Connacht Rugby

Connacht Rugby is one of the four professional rugby union clubs in Ireland.

In the amateur era Connact was a representative team, consisting of players selected by the IRFU Connacht Branch from teams in the traditional province of Connacht and competing in the IRFU Interprovincial Championship with Munster, Ulster and Leinster, winning it 3 times (all shared) between 1956 and 1965.

Since the advent of professionalism in 1995, Connacht and the other Irish provincial sides became professional clubs, competing in the Heineken Champions Cup (1995-present), the Celtic League (2001-2011), the Celtic Cup (2003-2005), the Pro12 (2011-2017), the Pro14 (2017-2021) and now the United Rugby Championship (2021-). Connacht have won the Pro14 once, in 2016.

Their home ground is the Galway Sportsgrounds in Galway, which has a capacity of 8,129.

Professional era
1995-1996 | 1996-1997 | 1997-1998 | 1998-1999 | 1999-2000 | 2000-2001 | 2001-2002 | 2002-2003 | 2003-2004 | 2004-2005 | 2005-2006 | 2006-2007 | 2007-2008 | 2009-2010 | 2011-2012 | 2012-2013 | 2013-2014 | 2014-2015 | 2015-2016 | 2016-2017 | 2017-2018 | 2018-2019 | 2019-2020 | 2020-2021 | 2021-2022

2021-22 coaching team

 * Andy Friend, head coach
 * Peter Wilkins, senior coach, attack
 * Mossy Lawler, assistant coach, skills and attack
 * Colm Tucker, technical skills coach, defence and forwards
 * Dewald Senekal, forwards coach

Props

 * Jack Aungier
 * Finlay Bealham
 * Denis Buckley
 * Matthew Burke
 * Jordan Duggan
 * Sam Illo
 * Greg McGrath
 * Dominic Robertson-McCoy
 * Tietie Tuimauga

Hookers

 * Shane Delahunt
 * Dave Heffernan
 * Jonny Murphy
 * Dylan Tierney-Martin

Locks

 * Ultan Dillane
 * Óisín Dowling
 * Leva Fifita
 * Niall Murray
 * Gavin Thornbury

Back row

 * Paul Boyle
 * Jarrad Butler
 * Eoghan Masterson
 * Seán Masterson
 * Conor Oliver
 * Abraham Papali'i
 * Cian Prendergast

Scrum-halves

 * Caolin Blade
 * Hubert Gilvarry
 * Kieran Marmion
 * Colm Reilly

Fly-halves

 * Jack Carty
 * Conor Fitzgerald

Centres

 * Bundee Aki
 * Sammy Arnold
 * Shayne Bolton
 * Tom Daly
 * Tom Farrell
 * Peter Robb

Back three

 * Mack Hansen
 * Matt Healy
 * Oran McNulty
 * Ben O'Donnell
 * Tiernan O'Halloran
 * John Porch
 * Peter Sullivan
 * Alex Wootton

2021-22 Academy

 * Declan Adamson (hooker)
 * Ciaran Booth (back row)
 * Eoin de Buitléar (hooker)
 * Donnacha Byrne (back row)
 * Cathal Forde (fly-half)
 * Shane Jennings (centre)
 * Diarmuid Kilgallen (Back three)
 * Óisín McCormack (back row)
 * Darragh Murray (lock)
 * Josh O'Connor (back three)
 * Will Reilly (scrum-half)
 * Charlie Ward (prop)

Links

 * Official website