Connacht Squad 2014/2015

Dellahunt injured but JHW cleared to play

Bundee is arriving this weekend, we'll have to wait a bit longer for McCartney

the match on the 31st at the Liberty may come a bit too quick but you never know. Probably his 1st game will be at home to Zebre end of November.

clanman wrote: Bundee is arriving this weekend, we'll have to wait a bit longer for McCartney

the match on the 31st at the Liberty may come a bit too quick but you never know. Probably his 1st game will be at home to Zebre end of November.

In addition, while Bundee has had a long enough season a number of his Chiefs appearances were off the bench, and they didn't get to the final like the last few years, plus the ITM is somewhere between English Championship and Pro12 level, so he hasn't been playing super rugby level rugby constantly. I think he'll be excited to get integrated into the team and start showing his worth immediately.

ETA: the latest Connacht squad update seems to have Andrew Browne listed as exclusively a lock. Does anyone have any opinions on this? Given Swift is recently injured and we're already light in that position I can understand the move, but will this improve our second row and simplify our back row questions somewhat? Is he actually big enough to play lock consistently against any opposition?

I guess a case can be made either way on Bundee but IMO it might be better in the long run if Connacht didn't slot him in until Nov. The longer rest might ensure he has some gas left in the tank come the end of the season and certainly it should be easier to ease into the squad against Zebre at home rather than the Ospreys away.

The brains behind Ireland's pack, Feek and Easterby, were at Connacht training today
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RogueXV wrote: I guess a case can be made either way on Bundee but IMO it might be better in the long run if Connacht didn't slot him in until Nov. The longer rest might ensure he has some gas left in the tank come the end of the season and certainly it should be easier to ease into the squad against Zebre at home rather than the Ospreys away.

Bad news : Extra-time in ITM McCartney played 93 min
Good news : comments say he played his best match, and Auckland lost!

Auckland : Lineouts on own throw 10 won, 0 lost (100.0%)

Aki in the plane. When I read the emotion of his girlfriend on twitter, I can't help to think how valuable Muliaina and Heenan are, even injured. They both seem anchored to Connacht now and will help Aki a lot to fit in well and quick, without breaking the ties with his country. I believe the "homesickness issues" will be reduced.

Aki arrived in London 20 minutes ago. Should be in Ireland in a few hours . Except if he's waiting for the squad in Exeter to see them play, but it's unlikely I think

connachta wrote: Aki arrived in London 20 minutes ago. Should be in Ireland in a few hours .

Don't think Santa trip from North Pole will last as long as the N-Z/L.A/london/Galway journey...

PS : he arrived 2 hours ago (not Santa, but Bundee our raising star )

his misses is a regular tweeter, hopefully we'll get a few pics today or tomorrow with Aki and new teammates

Was thinking by night that we can have a full XV of (partly) foreigners

1) Bealham (Australia)
2) McCartney (N-Z)
3) White/AhYou (N-Z)
4) Roux (South-Af)
5) Swift (England)
6) Muldowney (Scotland)
7) Heenan (N-Z)
8 ) Naoupu (N-Z)
9) Marmion (Wales)
10) Nikora (N-Z)
11) Niyi (Nigeria)
12) Fafita (Tonga)
13) Aki (N-Z/Samoa)
14) Poolman (South Af)
15) Muliaina (N-Z)

Funny, isn't it?