Match Centre

Full Time

43 - 24

  • United Rugby Championship

  • Sat 28 Jan 2023 | 19:35

  • Dexcom Stadium

6
  • Kilgallen 2'

  • Delahunt 14'

  • Blade 25'

  • O'Halloran 35'

  • Blade 42'

  • Blade 61'

Tries

3
  • Ntlabakanye 10'

  • van Wyk 31'

  • Louw 64'

1
  • Carty 7'

Penalties

1
  • Hendrikse 4'

5
  • Carty 15'

  • Carty 25'

  • Carty 36'

  • Carty 43'

  • Carty 62'

Conversions

3
  • Hendrikse 11'

  • Ntlabakanye 32'

  • Hendrikse 65'

1
  • Delahunt 31'

Yellow Cards

0

Peter

Dooley

1

Jean-Pierre

Smith

Shane

Delahunt

2

PJ

Botha

Jack

Aungier

3

Asenathi

Ntlabakanye

Darragh

Murray

4

Willem

Alberts

Niall

Murray

5

Darrien-Lane

Landsberg

Josh

Murphy

6

Sibusiso

Sangweni

Conor

Oliver

7

Ruhan

Straeuli

Jarrad

Butler

8

Emmanuel

Tshituka

Caolin

Blade

9

Andre

Warner

Jack

Carty

10

Jordan

Hendrikse

John

Porch

11

Edwill

van der

Cathal

Forde

12

Marius

Louw

Tom

Farrell

13

Henco

van Wyk

Diarmuid

Kilgallen

14

Stean

Pienaar

Tiernan

O'Halloran

15

Quan

Horn

Replacements

Dylan

Tierney-Martin

16

Michael

van Vuuren

Jordan

Duggan

17

Morgan

Naude

Dominic

Robertson-McCoy

18

Ruan

Smith

Leva

Fifita

19

Pieter

Jansen van

Shamus

Hurley-Langton

20

Jaco

Kriel

Kieran

Marmion

21

Morne

van den

Tom

Daly

22

Manuel

Rass

Oran

McNulty

23

Andries

Coetzee

80

It's all over! The referee has blown their whistle to end the game.

76

This is dangerous for the defence as Ruhan Straeuli bursts through to advance the Lions attack.

67

Connacht Rugby make a substitution with Leva Fifita coming on.

67

Connacht Rugby make a substitution with Darragh Murray coming off.

66

Lions make a substitution with Andries Coetzee coming on.

66

Lions make a substitution with Edwill van der Merwe coming off.

65

The Lions supporters go wild as Jordan Hendrikse successfully kicks the conversion.

64

Lions are only a few metres out, surely they must score! And they do with Marius Louw touching down.

64

The defensive line has been broken as Manuel Rass goes through the gap.

63

Lions sub Ruan Smith comes onto the field.

63

Asenathi Ntlabakanye departs for Lions.

62

Lions sub Michael van Vuuren comes onto the field.

62

PJ Botha departs for Lions.

62

Connacht Rugby sub Kieran Marmion comes onto the field.

62

Caolin Blade departs for Connacht Rugby.

62

The Connacht Rugby supporters go wild as Jack Carty successfully kicks the conversion.

61

Connacht Rugby are only a few metres out, surely they must score! And they do with Caolin Blade touching down.

61

The defensive line has been broken as Diarmuid Kilgallen goes through the gap.

60

Connacht Rugby sub Tom Daly comes onto the field.

60

Cathal Forde departs for Connacht Rugby.

60

Connacht Rugby sub Dominic Robertson-McCoy comes onto the field.

60

Jack Aungier departs for Connacht Rugby.

60

Connacht Rugby sub Jordan Duggan comes onto the field.

60

Peter Dooley departs for Connacht Rugby.

60

Lions sub Jaco Kriel comes onto the field.

60

Emmanuel Tshituka departs for Lions.

57

Shamus Hurley-Langton comes on for Connacht Rugby.

57

Josh Murphy leaves the field.

57

Morgan Naude comes on for Lions.

57

Jean-Pierre Smith leaves the field.

57

Oran McNulty comes on for Connacht Rugby.

57

Tiernan O'Halloran leaves the field.

57

Dylan Tierney-Martin comes on for Connacht Rugby.

57

Shane Delahunt leaves the field.

50

Manuel Rass comes on.

50

Henco van Wyk comes off.

50

Pieter Jansen van Vuuren comes on.

50

Darrien-Lane Landsberg comes off.

49

Lions decide to make a substitution, with Morne van den Berg getting some game time.

49

Lions decide to make a substitution, with Andre Warner being replaced.

43

Connacht Rugby make a substitution with Diarmuid Kilgallen coming on.

43

Connacht Rugby make a substitution with Dylan Tierney-Martin coming off.

43

Jack Carty adds the two points for Connacht Rugby.

42

Nobody was going to stop Caolin Blade from scoring that try!

42

Caolin Blade makes the break as the defence re-enacts the parting of the red sea.

40

The second half kicks off.

41

The half-time whistle blows and both teams head for the dressing rooms.

38

Connacht Rugby sub Dylan Tierney-Martin comes onto the field.

38

Diarmuid Kilgallen departs for Connacht Rugby.

37

Fabulous play by Connacht Rugby has led to Tom Farrell being able to wriggle through a gap.

36

Jack Carty does the business as their conversion attempt goes over.

35

Incisive passing by Connacht Rugby is finished off by Tiernan O'Halloran, as they goes over for the try.

35

Fabulous play by Connacht Rugby has led to Tiernan O'Halloran being able to wriggle through a gap.

