Connacht’s dreams of making the United Rugby Championship playoffs were severely crushed by a 26-7 defeat at the hands of the Lions at Ellis Park, Johannesburg, on Saturday.

Connacht’s outside chances of making the knockout stages of the URC and qualifying for next season’s Champions Cup all but died when they were outplayed at altitude by the Lions at Ellis Park ...

TRY! Connacht 7-0 Racing 92 Fast start for Connacht winning a penalty which they kick to the corner and then opt to tap and go fro close range. They're over the line but Bundee Aki's try attempt ...

Connacht did more than enough to see off Cardiff at Dexcom Stadium in Galway to advance to the last eight in the Challenge Cup. And they will be at home again next Saturday night as they bid to ...

Connacht defeated Cardiff in Galway to set up a home European Challenge Cup quarter-final against Racing 92 next weekend. Tries from scrum-half Matthew Devine, number eight Sean Jansen, wings Finn ...

Ospreys boosted their hopes of a United Rugby Championship (URC) play-off place with a remarkable victory against Connacht. In a 12-try thriller in Swansea with both sides scoring six tries each ...

Connacht hooker Dave Heffernan has signed a two-year contract extension with his home province. The Ballina native came through the Connacht Academy and made his professional debut in March 2012.

“Moving to Ireland and Connacht is an enormous opportunity which I was delighted to accept. Rugby in Ireland is on a crest of a wave, and Connacht is a club with great belief and ambition to ...

United Rugby Championship: Leinster 20 Connacht 12 Two tries each and one of the most pleased people in Aviva Stadium was coach Leo Cullen when he saw the ball kicked off the pitch at the end of ...

Here is how the Connacht players rated in their win over Zebre. Shane Jennings 6 – The big wind meant neither full-back was as heavily involved as normal, but Jennings is a solid performer and ...

Connacht 24-5 Zebre Connacht really using the wind to their advantage. They have absolutely peppered Zebre with long kicks this half and are inches from a 50-22 to go 70 metres upfield.

URC: Connacht 31 Dragons 7 Connacht head into the November break content to have grabbed fifth spot on the BKT United Rugby Championship table after a bonus-point win against Dragons at Dexcom ...