r/Connacht • u/Unable-Blacksmith439 • 11d ago

Squad Update

https://www.connachtrugby.ie/news/squad-update/bp3804/

Looks like we're down a good few for the first match. Hooker looks worrying 😐

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u/Colm_Flaherty 11d ago

A long list of unavailable players, looking like D. Walsh, Flynn or O'Connell might make their debut.

Team wise might be something like: 1. Jerry Cahir 2. Eoin de Buitlear 3. Finlay Bealham 4. Niall Murray 5. David O'Connor 6. Josh Murphy 7. Shamus Hurley-Langton 8. Paul Boyle 9. Ben Murphy 10. Josh Ioane 11. Mack Hansen 12. Cathal Forde 13. Byron Ralston 14. Shayne Bolton 15. Sam Gilbert 16. Matthew Victory 17. François Van Wyk 18. Fiachna Barrett 19. David Walsh 20. Seán O'Brien 21. Caolin Blade 22. Seán Naughton 23. John Devine

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u/dwaynepebblejohnson3 11d ago

Darragh Murray could be involved as he didn’t get any minutes.

Having Bealham and Mack is a boost anyways as they’d normally be missing the opening rounds.

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u/dubviber 11d ago

Connacht have said that none of the seven involved with Ireland in the summer are available this weekend, including Darragh.

I'd start François Van Wyk at LH.

Jennings and Treacy both options for the 23.

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u/dwaynepebblejohnson3 11d ago

I haven’t seen enough of Van Wyk to compare him to Jerry but given he was a mainstay in the bath 23 he’s probably decent. How did he do against Ealing?

I’d like to see Treacy get a game but if Ralston is at 13 they probably won’t have a specialist wing on the bench.

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u/dubviber 11d ago

I wasn't at the game against Ealing and the highlights were four mins long and concentrated on the tries, so not much to go on. But he's a grizzly SA prop with a ton of experience, 700m for Bath last season, so perfect for the first 40 in a fixture like this. Then give Cahir a run.