Connacht Team Talk Thread VI - Some like it TOH

Papa Leahy, unbelievable. Thought red was harsh there, no wrap but looked to me like initial contact was at the shoulder.

Such a big collision it was hard to tell where initial contact was I agree but his technique was terrible just rushed into him and wrapped after the hit.

The 2nf row was lucky the tmo talked the ref down to a yellow for him. He was getting a red initially too.

Great finish killgallen

Boyle and Thornbury are worrying injuries. Boyle was just back to his best too.

We've been sloppy off the mauls but a lot of decent bits of rugby in that half. Hawkshaw's try was absolutely brilliant improvisation.

Fair play to Connacht with a 21-3 lead. Secure the bonus point and Connacht will have a decent control of qualification and seeding in the Challenge Cup.

We've actually been fairly poor considering the numbers advantage we've had

Could be a very long 10 mins

Since the 4th try have pretty much downed tools

this is shocking, how can we be so vunerable out wide with an extra man.

Got out of jail there.

That’s a great result away to a French club, fair play to the Connacht squad

Anyone who saw offer a general overview of game? Shocking second half it seems. Darragh Murray played very well based on Connacht Twitter?

Pity about those injuries. Thornbury seems to be going through a bad run of them and as said above Boyle was playing his best in a fair while recently.

Match finished as a contest really when Big Papa got sent off in the first half. Was impressed by Kilgallon who scored a fantastic try and made one massive try saver. Hurley Langton was good in the Conor Oliver role and was gouged and nearly boxed while on the ground at one stage. Young Murray was a handful all night and had one lovely steal for a Brive lineout in addition to one savage carry. Brive shot themselves in the foot for the first 60 minutes with their discipline and I reckon if they got their act together with an extra 5 minutes on the clock we wouldn't have come away with a win. Brive got change out of us when they ran it out the back, particular the English lad on the wing.

The points are the most important thing obviously but every little piece helps when it comes to point differentials and we left 3 or 4 trys behind us. Not often you'd see as many negatives as positives in a TBP win but it was one of those nights.

How did Darragh Murray get on? Does he have a similar skill set to Niall? I.e. more of a focus on athleticism, work rate, and lineout jumping. Rather than power, mauling etc.

Papalli is a joke. A constant card shark. Hopefully he gets a ban. Hes not good at rugby. Just a big lump with little technique or skill.

Boyle was finally kind of a real n°8, first since Muldoon...

Shamus though has the type to play there

and like it or not but Prendergast may be savage for a few games there too