connacht rugby

What the Interprovincial results mean Munster and Connacht made winning starts to the Vodafone Women’s Interprovincial Championship on Saturday. They came as two of Ireland’s leading provinces opened the campaign with victories over Leinster and Ulster. At Virgin Media Park, defending champions Munster overpowered Leinster 39-19, with 20-year-old Tipperary hooker Beth Buttimer running in four […]

3 weeks ago

“They were beaten. They were done.” Jacques Nienaber got his first taste of what makes this set of Leinster lads so damned hard to beat [unless you play for La Rochelle] after a gripping finish in Galway, on Saturday. Leinster went from a 19-8 position of strength to trailing 22-19 with 10 minutes to go, […]

2 years ago