Dragons v Connacht: What time, what channel and all you need to know
Conor Oliver of Connacht is tackled by Taine Basham, right, and Bradley Roberts of Dragons during last season's United Rugby Championship match at Rodney Parade in Newport, Wales. Photo by Ben Evans/Sportsfile
Connacht are in URC action in Wales this weekend with a visit to Dragons. Here's all you need to know about the game.
Where and when is it on?
The match takes place on Saturday at Rodney Parade in Newport with an 8.00pm kick-off.
Where can I watch the game?
The game will be shown live on RTÉ 2 and Premier Sports 2. The game is also being streamed live on the RTÉ Player and on URC.tv.
What can I read and listen to in the build-up on Independent.ie?
Connacht kept their URC knockout hopes alive with an expected bonus point win over basement side Zebre last weekend and academy scrum-half Matthew Devine led the way with a superb display on his first start for his native province. We’ve a report for you below along with the thoughts of boss Pete Wilkins.
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England dished out a 88-10 hammering to Ireland in the Women's Six Nations at Twickenham last Saturday. The world number one-ranked team completely overwhelmed Ireland as they ran in 14 tries.
Scott Bemand's side will play Scotland in Belfast in next Saturday's final round with an automatic place in next year’s World Cup up for grabs for the team that finishes third in the table.
Former Ireland player Anna Caplice and Ali Donnelly of scrumqueens.com joined Sinéad Kissane to go through last weekend's demolition and look ahead to the biggest game of the year for Ireland.
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What are the odds?
Connacht are favourites at 1/4 with Dragons 16/5 and the draw is 19/1.
