Craggy Rugby podcast

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. 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. 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 matc...

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. 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 Sportsg...

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 ye...

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. 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 winnin...

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. 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. 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. 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 McPhil...

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 incred...

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...

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...

Connacht secured their second bonus point win away from home in a row with a victory over a depleted Zebre in Parma. William Davies, Rob Murphy and Alan Deegan review the good, 7 tries and the bad, another red card for Papali'i and a knee injury for Tom Farrell. We also hear from Andy Friend and a jubilant Sean O'Brien who played more that 10 minutes of rugby for the first time in nearly 2 years a...

William Davis and Dave Finn talk to Connacht forwards coach Jimmy Duffy and centre Tom Farrell in the press conference prior to the trip to Zebre. Dave is joined by Craggy statsman Danny Deegan and Alan to review the disappointing result to Scarlets and preview the Zebre match. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Craggy Crew were back in the Sportsground to witness a frustratingly inaccurate display as Connacht fell to a dogged determined defensive display from the Scarlets. William Davies and Alan Deegan take you through the match, Rob Murphy asks the tough questions of Andy Friend and Paul Boyle while Linley MacKenzie and Dave Finn join Alan to try and make sense of such a disappointing performance b...

William Davies and Dave Finn chatted to Connacht prop Paddy McAllister and head coach Andy Friend at the press conference prior to the visit of Scarlets to the Sportsground on Saturday. William is joined by Craggy stats-man Danny Deegan and Alan to preview the match. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Connacht's defense coach Pete Wilkins and Paul Boyle were on duty at this weeks press conference where William Davies and Dave Finn put questions to them. William is joined by Craggy stats-man Danny Deegan and Alan to preview the Dragons match. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

William Davies spoke to Andy Friend and John Porch prior to the Benetton match in the PRO14 this Sunday. We also hear the thoughts of Benetton coach Kieran Crowley and William is joined by Craggy statsman Danny Deegan and Alan to preview the match and talk a little about the Champions Cup draw. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Connacht produced their best away performance for years to gain a valuable try bonus point win over Conference B rivals Edinburgh, winning 26-37.Rob Murphy, William Davies and Alan Deegan reflect on some fabulous tries in a great performance and we hear from Andy Friend and Caolin Blade too. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Wiliam Davies chatted to Conor Oliver and Andy Friend at the presser prior to the Edinburgh away match in the PRO14. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What is the best composite Connacht team of the Professional rugby era, have a listen to what the Craggy Crew make of who the fans chose and make a few changes in a Craggy Rugby special podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Connacht were well beaten by a fired up Cardiff Blues side in their first away trip of the new season. William Davies, Rob Murphy and Alan Deegan cogitate over the disappointing display and we hear the thoughts of Andy Friend and Eoghan Masterson in the post match press conference. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.