Connacht sign Cillian Willis
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Connacht Rugby have bolstered their squad with the addition of versatile scrumhalf Cillian Willis. CillianWillis300Cillian played for Ireland at U19 and U21 level after coming through the Leinster academy. He has spent the last two years playing for Ulster and joins the Connacht Squad as Coach Eric Elwood puts the finishing touches to his team for the upcoming Magners League.

The 25 year old former Blackrock College student played for UCD before making his Leinster debut in 2006. He went on to earn 12 caps before moving to Ulster in 2007 where he appeared 15 times for the Province.

Cillian arrived in Galway in time to join the squad and fellow scrumhalfs Frank Murphy and Conor O’Loughlin on their trip to the Aran Islands where they are undergoing preseason training under the supervision of Director of Rugby Eric Elwwod, Ast Coach Dan McFarland and new coaches Brian Melrose and Mike Forshaw.


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1 Leinster 13 48
2 Ospreys 13 39
3 Munster 13 38
4 Glasgow 13 35
5 Scarlets 13 34
6 Ulster 13 31
7 Cardiff 12 31
8 Treviso 13 28
9 Edinburgh
13 22
10 Dragons 12 17
11 Connacht 13 17
12 Aironi
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