Connacht Team Talk Thread VI - Some like it TOH

Wegians89

b.gud wrote: »

As a Connacht fan it would be great to see an NIQ lh come in and give our pack some additional ballast. As an Ireland fan none of the provinces should be allowed sign an NIQ lh as it is by far our weakest position. Healy is great but coming to the end of his career and there is no real stand out option waiting in the wings to oust him so all the provinces need to step up with providing an option there

The only Connacht loosehead who’d have any chance of being capped would be Duggan, an experienced niq could help him with his development

connachta

Wegians89 wrote: »

The only Connacht loosehead who’d have any chance of being capped would be Duggan, an experienced niq could help him with his development

We could do with bringing Parker back and have him on both sides!

ShineyShiney

Wegians89 wrote: »

The only Connacht loosehead who’d have any chance of being capped would be Duggan, an experienced niq could help him with his development

I'd be surprised at an niq. Cronin and McAlister are both decent pro 14 standard lh's both look like they might be out of contract.

Squidgy Black

Wegians89 wrote: »

The only Connacht loosehead who’d have any chance of being capped would be Duggan, an experienced niq could help him with his development

What's the story with Charlie Ryan, is he playing LH or TH these days?

connachta

NIQ lock
IQ LH
And SOB 2.0

that would be it

Lost Ormond

Squidgy Black wrote: »

What's the story with Charlie Ryan, is he playing LH or TH these days?

Assume you mean Charlie Ward.
Was playing LH last id heard but like so many hasnt played in so long who knows what may happen now...

Squidgy Black

Lost Ormond wrote: »

Assume you mean Charlie Ward.
Was playing LH last id heard but like so many hasnt played in so long who knows what may happen now...

Ward yep sorry was getting confused with the lock in the leinster academy.

Was he involved with the eagles games at all?

RonnieL

Surprised by the 2nd row selection too, especially since I think they had Thornbury at the press conference earlier in the week? Maybe he picked up a knock. I'm sure he'd have been keen to play in this one to further his Ireland claims.

Regarding the Munster game in general, I'm not too hopeful, but I am excited to see Papa and CJ run into each other!

Utopia Parkway

https://twitter.com/FinlayBealham/status/1392868945791750147

ClanofLams

Bealham is right of course but the Indo/the “journalist” love the controversy and subsequent clicks so better off leaving alone really. Though smart of Bealham to photo it rather than quote it for that reason presumably.

salmocab

ClanofLams wrote: »

Bealham is right of course but the Indo/the “journalist” love the controversy and subsequent clicks so better off leaving alone really. Though smart of Bealham to photo it rather than quote it for that reason presumably.

We don’t pay for journalism anymore so they have to pay the bills by having pieces like this. Pieces like this make it even less likely that we will pay for it. It’s a spiral to the bottom and most of us are culpable in some way.

SqueakyKneecap

People will never understand that giving any sort of spotlight, even just to publicly admonish people like Francis, is why they last so long. Bealham's heart is in the right place but it just brings more eyes to the article. It was the same with Katie Hopkins to give a more well-known troll.

Zzippy

salmocab wrote: »

We don’t pay for journalism anymore so they have to pay the bills by having pieces like this. Pieces like this make it even less likely that we will pay for it. It’s a spiral to the bottom and most of us are culpable in some way.

I pay for the IT, there are some articles I would pay for in the Indo but will never give them a red cent while Francis and Eww-an are given a platform in the paper.

b.gud

Wegians89 wrote: »

The only Connacht loosehead who’d have any chance of being capped would be Duggan, an experienced niq could help him with his development

I know it kind of contradicts my last post but I would be fully behind getting an experienced niq lh for Connacht but i don't buy the argument that it help his development. I just don't see any scenario where sitting in the sideline watching a guy play is going to help more than actually getting out on the field and playing. Yeah he might pass on some tips and wisdom on the training pitch but is that going to offset the lost minutes on the pitch?

freyners

salmocab wrote: »

We don’t pay for journalism anymore so they have to pay the bills by having pieces like this. Pieces like this make it even less likely that we will pay for it. It’s a spiral to the bottom and most of us are culpable in some way.

