Craggy Rugby Podcast

The hosting of RWC 2023 has gone to France as Ireland trailed in last in both the technical review and the voting. Rob Murphy, William Davies and Alan Deegan discuss the result, the process and what the future holds for rugby in Ireland following the disappointment of coming up so short in the bidding process Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

William Davies and Alan Deegan travelled to Thomond Park to watch the historic first ever Barbarians Women's match with the uncapped player being Edel McMahon who plays for Connacht and Galwegians, having started her rugby career with NUIG.The men's game against Tonga included late call ups for John Muldoon and Quinn Roux.William and Alan take you through both games, talk about the history of the Barbarians club and interview Edel, John, Quinn and Barbarians men's coach Robbie Deans after their respective matches. Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Connacht continue their upward curve of progress with a win over the Cheetahs at a nippy and damp Sportsground extending their unbeaten run to 4.Rob Murphy, William Davies, and Alan Deegan take you through the game and post match analysis is provided by Linley MacKenzie, Dave Finn and Niall 'Packie' Sheil. Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

William Davies talked to Nigel Carolan and Tom Farrell at the press conference in the Sportsground about the win over Munster and the upcoming challenge of the Cheetahs.The Cheetahs also held a press conference in the Sportsground today with head coach Rory Duncan and players Torsten van Jaarsveld and Tian Meyer discussing the challenges of adapting to PRO14 rugby.William is joined by Alan Deegan to discuss the disappointment of the Irish bid for the 2023 Rugby World Cup trailing in last place in the recommendations from World Rugby. Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Connacht made it 3 wins in 4 seasons at the Sportsground against Munster with a 2 tries to 1 victory.William Davies and Alan Deegan take you through the game and are joined post match by Linley MacKenzie, Niall 'Packie' Sheil and Dave 'The Rant' Finn to analyze an important victory for Connacht.Rob Murphy interviews Kieran Keane and Ultan Dillane to get the coaches and players perspective on a great win. Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

William Davis and Alan Deegan chat about the upcoming match against Munster. We hear from Kieran Keane and John Muldoon from the Connacht press conference and there is some chat about Simon Zebo's decision to go to France and Donncha O'Callaghan's impending retirement. Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Connacht won their second Challenge Cup match of the campaign to keep them at the top of their pool. William Davies, Dave Finn, Niall 'Packie' Sheill and Alan Deegan ruminate on the a solid win and we hear from an unhappy Kieran Keane who was disappointed with the performance and a much chippier Caolin Blade who is happy to get another win under their belt.In AOB Dave Finn speaks for the whole Craggy team with a passionate rant about the disgraceful treatment of the Ireland's Womens team regarding the advert for the new coach. Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

William Davies spoke to Connacht forward coach Jimmy Duffy and wing Matt Healy at the Connacht press conference prior to the Worcester match. Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Connacht rolled over Oyonnax in the Swiss city of Geneva in the first round of the Challenge Cup to get their season back on track.Rob Murphy and William Davies tell the story of the 5 try victory and they are joined by Linley MacKenzie to dissect the best display from Connacht this season. Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

William Davies spoke to Kieran Keane and Eoin McKeon at the press conference prior to the Oyonnax away match to get their thoughts on a new European campaign.There is also audio from John Muldoon and Nigel Carolan from the EPCR launch a couple of weeks ago and the latest injury list is cogitated over by William and Alan Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ulster extended their unbeaten run against Connacht in Belfast in a close, sometime contentious, match that was decided by a wonder try from the rising start of Ulster rugby, Jacob Stockdale.Rob Murphy, William Davies and Alan Deegan were on commentary duty for Galway Bay FM and take you through the match, the post match interivews and their frustrations at Connacht not at least grabbing a losing bonus point Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

William Davies spoke with Connacht defense coach Peter Wilkins and Ireland prop Finlay Bealham at the Connacht press conference prior to the Ulster match.We also hear from John Muldoon and Rory Best about the first interpro of the season. Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Connacht rediscovered their attacking prowess but it wasn't enough to defeat a scintillating Scarlets side who ran out winners in a 5 tries to 4 shootout in Llanelli.Rob Murphy, Linley Mackenzine and Alan Deegan are joined by Welsh journalist Rob Lloyd to try and make some sense of a match high on attacking quality but somewhat lacking in defensive mettle. Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

William Davies attended the Connacht mid-week press conference and spoke to Kieran Keane and Eoghan Masterson about getting over the disappointment of last weekend and the challenge that the Scarlets represent.William is joined by Alan Deegan and they go through the Connacht injury list and lament the untimely passing of former Connacht and Ireland international Neville Furlong. Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Connacht crashed to a second consecutive defeat to a Welsh team as they conceded a late, late try at a windswept Sportsground.The Craggy crew, Rob Murphy; William Davies; Niall "Packie" Sheil, Linley MacKenzie and Alan Deegan, survived the car crash finish to the game and subsequent press conference to cogitate on another defeat for new head coach Kieran Keane. Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

William Davies spoke with forwards coach Jimmy Duffy about Connacht's disappointing result in Newport and what sort of challenge they expect from Cardiff at the weekend. William also chats to flanker Jarrad Butler about how he is adapting after his first few weeks of competitive rugby in the PRO14. Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Connacht fell to an inspired Dragons side in Rodney Parade and the Craggy Crew were there to witness the slaying of the Westerners.Rob Murphy and William Davies were on commentary duty and they were joined by Linley MacKenzie to cogitate of what went wrong for Kieran Keane's first away match in charge of Connacht. Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

William Davies talks to Connacht assistant coach Nigel Carolan and scrum half Kieran Marmion at the mid-week Connacht rugby press conference. Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Connacht snaffled a bonus point win in their first competitive match against a team from the Southern Hemisphere. The Craggy crew, Rob Murphy, William Davies, Linley MacKenzie, Dave Finn, Packie and Alan, run the rule over the 4 try victory against the Southern Kings and discuss some important matters such as unpainted goal posts and skinny jeans on sports men. Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

William Davies spoke to Kieran Keane and Denis Buckley in the aftermath of the disappointing defeat to Glasgow last Saturday.William also spoke to Southern Kings forwards coach Barend Pieterse and former Toulouse prop, who has played in the Sportsground before, Schalk Ferreira about the upcoming match. Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.