sea_point wrote:

Mark Mostyn wrote:

Podge57 wrote: Are we down to 4 x fit back row now?
McKeon
Masterson
Muldoon
Dawai

Are there any academy options?

Tx

Gallagher is primarily a lock but can play 6. Then there's Harley Fox, Paul Boyle, and Sean Masterson in year one who are 21, 20, and 19 respectively.

Heff can probably also cover back-row as well at a push.if needed, with Delahunt covering hooker..

Jeebus, I hope they have fox on a serious conditioning program. He's a backrow right..?
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Saw that picture earlier alright... I've played with some flankers who were in that sort of shape... But not many, and I'm a long way off professional!

Mark Mostyn wrote:

Podge57 wrote: Are we down to 4 x fit back row now?
McKeon
Masterson
Muldoon
Dawai

Are there any academy options?

Tx

Gallagher is primarily a lock but can play 6. Then there's Harley Fox, Paul Boyle, and Sean Masterson in year one who are 21, 20, and 19 respectively.

Heff can probably also cover back-row as well at a push.if needed, with Delahunt covering hooker..

Jeebus, I hope they have fox on a serious conditioning program. He's a backrow right..?
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Podge57 wrote: Are we down to 4 x fit back row now?
McKeon
Masterson
Muldoon
Dawai

Are there any academy options?

Tx

Gallagher is primarily a lock but can play 6. Then there's Harley Fox, Paul Boyle, and Sean Masterson in year one who are 21, 20, and 19 respectively.

Are we down to 4 x fit back row now?
McKeon
Masterson
Muldoon
Dawai

Are there any academy options?

Tx

Back row strength and depth is starting to suffer from injuries!!! I assume McKeon, Masterson & Muldoon to start against Cheetahs with Dawai on the bench, or possibly Muldoon on the bench and Dawai starting to counter Cheetahs speed

The Connacht Rugby medical team have issued the following update ahead of the Connacht V Toyota Cheetahs on Saturday (K.O. at 7:35pm).

Prop:
Dominic Robertson McCoy is recovering from his thumb surgery last week and will be out of action until the end of 2017.
JP Cooney sustained an ankle injury in the Eagles game versus Ealing and will be out of action for a number of weeks.

Lock:
Andrew Browne will undergo surgery this week for an ongoing Achilles injury and will return in early 2018. This happened today looking at his Instagram

Back Row:
Jarrad Butler has undergone surgery on a knee injury sustained in the game versus Munster and will be out of action for up to 6 weeks.
James Connolly sustained an ankle injury in the game versus Worcester and will be reviewed by a specialist this week following which a course of treatment will be determined.
Jake Heenan is progressing well in his recovery from a knee injury and will return to action in December.
Sean O’Brien is recovering following shoulder surgery and will be out of action until early 2018.

Centre:
Eoin Griffin sustained an low grade injury to his calf in the game versus Worcester and is being managed by the medical and performance staff.
Peter Robb is progressing well following his hip surgery and will return to training with the squad in December.

Back Three:
Stacey Ili sustained a shoulder injury in the Eagles game versus Ealing and will undergo rehabilitation with the medical and performance teams over the coming weeks.
Cormac Brennan underwent shoulder surgery and will return to action in February 2018.

Is the any reason Deegans not been more involved? Feel he's been positive when he has played

Was just looking through the squads for the Autumn Internationals and it's interesting to note that Dawai hasn't been called into the Fijian squad, I know he's been injured of late but was involved for them during the Summer so I would have expected him to feature. It probably suits us better though not having him missing as with a few injuries in the back row at present he may be badly needed. Also the Fijians not calling on Nemani Nadolo either.

News of players moving clubs are happening earlier every year now, very annoying. We don’t know who we will have for this season yet and others are announcing next season. Our list to expire this year is significant right now but I wouldn’t expect any panic in Connacht.

TOH not on the injury list though. Great

Sh1t. That's a long list. Thanks Salmson and Connemara Man. Let's hope there's some serious work going on behind the scenes.

www.connachtrugby.ie/squad-update-pre-munster/

Ouch
we may strugle for TH in the next 2 months
Where is O'Donnell?

Good news are Crosbie fit, and Heenan back earlier than expected

Out of contract at the end of the season

Eoghan Masterson
Eoin McKeon
Jake Heenan
James Connolly
John Muldoon
Naulia Dawai
Sean O'Brien
Eoin Griffin
Peter Robb
Tom Farrell
Cian Kelleher
Darragh Leader
Pat O'Toole
Shane Delahunt
Andrew Browne
Craig Ronaldson
Steve Crosbie
Conor Carey
Dominic Robertson-McCoy
JP Cooney
Peter McCabe
Caolin Blade
Conor McKeon
Kieran Marmion
Stacey Ili
Matt Healy
Tiernan O'Halloran
Cormac Brennan

Betty Swallocks wrote: A bit early in the season for this I know, but could someone post here who is out of contract at the end of this season?

About two thirds of the squad... www.connachtclan.com/stats/squad-2017-2018

Some of the new boys might have 1+1 contracts where Connacht have an option to extend for a year (e.g. Conor Carey last year), but it's easier to list the players who're definitely not out of contract:
Tom, Heff, Finlay, Bucks, Ultan, Quinn, Cannon, Thornbury, Butler, Mitchell, Jack, Bundee, Niyi & Scholes.

A bit early in the season for this I know, but could someone post here who is out of contract at the end of this season?

clanman wrote:
is Ultan Dillane injured at the moment?

No he was just rested at the weekend. Bundee, Ultan, Mul, Bucks, Butler & Farrell all got a (non-injury-enforced) w/e off over the European fixtures.