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The Connacht Senior League is a rugby union competition for senior clubs in the Irish province of Connacht.It was first played for in 1925-26. [1]It has traditionally been ranked second in importance to the Connacht Senior Cup.
The 2024–25 season is Connacht Rugby's third season in the United Rugby Championship and their 31st season of professional rugby. Along with competing in the URC, the club will also participate in the 2024-25 European Rugby Challenge Cup .
Unbeaten Connacht move to the top of the United Rugby Championship table with a comeback win against Ulster at the Sportsground.
The 2024–25 season is Connacht Rugby's third season in the United Rugby Championship, their 31st season of professional rugby and their 137th sseaon of representative rugby since their foundation. Along with competing in the URC and its Irish Shield competition, the club will also participate in the 2024-25 European Rugby Challenge Cup .
The Connacht Branch of the Irish Rugby Football Union was founded on 8 December 1885, and along with it the provincial team. The branch was formed to compete with the Leinster, Munster and Ulster branches, which were founded in 1879, and whose teams had been formed in 1875.
The All-Ireland Provincial League Championship is contested by the winners of the four provincial qualifying leagues in Connacht, Leinster, Munster and Ulster.They are drawn to play in two semi-finals with the winners meeting in the final, where the winner will play in Division 2C of the A.I.L. for the following season.
Dexcom Stadium (formerly The Sportsground) is the home of Connacht Rugby. It opened in 1927 and has been used to host Connacht Rugby matches since. Dexcom Stadium is able to hold up to 8,129 people without temporary seating. When greyhound racing takes place at the stadium and adjoining premises, they trade as the Galway Greyhound Stadium
The 2018–19 season was Irish provincial rugby union side Connacht Rugby's eighteenth season competing in the Pro14, and the team's twenty-third season as a professional side. It was Andy Friend's first season in charge of the side. In the regular season, Connacht were in Conference A of the Pro14.