CONNACHT will be looking to grab this evening’s opportunity at the Galway Sportsground (7.05pm) to again leapfrog Magners League opponents.

WITH only their second try bonus point this season, Connacht produced a five-try blitz to dispose of the Glasgow Warriors at the Galway Sportsground last night.

CONNACHT received a much needed boost with this victory on Saturday night, their first Magners League win since mid-September.

CONNACHT face second-placed Scarlets in tonight’s Magners League tie at the Sportgrounds (7.35pm).

CONNACHT brought a nine match losing run to an end by notching their ninth victory on French soil on Saturday when they shocked a Bayonne side who needed to win to stay in the hunt for a quarter-final spot in the Amlin Challenge Cup.

CONNACHT bid to end their worst losing run since the game went professional over a decade and a half ago when they take on the Dragons at Rodney Parade this evening. (7.35pm).

CONNACHT have suffered another serious injury blow with number eight Ezra Taylor ruled out until at least February after breaking a bone in his hand.

Connacht 16 Bayonne 13

CONNACHT’S proud tradition in Europe took a beating in Italy on Saturday night, falling to tournament newcomers and underdogs I Cavalieri Estra.

CARDIFF BLUES knocked Munster off their perch at the top of the Magners League table with a comfortable victory over Connacht.

CONNACHT coach Eric Elwood has slammed the “ridiculous” scheduling of their Magners League clash away to Cardiff Blues.

IN a derby fixture in which no side forged ahead by more than three points, a 15-15 draw appeared a satisfactory result.

GAME lost, but another goal achieved.

CONNACHT head coach Eric Elwood is expecting the Scarlets to be smarting tomorrow after an opening-day Magners League loss against Benetton Treviso last weekend.

ERIC ELWOOD had every reason to be “chuffed” about his side’s unexpected demolition of the Dragons on opening day.

ERIC ELWOOD will have a final chance to see some of the new signings in action before the real work begins as his Connacht side take on Saracens tomorrow at the Sportsground, Galway (6.30pm).

Ulster 41 Connacht 10

Coach Michael Bradley has made four changes to his final Connacht team to play Ulster in the final Magners League at Ravenhill on Friday evening.

MICHAEL BRADLEY will hope to end his seven-year stint as Connacht coach by guiding the province to their first win at Ravenhill for four decades tomorrow night.

Ian Keatley has won the battle with Miah Nikora for the out-half slot on the Connacht team to play Toulon in the Amlin Challenge Cup semi-final at the Sportsground tomorrow evening (kick off: 7.45pm).

Captain John Muldoon, centre Niva Ta’auso, scrum-half Frank Murphy and prop Jamie Hagan have all recovered from injury to take their places in Connacht’s 24-man squad for Friday’s Amlin Challenge Cup semi-final against Toulon at the Sportsground.

MUNSTER’S shadow side came good in a superb Magners League contest against luckless Connacht at the Sportsground last night, extracting an 18-12 victory that now places massive emphasis on next Saturday’s clash with the Ospreys at Thomond Park.

CONNACHT coach Michael Bradley has named a strong squad for Sunday’s Magners League showdown against Munster at the Sportsground (5.05pm).

Connacht coach Michael Bradley has named an extended 27-man squad for Sunday’s Magners League clash against Munster at the Sportsground (kick off: 5.05pm).

CONNACHT have received a huge boost with a number of injury doubts named in a 26-man squad for Saturday’s Amlin Challenge Cup quarter-final against Bourgoin.

MICHAEL BRADLEY has major injury worries for tomorrow night’s Magners League clash with Edinburgh at the Sportsground (6pm).

MUNSTER have the ideal opportunity to atone for their disappointing performance against the Newport Gwent Dragons when they face the Llanelli Scarlets in a postponed Magners League game at Musgrave Park on Thursday, (7.35pm).

MICHAEL BRADLEY will hope his Connacht side can continue their successful European Amlin Challenge Cup form when they return to Magners League action against the Ospreys at Liberty Stadium tomorrow.

Connacht hooker Sean Cronin will have the opportunity to impress the Ireland management when he lines out for Connacht against The Ospreys in the Magner's League at Liberty Stadium on Sunday.

CONNACHT coach Michael Bradley has received a boost with skipper John Muldoon being passed fit to play in their final Amlin Challenge Cup game in Spain tomorrow.

CONNACHT are on course for a seventh European quarter-final after consolidating their leadership of Pool Two with a well-deserved victory over Montpellier at the Galway Sportsground last evening.

CONNACHT skipper John Muldoon has sent an SOS to fans to support the side tomorrow night as they bid to secure a quarter-final place in the Amlin Challenge Cup.

THE Leinster team to face Connacht in today’s Magners League derby at the Sportsground (4pm) has been named and Ireland trio Girvan Dempsey, Trevor Hogan and Mike Ross come into the team for the trip to Galway in a side that includes nine Ireland internationals in the starting line-up.

Ireland internationals John Muldoon and hooker Sean Cronin return to the Connacht side to tackle Leinster in the Magner's League at The Sportsground tomorrow.

CONNACHT have suffered a significant double blow ahead of Saturday’s Magners League clash with Leinster after full-back Gavin Duffy and loosehead prop Brett Wilkinson were ruled out through injury.

JEAN de VILLIERS silenced his critics for the second time in six days when crashing over in the last minute to score Munster’s bonus- point try in their 35-3 Magners League victory over Connacht at Thomond Park on Saturday night, a win that puts them within touching distance of the leaders going into the new year.

CONNACHT bid to bridge a 23-year gap when they face Munster in the Magners League at Thomond Park on Saturday night.

CONNACHT’S Euro campaign remains firmly on track. Last evening Connacht proved worthy of their favourites’ tag in this rematch against Worcester Warriors, cementing their place as pool leaders and strengthening their hopes of qualification in this season’s Amlin Challenge Cup.

CONNACHT have gone from underdogs to favourites in just six days to record back-to-back wins over Worcester in tonight's Amlin Challenge Cup fixture at the Galway Sportsground (7pm).

Scrum-half Kieran Campbell and hooker Adrian Flavin have been brought back into the the Connacht squad to play Worcester at the Sportsground tomorrow evening (7pm) in the Amlin Challenge Cup.

CONNACHT coach Michael Bradley has resisted the temptation to bring fit-again players back into action and is sticking with most of the squad which defeated Worcester last weekend.

AWAY victories are a rare commodity for Connacht; even more scarce are wins against English Premiership sides.