Funny after reading this post I found the below article on the 42 about Carolan's history at the club.
'His office had pictures of everyone who had come through the Academy, he was very proud of those fellas' https://the42.ie/5425421

It's articles like this that make me happy to pay for the 42 membership even without the extras. Similar to what was said above I'd rather burn money than use it to support the Indo while Franno and McKenna are there (Not sure if Franno 2.0s podcast is still under them also but there's another reason)

connachta

I didin't know Butler is still NIQ though IE.
That's stupid, but IRFU took that into account to allow us the NIQ lock


we're still in the old rule 3+2

NIQ lock
BOD
Porch


Butler and Papali'i technically project players


question is how many we could use on a same teamsheet?

ClanofLams

freyners wrote: »

Funny after reading this post I found the below article on the 42 about Carolan's history at the club.
'His office had pictures of everyone who had come through the Academy, he was very proud of those fellas' https://the42.ie/5425421

It's articles like this that make me happy to pay for the 42 membership even without the extras. Similar to what was said above I'd rather burn money than use it to support the Indo while Franno and McKenna are there (Not sure if Franno 2.0s podcast is still under them also but there's another reason)

Great read. Seven academy players started Pro12 final in addition to Niyi who Carolan recommended, never heard that before actually. Huge figure in Connacht Rugby’s progression, expect to see him back as head coach in the not too distant future.

Wegians89

ClanofLams wrote: »

Great read. Seven academy players started Pro12 final in addition to Niyi who Carolan recommended, never heard that before actually. Huge figure in Connacht Rugby’s progression, expect to see him back as head coach in the not too distant future.

Himself and Muldoon the future

macslash

I'm liking Daly as captain.

ClanofLams

Niall Murray and Cian Prendergast, take a bow lads.

Plenty more deserving of praise too but those two give great hope for the future.

Leinstertomas

May have been a very mixed season but away wins at all 3 other provinces is very impressive. Congratulations!

freyners

How the **** did we manage to win all away interpros and capitulate the home ones

realhorrorshow

ClanofLams wrote: »

Niall Murray and Cian Prendergast, take a bow lads.

Plenty more deserving of praise too but those two give great hope for the future.

Absolutely, definite potential internationals. That was a real star making performance from Prendergast, got through an outrageous amount of work. Think he'll start to get a bit more hype now. Could be our starting 6 by the end of next season.

theVersatile

freyners wrote: »

How the **** did we manage to win all away interpros and capitulate the home ones

Technically lost in Thomond earlier in the year, but yeah weird one.

freyners

theVersatile wrote: »

Technically lost in Thomond earlier in the year, but yeah weird one.

Even that loss (no technical about it) was a better performance that our home game

ClanofLams

I thought Papali had a pretty effective game too, well targeted by Munster so no eye catching big runs but he was drawing in multiple Munster defenders every time and made some big hits in defence, one in particular that Jackman pointed out in the second half stopped Munster momentum in 22 and Connacht subsequently got penalty/turnover.

Conor Fitz very good for the most part. Marmion had a very very good game bar dumb penalty. Daly & O’Brien nice partnership, hopefully keep the latter as with Aki going on Lions probably won’t be available until October sometime. Buckley and Bealham really stabilised the scrum, good decision to bring them on when they did.


Need to establish a baseline level they don’t drop below, more consistent defence and maul defence, hopefully the new coaching set up can impact both. Haven’t performed consistently at all this season so hard to have massive confidence that will change but the squad doesn’t really look far off the level you would want.

Bazzo

**** me it's hard work bring a Connacht fan

FACECUTTR

Bazzo wrote: »

**** me it's hard work bring a Connacht fan

Thought we were going to get beaten out the gate since the teams were named. Absolutely delighted with the win but seriously we got pumped at home last week and then go away to Munster and beat them ! Great test for Papalii, Prendergast and Murray in the pack and they did well.

connachta

Tom Daly so lazy as a captain. Only made 18 tackles.
And Prendergast a 20 y.o baby. Only 19 tackles
Worse for Murray. 18




We're grand

connachta

2030

Duggan
Aungier
Murray 1
Murray 2
Prendergast
Boyle (33 is ok for a n°8)
S.Masterson
D.Byrne

Future? No bother!