Boards.ie uses cookies. By continuing to browse this site you are agreeing to our use of cookies. Click here to find out more x
Post Reply  
 
 
Thread Tools Search this Thread
22-09-2011, 12:27   #1
Robbo
Witchfinder General
 
Robbo's Avatar
 
Join Date: Nov 1999
Location: In The Aeroplane Over The Sea
Posts: 6,973
Connacht -v- Dragons : Friday Sept 23rd 19:30KO

Connacht Matchday 23
Quote:
15 Gavin Duffy (C)
14 Brian Tuohy
13 Eoin Griffin
12 Henry Fa'afili
11 Tiernan O'Halloran
10 Niall O'Connor
9 Frank Murphy
1 Brett Wilkinson
2 Ethienne Reynecke
3 Rodney Ah You
4 Dave Gannon
5 Mike McCarthy
6 John Muldoon
7 Johnny O'Connor
8 Ray Ofisa

16 Adrian Flavin
17 Ronan Loughney
18 Dylan Rogers
19 Mick Kearney
20 TJ Anderson
21 Paul O'Donohoe
22 Mathew Jarvis
23 James Loxton
Dragons 26 Man Squad:
Quote:
Backs: Wayne Evans, Joe Bedford, Jon Evans, Jason Tovey, Matthew Jones, Ashley Smith, Geraint O’Driscoll*, Pat Leach, Tom Riley, Mathew Pewtner, Martyn Thomas.

Forwards: Phill Price, Nathan Williams, Dan Way, Nathan Buck, Tom Willis, Rhys Buckley, Adam Jones, Rob Sidoli, Andrew Coombs, Gavin Thomas, Jevon Groves, Lewis Evans, Darren Waters, Sam Parry, Hugo Ellis.
George is out for 4 weeks plus, Swifty is sick and I think McCrea took a knock in Scotland last week. Other than that, the switch at outhalf is to spice things up. For those of us who didn't see the pre-season games, it's a possible first look at Mick Kearney and James Loxton.

This match isn't on TV; coverage on Galway Bay FM, Knockon.ie and the Connacht Facebook for those who can't make it.

Current odds with Paddy Power: Connacht 4/11, Dragons 2/1, Draw 20/1.

Last edited by Robbo; 22-09-2011 at 12:30.
Robbo is online now  
Advertisement
22-09-2011, 12:31   #2
Zzippy
Registered User
 
Zzippy's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Galway
Posts: 3,839
Good to see Rodney recovered so quickly. Was wondering about McCrea alright, he's been playing well so far. At least he seems to be happy to make changes and give everyone a crack, will be interesting to see if NOC can nail down a place. Jarvis has been decent so far but placekicking a bit ordinary...

Connacht are 4/11 with the bookies, hopefully they have it called right!
Zzippy is online now  
22-09-2011, 12:50   #3
Rickwellwood
Registered User
 
Join Date: May 2011
Posts: 194
Linley Mc Kenzie in today's Advertiser saying George's injury is knee ligament and will see him out for 4 weeks and maybe up to 4 months

Hope thats a mis print.

In the second half vs Scarlets in our 1st home match he was on fire and caused havoc in attacking Scarlets midfield and they found it hard to cope. Was drawing 2-3 defenders just to contain him. Great to see.

Our backrow for tomorrow still very strong.

Hopefully with Ray at 8 he can cause just as much havoc vs Dragons, as well as everyone else.

Hopefully Swifty illness not too serious.

Connacht Abu
Rickwellwood is offline  
22-09-2011, 14:05   #4
Tim_Murphy
Registered User
 
Join Date: Jan 2005
Posts: 1,942
Great to see Point Blank Gym sponsored James Loxton get on the bench.

