ultan Dillane 5 Danny Qualter 6 Eoin McKeon 7 James Connolly 8 John Muldoon (c)

16 Dave Heffernan 17 Dominic Robertson-McCoy 18 JP Cooney 19 Lewis Stevenson 20 Rory Moloney 21 Caolin Blade 22 Shane O’Leary 23 Danie Poolman

Ospreys:

15 Dan Evans 14 Jeff Hassler 13 Ben John 12 Josh Matavesi 11 Eli Walker 10 Sam Davies 9 Rhys Webb (C) 1 Nicky Smith 2 Sam Parry 3 Dmitri Arhip 4 Bradley Davies 5 Rory Thornton 6 Olly Cracknell 7 Justin Tipuric 8 Tyler Ardron

16 Scott Baldwin 17 Paul James 18 Ma’afu Fia 19 Lloyd Ashley 20 James King 21 Dan Baker 22 Tom Habberfield 23 Dafydd Howells
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Westies stuffed again 11-32. Only positive note, next week they travel to Parma, surely they can pick up a win there.
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ruckover wrote:You can attribute part of that to their jilted pre-season. Don't get me wrong, they were still soundly beaten, but only having one friendly three weeks before your opening game cannot be helpful in the slightest.
They would have needed the start we got.
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They must be missing Big Rodders more than they expected lol
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