Connacht Team Talk Thread VI - Some like it TOH

Zeugnis

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122657056#Comment_122657056

Delighted to hear that, hope he thrives at Northampton. but I'm sorry himself and McElroy are not still with us. will be interested to see the contributions made by Adam McBurney (himself a former hooker at Ulster) and David O'Connor.

Zeugnis

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122656658#Comment_122656658

Good luck to Tadhg, thought he was good for us and found his release irrational.

Zeugnis

Team against Sharks, 6-2 bench, David O'Connor makes debut.

15. Santiago Cordero (3)

14. Mack Hansen (33)

13. Piers O’Conor (1)

12. Cathal Forde (32)

11. Shane Jennings (14)

10. Josh Ioane (1)

9. Ben Murphy (1)

1. Denis Buckley (249)

2. Dave Heffernan (201)

3. Finlay Bealham (204)

4. Niall Murray (75)

5. David O’Connor *

6. Josh Murphy (19)

7. Conor Oliver (86)

8. Cian Prendergast (69) (C)

16. Dylan Tierney-Martin (37)

17. Peter Dooley (38)

18. Sam Illo (23)

19. Oisín Dowling (60)

20. Shamus Hurley-Langton (41)

21. Caolin Blade (193)

22. David Hawkshaw (31)

23. Paul Boyle (93)

kita99

Looking at connacht ’s line up, I cannot understand well on 5 and 7. Why Dowling and SHL are in reserve? D.O'Connor looks no achievement at URC level and too short as a lock and SHLis more powerful than Oliver.

realhorrorshow

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122659341#Comment_122659341

Joyce must be injured as we haven't rotated elsewhere. Perhaps we are particularly worried about the scrum and O'Connor is seen as the best available option to pack down at tighthead lock. Lineout should be okay with two genuine options in the back row. Not too worried about the selection at openside, Hurley-Langton will probably play 30+ mins anyway.

Hard to know what to expect from the Sharks, first game up and coming off their Currie Cup campaign. If they play like they did in the second half of last season once Masuku came in at 10, they could expose our defensive frailties out wide as Munster did last week, as did the Lions quite ruthlessly in the Sportsground last season.

testtech05

Surprised by O'Connor selection also but maybe due to fitness issues as stated. Hopefully he can grab his chance and show what he has to offer.

I am glad to see they havent just changed 6-7 players at what seems like random as seemed to be the case for most of last season, just random people being changed in random positions every week. Hopefully can back up the performance from Thomand.

Zeugnis

Looking forward to seeing Shane Jennings again. Not sure he belongs on the wing, but a player with a high ceiling in my opinion.

realhorrorshow

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122659797#Comment_122659797

Where would you rather he play? I'm just glad to see him take the field, he's the sort of player who always seems to make things happen.

b.gud

Jordan Duggan has been ruled out of the emerging Ireland tour after suffering an ankle injury in training. Gutted for him

realhorrorshow

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122660074#Comment_122660074

Very unfortunate, it was a great opportunity for him. Hopefully they don't take Lasisi as a replacement.

Zeugnis

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122659887#Comment_122659887

I'd like to see him at either 13 or 15, but given our resources at centre, probably the latter. But I too am happy to see him on the pitch regardless.

b.gud

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122660160#Comment_122660160

Nope they have called up Alex Usanov from Leinster

KBurke85

Joe Joyce was ruled out earlier in the week through injury.

20-25 mins of SHL against a tiring team he could do some damage

niallm77

POor from connacht. Kick out on full, scrum, pen, 3 points to sharks

clsmooth

Hansen looks like he’s carrying his left arm.

dockysher

Ioane is possibly a worse kicker than carty.

Utopia Parkway

Sharks power is beginning to tell but Connacht not helping themselves at restarts. Can’t win any.

Utopia Parkway

Sharks 15 has some boot on him. Landed two from inside their own half.

dockysher

Game over already when sharks score here

ElisaAtWar

1,2,3 retire and shl for oliver. and right now Mr Wilkins

FtD v2

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122663941#Comment_122663941

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122663952#Comment_122663952

You gotta love this sort of relentless positivity.

Utopia Parkway

Shades of Bordeaux last season.

FtD v2

No way that try by that drug cheat Grobler should have stood.

StevenToast

Woeful first half from Connacht.

Atmosphere is dead.

dockysher

If you can find positives in that performance in first half please enlightening me 😂

Tommybojangles

Embarrassing again. As good on paper as we've ever been and this is the shite that gets served up time and again. How this clown wasn't punted last season ill never know

ShineyShiney

Jennings, Forde, JMurphy are going well but the rest are just getting out muscled badly.

StevenToast

I honestly think Connacht will be better in the 2nd half and get back into the game...

But regardless, that 1st half was a disgrace....

AccidentallyOnside

Thats on me!

Missed the first few mins and we haven't done a single thing right since I started watching.

Sharks haven't even been that good, just doing the basics.

ElisaAtWar

please don't put blade on