35

Jack Carty sets up the try.

32

Asenathi Ntlabakanye does the business as their conversion attempt goes over.

31

Silky skills by Lions ends with a try for Henco van Wyk.

31

Trouble here as Henco van Wyk breaches the defence.

31

Spellbinding play by Jordan Hendrikse is finished off with a try.

31

Shane Delahunt (Connacht Rugby) is shown a yellow card

25

Jack Carty makes no mistake with that conversion attempt.

25

The pressure has finally told as Caolin Blade scores from close range.

25

Trouble here as Caolin Blade breaches the defence.

25

Shane Delahunt played a key part in that try.

17

Connacht Rugby make a substitution with Conor Oliver coming on.

17

Connacht Rugby make a substitution with Shamus Hurley-Langton coming off.

15

Jack Carty converts the try.

14

Shane Delahunt scores the try from close range.

11

Jordan Hendrikse converts the try.

10

Asenathi Ntlabakanye scores the try from close range.

8

Shamus Hurley-Langton comes on for Connacht Rugby.

8

Conor Oliver leaves the field.

7

Jack Carty kicks the penalty.

4

Jordan Hendrikse has kicked a penalty goal.

3

Jack Carty has hooked the conversion to the right of the posts.

2

Great hands by Connacht Rugby leads to a try for Diarmuid Kilgallen

2

The defensive line has been broken as Diarmuid Kilgallen goes through the gap.

2

Jack Carty sets up the try.

0

We are underway as the referee blows their whistle.

Match Stats

59%

Possession

41%

64%

Territory

36%

Metres

546

320

Carries

157

75

Clean Breaks

6

3

Defenders Beaten

19

14

Passes

245

118

Offloads

7

2

Penalties Conceded

14

9

Turnovers Conceded

11

11

89/103 86%

Tackles won

194/213 91%

3/3 100%

Scrums won

3/3 100%

14/16 88%

Lineouts won

11/18 61%

Action Areas

4.6%

5.1%

10%

8.4%

28.3%

14.6%

22.9%

6.1%

Player Stats

Connacht Rugby

MP

M

C

P

T

MT

TW

TC

DB

LW

TS

PTS

Peter Dooley

61

10

9

1

7

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Shane Delahunt

47

8

8

7

5

0

0

0

1

9

1

5

Jack Aungier

61

20

7

5

11

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Darragh Murray

68

8

9

4

11

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

Niall Murray

80

4

4

6

6

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

Josh Murphy

58

24

11

1

6

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

Conor Oliver

71

42

16

4

7

1

1

0

3

0

0

0

Jarrad Butler

80

13

10

5

10

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Caolin Blade

63

47

11

94

0

1

0

1

2

0

3

15

Jack Carty

80

0

1

52

1

3

0

0

0

0

0

13

John Porch

80

70

10

4

2

1

0

0

3

0

0

0

Cathal Forde

61

25

8

9

4

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

Tom Farrell

80

106

13

5

5

2

0

0

5

0

0

0

Diarmuid Kilgallen

76

62

9

4

5

0

0

0

4

0

1

5

Tiernan O'Halloran

58

37

5

3

1

0

0

0

0

0

1

5

Dylan Tierney-Martin

29

4

3

3

2

1

0

0

0

5

0

0

Jordan Duggan

20

11

4

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Dominic Robertson-McCoy

20

13

3

0

2

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

Leva Fifita

13

2

3

3

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Shamus Hurley-Langton

33

11

4

1

2

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

Kieran Marmion

18

0

1

28

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

Tom Daly

20

6

6

5

2

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Oran McNulty

23

22

2

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

CONNACHT 43 - 24 EMIRATES LIONS
 
Jack Carty became Connacht’s all-time leading points scorer on a night when the club claimed a bonus point win over the Emirates Lions.
 
Eric Elwood’s tally of 1152 almost seemed insurmountable for many years, but the Athlone man came into the game just six points behind that total and he duly needed just 26 minutes to pass the legendary out-half.
 
It was a fitting night to break the record as Connacht produced an excellent attacking display of six tries, with the bonus point wrapped up before half-time. Andy Friend’s side now head into the Six Nations break well in the hunt for a playoff spot come the end of the season.
 
The first try arrived after just three minutes with Diarmuid Kilgallen touching down as Connacht looked the stretch the Lions defence early on. The visitors responded almost immediately with a penalty in front of the posts, but Carty responded with three points of his own. Asenathi Ntabakanye then put the Lions in front for the first and only time of the game, spotting a gap under the posts which was converted by Jordan Hendrikse.
 
A frantic opening quarter continued to entertain the 4258 in attendance as Shane Delahunt regained the lead for the home side, breaking off the side of a maul in touch down. From there Connacht really began to stretch their legs, first through Caolin Blade for the first of his three tries, and then with Tiernan O’Halloran with the bonus point just before the break. Both were converted by Carty, with the first receiving a rapturous reception as Carty’s new record-points total was confirmed.
 
The South Africans refused to lie down however and they touched down for their second try through Henko van Wyk, leaving the score 29-17 to the hosts at the break.
 
Any fear that the Johannesburg side would mount a comeback arguably came to an end just minutes into the second half, when a block-down from Tiernan O’Halloran allowed Blade to gather the loose ball to make it try number five.
 
The second half petered out with the result beyond all doubt. Blade sealed his hat-trick – the third player to score a Connacht hat-trick in as many weeks, while the Lions scored the final try of the game in the closing stages.
 
Next up for the squad is a well-earned one week break after the 10 game block, and then it’s back into training before the trip to Zebre on Saturday February 18th.