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So Connacht are off to the Scottish capital in the wake of Ireland's Grand Slam victory. With Irish rugby on a high at the moment, the hope is that some of those positive vibes will filter down to the Connacht team as they go looking for their first away league win of the season. Edinburgh have only lost once at home this season, missing out in the season opener to Munster.
With quality international players such as Chris Paterson, Phil Godman, Mike Blair, Ross Ford, Jim Hamilton, Nick De Luca and Hugo Southwell in the squad, Andrew Farley and the men of the west, should have a quite a challenge on their hands. But Connacht have pulled off unlikely victories in the past. And with messers Keatley and Carr signing up for next season, perhaps here is the place to lay the ground work for next season's league campaign.
Heck, there is even the prep work for the Challenge Cup quarter final to get done. Connacht need to be closing the gap between them and the three next teams above them, if for no other reason, than to save face. Honestly, I'm beginning to look forward to some Italian sides joining the Magners league just so we won't finish bottom of the league any more. and I'm not even certain that will be the case!
The LLanelli and Cardiff defeats were hard to take, not just for the supporters, but no doubt for the players as well. But as was the case with Carr & Keatley, lots of players have been signing on with Connacht. They have faith that things can be better, or else they'd move on. So too, we the supporters must have faith, that there is hope ahead. You're only as good or as bad as your last game. With every game comes a chance to improve, and to build on performances. Some times it takes small steps, some times it's giant leaps, but each progress must come from each opportunity. Progress no matter how big or small.
No more steps backwards lads, only forwards.
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We all know what this team is capable of, but we dont have the squad to produce results through times of injuries. Lets hope that if/when the Italian teams enter the Magners League that we can use this to our advantage.
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All of us who go to the sporstground regularly can see that these players are capable of much better, would anyone disagree with that?

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