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The construction of the new Dexcom Stadium is at the heart of Connacht Rugby’s new five-year plan.

Connacht host their first URC fixture of the season at a much-changed Dexcom Stadium when they host South African outfit Hollywoodbets Sharks on Saturday (7.35pm).

Queen’s College Galway Rugby Club was founded in 1874, 150 years ago, making it the oldest rugby club in Connacht. They have a long and proud history and have helped nurture and boost many rugby careers helping players to the highest levels. They were a founding club of the Irish Rugby Football Union. They won their first Connacht Senior Cup in 1897 and have managed to hold that trophy aloft many times since. Their first victory in the Dudley Cup, played for by the three Queen’s Universities, was in 1905. They have featured many times in the Bateman Cup, an exclusive competition in which clubs participate by invitation only.

A new Connacht Rugby season kicks off on Saturday with Peter Wilkins’ outfit up against last season’s URC semi-finalists Munster in Thomond Park (5.30pm).

There's definitely something in the water around Moycullen these times, especially in the realms of women's sport. If it's not Julie Ann Russell firing it into the French net; or Fiona Murtagh sweeping up French waters, it's the example being set by the all-energy captain of the Galway senior ladies team inspiring her side to this weekend's decider at Croke Park.

Connacht can expect to face some familiar foes in the forthcoming European Challenge Cup season beginning this December.

Two Buccaneers touch rugby players were core members of the Connacht squad who claimed their inaugural women’s interprovincial success at Old Wesley RFC on Saturday,

The lead-up to an inter-provincial game evokes a heightened sense of fervour among rugby fans on this island.

Buccaneers touch rugby had a novel encounter in recent times with a friendly fixture against the visiting Dhahran Scorpions touch team from Saudi Arabia.