Craggy Rugby podcast

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 a...

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. Hosted on Ac...

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 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. Hosted on Acast. S...

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 C...

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...

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 whe...

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...

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 h...

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...

What a gritty win in an enthralling, if somewhat turgid, and fiery interpro battle by Connacht over Munster. Rob Murphy and William Davies take you through the match and analyse a much needed win and we hear the immediate post match thoughts of Bernard Jackman.  Johan van Graan spoke to William in the post match press conference, while Rob spoke to Cian Prendergast and Andy Friend. Hosted on...

Rob Murphy and William Davies chat about the disappointment of not having a trip to Belfast, how all these postponements might affect the rest of the season and wax lyrical about the important re-signing of Finlay Bealham. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Connacht proved that they are a full-on Champions Cup team this season with the performance and garnering of a LBP at the unbeaten Leicester Tigers in Round 2 of this season's Heineken Champions Cup. We have a packed podcast to take you through the match, hear the post match views of Andy Friend and Jack Carty as well as getting the view of BBC Leicester rugby commentator Chris Egerton on what was...

Connacht recorded their joint biggest win in their Champions Cup history and their first every try bonus against French opposition as they put Stade Francais to the sword in the Sportsground in Round 1 of this season's Heineken Champions Cup. The Craggy Crew take you through the match and give their post match thoughts while we hear from Andy Friend and Jack Carty at the press conference. Hosted o...

Connacht really did feel the full force of the backlash from Leinster after suffering another comprehensive defeat by the standard bearers in the URC. It looked so promising for the first 30 minutes or so, but Leinster had just too much firepower. William Davies, Dave Finn and Alan Deegan were on hand to run the rule over another disappointing trip to the RDS and we hear the post match thoughts of...

Connacht returned after the early season URC break at the same pace as they entered it, playing some astonishingly good rugby and all the more astonishing considering the woeful weather conditions. Alan Deegan hosts this slightly shorter, weather affected,  match day podcasts where we hear from William Davies, Dave Finn and Linley MacKenzie as they give their thoughts from before, during and...

Wow, what a win and what an atmosphere at the home of Irish rugby for the cinderella province as they produced a wonderful performance to totally eclipse the previously unbeaten Ulster side. Almost the whole Craggy Crew were there to run the rule over an admittedly flawed but ultimately satisfying performance and result for Connacht. We hear from Andy Friend, double try scoring hero Mack Hansen as...

It was an epic URC game in Thomond Park with Munster managing to sneak past Connacht with a late, late try after the visitors had forced themselves in front with a few minutes to go. Connacht's consistent inconsistency continues with another massive performance in Thomond Park, that's 3 one score games in a row between the sides. The ball didn't bounce Connacht's way, the 50-50 decisions appeared...

The only consistent thing about Connacht is their inconsistency. They had enough territory and possession in the first half to have put the game beyond the Dragons, but were given a lesson in game management in the the second half as the visitors deservedly won their first match in the Sportsground since 2004. We hear the post match thoughts of Andy Friend and Paul Boyle as Rob Murphy hosts the po...

Connacht got their season up and running with a brilliant beating of the Bulls in the first URC match of the season in the Sportsground. Rob Murphy hosts a very upbeat podcast with guests Linley MacKenzie, Dave Finn, Alan Deegan and a late appearance of William Davies while we also hear the post-match thoughts of Andy Friend and Mack Hansen. We also pay tribute to Leanardo Mussini who was the PRO...

Not only do we have the Connacht coaching ticket's view, thanks to Mossy Lawlor, on their team selection for their first ever match against the Vodacom Bulls, William Davies also got Jake White's thoughts on his team selection and the challenges they are expecting for their first visit to the West of Ireland. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week's podcast sees the return of our South African correspondent, Morgan Piek, to get the view of how the URC is being viewed in that rugby mad country as well as his thoughts on how the Bulls will react to the comprehensive defeat to Leinster. We hear some of the Connacht press conference highlights with Tom Daly and Pete Wilkins as well as the thoughts of former Munster player, now Bulls f...

A hugely disappointing start to the season with a big defeat away to Cardiff is captured by William Davies and Rob Murphy who travelled to a Connacht away match for the first time in 20 months. We hear from a philosophical Jarrad Butler and a very frustrated and clearly annoyed Andy Friend in the first non-zoom post match interviews in yonks. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more informa...

William Davies chatted to Pete Wilkins about the first team selection of the season as Connacht travel to Cardiff for Round 1 of the new United Rugby Championship.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The first match of the season is almost upon us, but the big news is not the trip to Cardiff, it's the fact that Connacht are moving their home interpro match against Ulster in October to the Aviva Stadium on the day after the proposed lifting of all COVID restrictions. We hear the thoughts of club captain Jarrad Butler and head coach Andy Friend in press conference as podcast host Alan Deegan is...