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Connacht Rugby are on the recruitment path again, having officially confirmed Andy Friend's departure this week.

Connacht Rugby has confirmed that Director of Rugby Andy Friend will depart the club when his contract expires at the end of the season.

“It has been absolutely fantastic,” John Caulfield says about the manner in which Annaghdown teenager Alex Murphy has flourished.

“I always think if you start looking back you are looking in the wrong direction,” new Galway United first team head coach Lisa Fallon says.

A complete person has to be more than the sum of their parts — whether it be in sport, culture or in general society. We have seen that in the role that the victorious Galway hurlers have played in highlighting social issues since their win last month. We have heard interviews where they talk of their role in society and the role that they would prefer that society adapted to them.

Dreams of becoming a professional sportsperson are not unusual, but a young County Galway teenager is going to great lengths to fulfill his ambition to play the game he loves.