Connacht Team Talk Thread VI - Some like it TOH

It’s seriously questionable if it did - at very best it went sideways. Busby also said he was on his feet when he very clearly wasn’t. He’s pretty lucky because that was a definite yellow if called.

Probably the best half of rugby from a Connacht halfback pairing in a long time. Similarly impressed with Josh Murphy and also Darragh Murray.

Funny enough I thought there was lots of phases where we looked a bit lost and not sure which direction to play, particularly during that spell on the Munster 5m line towards the end of the half. However we've also been extremely incisive at times.

Defence a bit of a mixed bag, some good linespeed and hits closer to the ruck but looking a bit ragged from 13 out, with some poor reads and defenders even turning their back to the ball carrier. Tom Farrell is having a bit of a field day when he gets any bit of space.

Encouraging performance overall, set piece looking decent too despite the relative lack of scrums.

Silly by heff but was late clear out on him then too so turning the peno over was maybe a bit harsh. Lead to the try then as well to make it worse

Wish they would spread it a bit wider at times near the try line. If you just pick and go near the ruck there's a high chance you'll just end up held up.

Oh my oh my

Two obvious forward passes there in that Munster attack - Hodnett in field to Daly and then Daly to Haley.

Uh Oh Cordero down injured.

Killer. Ioane fails to find touch in the corner. Connacht denied great field position.

Has Carty been coaching Ioane? Unforgivable missed touch.

Ioane looks very sharp but seems to have some of the same issues as Jack. Line kicks and goal kicking looked a bit ropey. Last one was a killer but I suppose Burns missed 2 in 1st half for them

Despite the fact that I would have been happy with two points beforehand that one is tough to take. To be fair to the coaches we looked well prepared, but some really poor individual moments were the difference in the end. Ioane was very good but that was so poor at the end. We only needed 3 to win it, he didn't need to go for broke.

Plenty of green shoots but a familiar feeling at full time nonetheless.

On paper two points away against last year's league top of the table is nothing to sniff at, but I thought we deserved to edge that today.

Thought the ref was pretty good overall but anyone know if they looked at the burns challenge on Ioane as he made the pass to Murphy for the try at the end of the first half? Looked a clear yellow to me.

The two Murphys both had huge impacts today, gives some real hope for the season ahead.…but still feels like 3 points dropped :(

It will be great if they can back up this performance. We have seen inklings of this before, but next week will be key.

Also surprised the tackle on Ioane when passing for the try didn't warrant a review

Even though he is not playing for us anymore I still have a soft spot for Tom Farrell, like a few others I'm sure i was disappointed to hear he was being let go last season.

Thought he looked very sharp in attack yesterday and had some nice offloads as always. Showed he has plenty left to offer anyway

Gavin Thornbury has been given a deal by Northampton according to his social page. Hopefully he can stay fit and get back to near his best