Craggy Rugby podcast

Well Connacht fairly made us sweat for their first away win in a one off Quarter Final as they held out against Ulster in the Kingspan Stadium. Linley MacKenzie, William Davies, Rob Murphy and Alan Deegan take you through the match and give their thoughts on such an historic win while we also hear from Andy Friend and Jack Carty along with a quick word from Tiernan's dad Aidan O'Halloran Hosted on...

Connacht gave their best ever performance in Scotstoun as they came within a hair's breath of beating Glasgow. Munster did Connacht an unbelievable favour is garnering a draw against the Sharks to confirm Connacht finishing at least 7th and a big step closer to Champions Cup rugby next season. William Davies and Linley MacKenzie join Alan Deegan to review that excellent performance and look forwar...

Connacht produced another excellent performance and bonus point win to guarantee their place in the URC play-offs and give them a real shot at Champions   Cup rugby for next season. The Craggy Crew take you through the match and analyse the win post-match while we also hear from Andy Friend and Kieran Marmion. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Connacht's abysmal record in knockout matches away from home continued in Treviso as Benetton overpowered them in the Round of 16 match in the Challenge Cup. William Davies and Alan Deegan bring you through the match and they are joined by Linley MacKenzie to try and pick out the bones of another disappointing away performance and defeat. We also have the post-match thoughts of Andy Friend. Hosted...

What a performance and result for Connacht with a win that bounces them up to 6th with 2 matches left to play in the regular season in the URC. This match had it all and so we got Dave Finn, Niall Shiel and Linley MacKenzie to try and make some sense of the goings on that included 3 yellow cards as well as a 5th hat-trick from a Connacht player this season. We hear the post match thoughts of Andy...

Connacht squeezed past a gritty Dragons side in Rodney Parade to garner a 4th win in a row, but without the required try bonus point which might come back to haunt them in their drive towards not only making the URC playoffs but also Champions Cup qualification for next season. William Davies and Rob Murphy join Alan Deegan to try and make sense of a strange performance from Connacht and we hear t...

Connacht garnered the required Bonus Point win in Parma in an absolute try-fest of a match as they move into a URC play-off spot for the first time this season. William Davies and Rob Murphy take you through the match while Alan Deegan joins William for some post match analysis and we hear from hat-trick hero Dylan Tierney-Martin and coach Andy Friend in the post-match press conference. Hosted on...

A try bonus point win for Connacht over the Lions keeps their playoff hopes alive. Jack Carty broke Eric Elwood's all-time points scoring record for Connacht and Caolin Blade became the first scrumhalf to score a hat-trick for Connacht. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Connacht failed to secure a home Round of 16 match in the Challenge Cup after yet ANOTHER defeat on English soil as they failed to cope with the power and precision of the early onslaught by Newcastle. The Craggy Crew try and make sense of the wildly fluctuating performance and question some of the selection decisions that came back to haunt Andy Friend and his coaching brain trust as an away trip...

Connacht scored their biggest ever win over a French team to qualify for the Round of 16 when defeating Brive 61-5 in the Sportsground. The Craggy Crew enjoy reviewing the match and we hear the post match thoughts of Andy Friend and Niall Murray. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Connacht snaffled a bonus point win in atrocious conditions as they remain unbeaten against South African opposition in the Sportsground and the Craggy Crew are no longer grumpy in the post match analysis. We hear the post match thoughts of Andy Friend and Mack Hansen as well as a very thoughtful Sharks coach Joey Mongalo. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

That was not the start to the New Year that Connacht would have wanted as a rampant Leinster put them to the sword. William Davies and Rob Murphy discuss a pretty damning defeat and we hear the post match thoughts from Andy Friend and the Murray brothers, who became only the 2nd ever pair of brothers to start in the second row together for Connacht. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more...

Connacht almost snatched a draw from the wide open jaws of defeat, but the better team on the night won the match in a dramatic finish and a pretty gutted Craggy Crew don't hold back on their feelings about yet another defeat in an Interpro. We also hear the post match thoughts of Andy Friend, Conor Oliver and Dan McFarland. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Connacht got the 5 try bonus that they needed in a somewhat bizarre match in the south of France as they defeated Brive 24-31 in a match that saw Abraham Papali'i once again red carded as well as Brive losing a couple of other players to the sin bin. It wasn't all good news for Connacht as both Paul Boyle and Gavin Thornbury appear to have sustained long term injuries. William Davies, Niall Sheil...

Connacht defeated a big Newcastle side in Round 1 of the Challenge Cup at a frigid Sportsground to get their campaign off to a good start. We hear the post match thoughts of Andy Friend and Jarrad Butler as well as Newcastle coach Dave Walder. Rob Murphy hosts the podcast and chats to Linley MacKenzie, Dave Finn and William Davies. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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. 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 A...

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...

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. 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...

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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy f...

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.  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. 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...

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 fro...