Connacht in driving seat in European Shield

Mont de Marsan 12 Connacht 26

Sat, 12 Oct, 2002 - 21:50

Mont de Marsan 12 Connacht 26

Connacht, the first Irish province to win on French soil, will take a fourteen points advantage into next weekend¹s second leg of this Parker Pen Challenge Cup tie after this impressive win at Stade Guy Boniface in Mont de Marsan on Saturday night.

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CourtsRugbyEuropean ShieldPlace: Mont de MarsanPlace: Stade Guy BonifacePlace: PontypriddPlace: Crowley ParkPlace: GalwayPerson: Waisale SereviPerson: Eoin ReddanPerson: Wayne MunnPerson: Eric ElwoodPerson: SereviPerson: ElwoodPerson: Steph Nel¹sPerson: O. ToulouzePerson: A. BouyssiePerson: F. DabadiePerson: A. Vignau-TuquetPerson: A. AguilarPerson: W. SereviPerson: N. CabannesPerson: S. BoizotPerson: O. GouaillardPerson: F. AngladePerson: P. LagoPerson: M. KoitaPerson: P. AlaouiPerson: L. MonbeigPerson: J. LabatPerson: J. VincentPerson: MonbeigPerson: L. DehezPerson: GouaillardPerson: C. MathieuPerson: AlaouiPerson: X. AuduPerson: BoizotPerson: N. MoralesPerson: G. DuffyPerson: J. NortonPerson: D. YappPerson: S. MoorePerson: W. MunnPerson: E. ElwoodPerson: E. ReddanPerson: R. McCormackPerson: M. UijsPerson: P. BrackenPerson: D. BrownePerson: R. FrostPerson: C. RigneyPerson: J. O¹SullivanPerson: J. O¹ConnorPerson: M. McHughPerson: MoorePerson: J. FlanneryPerson: UijsPerson: D. McFarlandPerson: McCormackPerson: F. BoirouxPerson: BrackenPerson: P. NevillePerson: O¹SullivanPerson: E. PetersPerson: BrownePerson: Giovanni MorandinEvent: European ShieldEvent: Parker Pen Challenge CupOrganisation: ConnachtOrganisation: Connacht¹s
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