</shamelessplug>

Looking forward to the match, great chance for Connacht to get anther win on the board.
Tim_Murphy is offline  
22-09-2011, 14:55   #5
thomond2006
Registered User
 
thomond2006's Avatar
 
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: John Hayes pyjama factory
Posts: 19,121
Connacht should be looking to get a comfortable win here.
thomond2006 is offline  
Advertisement
22-09-2011, 19:04   #6
wprathead
Registered User
 
wprathead's Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Trapped in the Tunnel of Goats
Posts: 1,561
looking forward to this game, Friday evening atmosphere in sportsground is usually nice and loud

have good record against the Dragons at home, hopefully we'll keep that going
shame about George being out for awhile
wprathead is offline  
22-09-2011, 20:18   #7
durkadurka
Registered User
 
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Leinster ***
Posts: 5,107
Quote:
Originally Posted by thomond2006 View Post
Connacht should be looking to get a comfortable win here.
Dunno about that - they're not great but they can offer stubborn resistance for a good long time.
durkadurka is offline  
23-09-2011, 10:11   #8
fatguy2k1
Closed Account
 
Join Date: Feb 2006
Posts: 326
Phew!

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/...304576428.html
fatguy2k1 is offline  
Thanks from:
23-09-2011, 16:36   #9
Robbo
Witchfinder General
 
Robbo's Avatar
 
Join Date: Nov 1999
Location: In The Aeroplane Over The Sea
Posts: 6,973
Dragons Team:
Quote:
15 Martyn Thomas, 14 Matthew Pewtner, 13 Pat Leach, 12 Ashley Smith, 11 Geraint O’Driscoll, 10 Jason Tovey, 9 Joe Bedford, 1 Nathan Williams, 2 Tom Willis (c), 3 Dan Way, 4 Adam Jones, 5 Rob Sidoli, 6 Lewis Evans, 7 Gavin Thomas, 8 Andrew Coombs

Replacements

16 Rhys Buckley, 17 Phil Price, 18 Nathan Buck, 19 Darren Waters, 20 Jevon Groves, 21 Wayne Evans, 22 Tom Riley, 23 Matthew Jones
O'Driscoll is making his first start, making the step up from club rugby.
Robbo is online now  
Advertisement
23-09-2011, 20:17   #10
RogerThis
Registered User
 
Join Date: May 2010
Posts: 341
3-13 HT to Dragons
RogerThis is offline  
23-09-2011, 20:25   #11
thomond2006
Registered User
 
thomond2006's Avatar
 
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: John Hayes pyjama factory
Posts: 19,121
Quote:
Originally Posted by RogerThis View Post
3-13 HT to Dragons
ouch
thomond2006 is offline  
23-09-2011, 20:41   #12
seanin4711
Registered User
 
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Loughrea
Posts: 1,244
looks like the arse has fallen out of us again!

WTF????
wait a minute griffin scores in the corner converted by jarvis GAME ON!
20 minutes to go!
Connact 10-Dragons 13
GWAN CONNACHT!!
I take back everything i said!
We are giving away way way way too many penalties!!!

Last edited by seanin4711; 23-09-2011 at 20:52.
seanin4711 is offline  
Thanks from:
23-09-2011, 20:52   #13
eyeball kid
Registered User
 
eyeball kid's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Out foreign..
Posts: 822
Any update on the score here?
eyeball kid is offline  
23-09-2011, 20:53   #14
RogerThis
Registered User
 
Join Date: May 2010
Posts: 341
10-13
RogerThis is offline  
Thanks from:
23-09-2011, 20:56   #15
RogerThis
Registered User
 
Join Date: May 2010
Posts: 341
Try - Duffy plus conversion
17-13

Last edited by RogerThis; 23-09-2011 at 21:02.
RogerThis is offline  
Post Reply

Quick Reply
Message:
Remove Text Formatting
Bold
Italic
Underline

Insert Image
Wrap [QUOTE] tags around selected text
 
Decrease Size
Increase Size
Please sign up or log in to join the discussion

Thread Tools Search this Thread
Search this Thread:

Advanced Search