Craggy Rugby Podcast

Connacht lost yet again in the Sportsground as their woeful home form continues, Rob Murphy, Dave Finn and Alan Deegan pick through the bones of the defeat before we hear from Andy Friend and Conor Oliver, and then William Davies chimes in with his thoughts. Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

William Davies caught up with Connacht forwards coach Jimmy Duffy to find out the thinking behind the team selection for the clash with the resurgent Ospreys in the Sportsground. Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

William Davies caught up with Ultan Dillane and Andy Friend at the midweek press conference prior to the re-fixed home match against the Ospreys.Dave Finn and Alan Deegan join William to discuss the importance of keeping Friend at Connacht as well as previewing the match against the resurgent Ospreys. Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Linley MacKenzie, William Davies join host Rob Murphy during the COVID enforced mid-season break to review the season for Connacht so far and try to figure out where this season is going to end up, what with one thing and another. Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Connacht almost snatched an unlikely victory from the jaws of defeat but they were unable to keep the fire in the belly from melting the ice in the veins which ended up clouding their thinking with a 2 man advantage while in possession.We hear from a clearly frustrated Andy Friend and Quinn Roux in the post match press conference while William Davies, Rob Murphy and Alan Deegan try and make sense of the crazy last few minutes and look to pick for the positives in yet another resilient performance from the men from the west while acknowledging that the better team won on the night. Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

William Davies spoke to Andy Friend to find out the thinking behind the team selection for the season defining match against Munster in the Sportsground tomorrow evening. Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

William Davies spoke to Tom Daly and Andy Friend at the press conference prior to the home match against Munster this week.William is joined by Dave Finn and Alan Deegan to review the historic win over Leinster and preview the challenge of taking on a fully loaded Munster side in the Sportsground in a season defining game. Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Connacht defeated Leinster in the the RDS for the first time with a fiery display of dogged defense and clinical finishing to notch up a try bonus point win and keep themselves in the hunt for a place in this truncated season's final.Rob Murphy takes you through the match and he is joined by Alan Deegan to analyse the historic victory after hearing from Andy Friend and Jack Carty in the post match press conference. Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

William Davies caught up with Connacht defense coach Pete Wilkins after the selection of the team to play Leinster in the RDS on Saturday evening to find out what the visitors have in store to try and halt the PRO14 champions juggernaught. Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Connacht travel to Dublin on the back of a disappointing defeat at home to Ulster hoping to break their duck in the RDS.Andy Friend and Jarrad Butler spoke to William Davies at this weeks press conference, both of them in reflective mood and determined to ensure that Connacht give their all against Leinster.Linley MacKenzie and Danny Deegan join Alan Deegan to mull over the defeat in the Sportsground and look forward to the challenge in the capital on Saturday evening. Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Connacht's suffered a hefty blow to their season's ambitions with an insipid second half display in the Sportsground which saw them lose to a fired up Ulster. The home side failed to back up a solid first half display as they conceded too many penalties and too much ground in contact which gave our northern neighbours a comfortable 13 point victory in their first away win in the interpros for 5 years.William Davies and Alan Deegan take you through the match while the podcast is hosted by Rob Murphy. We hear from Andy Friend and Dan McFarland in the post match press conference while the Craggy Crew try and figure out what went wrong in the post match analysis. Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

William Davies caught up with Nigel Carolan after the Connacht team was selected for the first interpro of the season when Ulster arrive at the Sportsground tomorrow. Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

William Davies spoke to Eoghan Masterson, Andy Friend and Ulster coach Dan McFarland at the press conferences prior to the first interprovincial match of the Festive season when Ulster travel to the Sportsground as the PRO14 resumes.William is joined by Danny Deegan to mull over some of the frustrations of the loss to Bristol last weekend and discuss what Connacht need to do to get back to winning ways on Sunday. Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Connacht crashed out of the Champion Cup after a beating by Bristol Bears in the Sportsground.William Davies and Alan Deegan take you trough the match while Rob Murphy hosts the pod and is joined by Dave Finn and Alan for the post match analysis.We also hear from Andy Friend and Paul Boyle. Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

William Davies talked to Connacht forwards coach Jimmy Duffy to get the low down on the team selection for the round 2 Champions Cup match against Bristol in the Sportsground on Sunday Dec 20th. Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

William Davies interviewed Pat Lam earlier this week to get the former PRO12 winning coach's thoughts and feelings on his competitive return to Galway with last season's Challenge Cup winning team. Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Andy Friend and Jack Carty were on press conference duty today and in keeping with the huge week that is in it we have William Davies, Dave Finn and Rob Murphy asking the questions.Linley MacKenzie and Niall "Packie" Sheil join Alan Deegan to review the great display, and not too shabby result, in France and then preview the Bristol Bears game and the return of Pat Lam, John Muldoon, Conor McPhillips, Jake Heenan, Niyi Adeolokun and Peter McCabe. Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Connacht almost pulled off the seemly impossible when they got within a score of last season's beaten Champions Cup finalists Racing 92 in the spookily awesome La Defense Arena.William Davies and Rob Murphy take you through the match and we get the post match thoughts of Andy Friend and Alex Wooton.William and Rob are joined by Alan Deegan to try and make sense of what turned out to be an incredible match in the match review. Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

William Davies and Dave Finn chatted to Andy Friend and Sammy Arnold at the first Champions Cup press conference of the season.Niall "Packie" Sheil, Danny Deegan and Alan Deegan review the bonus point win over Benetton and try to get to grips with the intricacies of the Champions Cup draw before reviewing the match in Paris.We also hear how Danny missed out on one of the most famous and infamous days in Connacht rugby, the march to Lansdowne Road, even though it is reported everywhere that he was there. Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Connacht defeated Benetton with a try bonus point, including a hat-trick for the captain on the night Paul Boyle, who became the first Connacht forward to score a hat-trick in the professional era.William Davies and Alan Deegan take you through the match and we hear the post match thoughts of Andy Friend and Boyle.Alan is then joined by Linley MacKenzie and Dave Finn to ruminate on an important 5 points for Connacht and discuss the interesting choice of pre-match music that is now the purview of the players. Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.