Connacht in a sentence

Connacht have lost their early dominance but a red card for Ben Carter for a shoulder onto the head of Jennings tilts the balance and Connacht score a try off the subsequent maul converted by Cathal Forde, just on for JJ Hanrahan.

Connacht had 62 per cent possession in the opening half but went in trailing by three tries to one on a 19-14 scoreline as Glasgow made the most of some poor defending from limited opportunities.

Connacht responded five minutes later with their first significant appearance in the Ulster 22, centre Tom Farrell was stopped illegally on the Ulster try line and the visitors opted to take a tap penalty.

Connacht went 10-7 in front after 22 minutes when Prendergast made no mistake with his second chance after an offloading attack put the flanker on the charge.

Edinburgh’s sloppiness assisted them in their task and Connacht, needing to win to maintain their knockout place, punished them every time.

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Fuelled by the success of Whelan and the likes of former Connacht star Tadhg Leader running kicking sessions, and linking up with US programs, some leading GAA stars are getting their chance to impress.

Sligo GAA has also confirmed that Connacht championship winning U20 football team manager Paul Henry will be continuing in the role for a second year and that the option of third year for Henry and his coaching team has been agreed.

The Bulls, who are third on the log with 15 points from five matches, are back on familiar surroundings of Loftus in Pretoria on Saturday where they take on Connacht.

The Stormers are sweating over the fitness of star players Deon Fourie and Marvin Orie ahead of the biggest game of their season so far, their United Rugby Championship (URC) semi-final clash against Connacht at the Cape Town Stadium on Saturday.

The Stormers were now rampant and increased their lead when Davids collected possession from a line-out, sliced through the Connacht defence before sending Libbok in again.

While Connacht wing Hansen admits there is some in-camp title discussion, he says players are not getting ahead of themselves.

A few early points masked a subsequent pretty painful encounter as they went down by 2-20 to 0-12 in last year’s Connacht final in MacHale Park, Castlebar.

A last-gasp win over the Dragons, sandwiched by defeats to Connacht and Benetton, have left the Sharks at the wrong end of the points table but now they have an opportunity to make an impression.

Catch up on all the drama as Ulster and Connacht played out an absorbing clash in Kingspan Stadium.

Connacht Council had also supported their return, saying that removing the FBD League had resulted in the loss of over €100,000 in income.

Dylan McHugh scored two important points for the Connacht champions, and was named man of the match.

Rain will spread across Munster, Connacht and Leinster this morning, extending into Ulster this afternoon and evening, according to the forecast.

That will change into the afternoon as cloud builds and rain is forecast to spread into Munster, Connacht and parts of Leinster.

The Homeland Senior Football Championship, and the Connacht Gold Intermediate and Junior Championships are underway, and games continue this weekend across the county.