Craggy Rugby Podcast

A much needed bonus point win was garnered against a resolute Benetton side and the Craggy Crew take you through the match and give us their post-match thoughts along with Andy Friend and Paul Boyle. Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What a frustrating display and result for Connacht as another trip to Thomond Park ends disappointingly.The Craggy Crew travelled with the Connacht Clan for this trip and we get a flavour of what it is like from the fans perspective on an away trip.Rob Murphy and William Davies give us their immediate after match thoughts from the Galway Bay FM commentary and we hear from a very angry sounding Andy Friend and annoyed Tom Farrell in the post match press conference. Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Connacht recovered from a disastrous start to scrap a 3 point win over the Ospreys to keep their hopes of reaching the URC playoffs firmly alive as we go into the break for the November international series.William Davies, Rob Murphy and Alan Deegan take you through the match and analyse what is different about this Connacht side over previous Connacht teams who would more than likely have folded after a start like that. Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Connacht delivered a much needed bonus point win on another inclement evening in the Sportsground.Danny, Rob and Alan take you through the match while William and Linley join in for the post match analysis.We hear the post match thoughts of a relieved Andy Friend and Byron Ralston. Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The intensity of the wind and rain was matched by the players from both sides in a tough, gritty interpro with the extra bit of class that having a World Rugby player of the year nominee in Josh van der Flier being the difference between the teams. There is a pretty intense debate in the post-match amongst the Craggy Crew too.We hear from Andy Friend, Paul Boyle and Leo Cullen in the press match press conference. Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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.