THERE WAS PLENTY of entertainment in the SSE Airtricity First Division tonight with goals flying in across the grounds.
League leaders UCD kept up the pace with a 3-1 home win against Cobh Ramblers thanks to goals from Georgie Kelly, Kevin Coffey and in the second half, Liam Scales.
Drogheda United — currently in second — kept up the pressure with a routine 2-0 win over Cabinteely.
Longford Town came out the right side of a five-goal thriller against visitors Galway. Robbie Williams scored an 80th-minute own goal to put the hosts 3-1 up before Stephen Walsh notched a late consolation.
Elsewhere, high-flying Shels beat Wexford 4-1 in Dublin while Finn Harps ran out 4-0 victors against Athlone Town.
What a rematch that Semi-Final is going to be. The intensity of that game was bruising.
O’Hallorahan is so complete as a full back at such a young age. Fantastic in the air, has a great ability to read the game defensively and cover space and is also never shy about taking on men. Fully deserves his first cap during the summer tour
Yeah, Healy too. Plenty of lads out Wesht in with a sniff of a chance.
I’m afraid Healy may have done serious damage to his chances of playing International rugby. His tackling today was very weak and his lack of physicality will not impress Schmidt. I can’t understand how McKeon was not brought on earlier for Heenan. I was surprised to see him coming on for O’Brien who was having a stormer in marked contrast to Heenan. Overall Connacht continue to display great courage and team spirit.
Healy should be there for pure attack potential. It’s not like Zebo can tackle but he gets picked.
O’Brien gave away the two penalties that gave away the try. Think that was why he got taken off.
Biggest myth in Irish rugby.
That was for Old Gordon.
Healy and TOH were very poor in defence today. Aki was again phenomenal and Muldowney played well. It’d be great if Connacht went all the way.
I thought Dillane was immense. His power in the tackle forced Glasgow back so many times
Is he the son of Aidan O Halloran
My first Connacht game was v Ulster, Mike Gibson was playing for Ulster. My last Connacht game was v Munster Paul O’Connell was playing for Munster. So proud to be a Connacht man tonight in far away Thailand.
Are you happy in Thailand ?
The Glorious Connacht empire will extinguish all resistance. What a team they can interchange styles whenever needed. Well done to the other Irish provinces also good weekend.
great game connacht have matured into a great side this season. fantastic at the end killing the game
how can anyone criticise Healy and O’Hallorans defence connacht conceded one try to probably the best attacking team in pro 12 over last two years
Totally agree…!
Let’s be honest, connacht didnt play well at all today and STILL managed to get the win against the best team in the pro12. That’s a sign of how far they have come. A week off couldn’t have come at a better time, probably the biggest game in the sportsgrounds history coming up in two weeks!
Congratulations to Connacht. No more than they deserve for a terrific season.
Anyone know where to get tickets for semi final?
Through connachtrugby.ie on Wednesday
Fab result well fought to say the least. BOD wrong again…as he was for Conn v Mun. When will anyone other than Thornley….oh wait…he called for Munster too……Westerners so…..get just how good Connacht are?? Will it be the final??
People in general comment on various aspects of play which may have caught their attention. Offering platitudes in a general way is disingenuous and boring and hardly instigates a discussion. Some people have noticed recently that O’Halloran’s tackling has been weak. Today Healy’s tackling was particularly poor and indeed nowhere the standard required standard for International level. Most fans would love to see him scorching in for Irish tries but unless he fixes the flaws in his tackling he won’t get picked.
What planet are you on??
I’m on planet Earth but it seems some people are on Cloud Cuckoo Land regarding their opinion of Healy’s defence.