Connacht test waters, and go down
Sat, 23 Aug 2008 17:51
Connacht continued their pre-season preparations with a friendly against London Welsh at the Sportsground in Galway last Friday, going down narrowly to the visitors 12-17.
An experimental Connacht side trailed by 5-12 at half-time with hooker Conor Muldoon scoring his first try for the province.
Gavin Duffy crossed for Connacht's second try in the second half, with Ian Keatley adding the extras but it wasn't enough to cancel out a brace of tries from London Welsh No.8 Tom Brown and one from centre Tom Rock.
Connacht will conclude their pre-season campaign on August 26 when they host the Reds at the Sportsground on Tuesday evening.
Scorers:
For Connacht:
Tries: C Muldoon, Duffy
Con: Keatley
For London Welsh:
Tries: Rock, Brown 2
Con:
Thomas
Teams:
Connacht: 15 Troy Nathan, 14 Fionn Carr, 13 Mel Deane, 12 Aidan Wynne, 11 Keith Matthews, 10 Andy Dunne, 9 Kieran Campbell, 8 John Muldoon (captain), 7 Johhny O'Connor, 6 Michael McCarthy, 5 Andrew Browne, 4 Michael Swift, 3 Ronan Loughney, 2 Conor Muldoon, 1 John Lyne.
Replacements - from: Adrian Flavin, S Cronin, Brett Wilkinson, Brian McGovern, Andrew Farley, Colm Rigney, F Murphy, Ian Keatley, Gavin Duffy.
London Welsh: 15 E Lewis Pratt, 14 A Jenkins, 13 T Rock, 12 P Mackey, 11 P Sampson, 10 A Thomas, 9 A Walker, 8 T Brown, 7 T Audley, 6 D Ball, 5 M Powell (captain), 4 W Leweravu, 3 A Liffchak, 2 D George, 1 P Doran Jones.
Replacements - from: J Mills, N Runciman, S Vuli Koto, M Corker, M Odejobi, D Williams, M Powell.
Referee: David Wilkinson
With thanks to connachtrugby.ie
