Connacht players blast move by IRFU

CONNACHT’S rugby players last night blasted the IRFU for its ‘appalling’ decision to discuss the possible disbandment of the provincial team 48 hours before the biggest game of their careers.

As IRFU chiefs deferred a definitive decision on Connacht’s future last night, the players issued a statement in advance of the meeting, expressing their outrage at the Union’s decision making process.

“We feel the timing of this is appalling, coming as it does 48 hours before we play the biggest match in Connacht’s history, when we take on Pontypridd on Saturday in the quarter-finals of the Parker Pen Challenge Cup.