CONvBRI Challenge Cup Digital Match Programme

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having all these players fighting for
the two jersey”
The challenge now turns to Brive
this Saturday after last weekends
bonus point win over the Sharks.
Coming into the game Byron sees a
few similarities from the Sharks and
Brive.
“It was good to see our forwards
perform well against a strong South
African side and Brive will be the
same” said Ralston
“It was a tough encounter playing
Brive over in France, it wasn’t as
hostile as we thought it might be
but the main thing is we got the win
leaving there”
“It was a really physical game and
the Sharks brought that as well on
Saturday so it was a good test coming
into this one”
“We’re just looking to play the
Connacht brand of rugby so whatever
Brive bring we’ll be ready”
“We want to move the ball and play
fast so let Brive work on us and we’ll
do our bit around them but the main
thing for us is playing our type of
game”
Connacht are back in Challenge
Cup action this weekend as
French side Brive come to The
Sportsground for Round 3.
In his first year with Connacht
Rugby Byron Ralston has had to
adapt to a lot of new things coming
from Australia, one of those things
being the weather here in the west of
Ireland and particularly the recent
wet weather we’ve been having.
“Every day I wake up and wonder is
it going to be sunny but slowly I am
getting used to it”
“It is taking a bit of time to adapt to
it, I always turn to Mack or Porchy
and say is it always like this”
Competition for places in the
Connacht midfield is very competitive
with the likes of Cathal Forde, David
Hawkshaw and Tom Farrell to name a
few.
“There’s some serious energy around
the group and when you look at the
roster and see the names you know
going into every training session you
need to be on your game”
“There’s real depth here and lads are
pushing each other to improve”
“You’ve got Bundee, Tom Daly, Shayne
Bolton and Shane Jennings as well”
“I think it puts us in a good position