The Irish Rugby Football Union Connacht Branch (whose professional team is run by Connacht Rugby) is one of four branches of the IRFU, and is responsible for rugby union in the Irish province of Connacht.

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  • The Irish Rugby Football Union Connacht Branch (whose professional team is run by Connacht Rugby) is one of four branches of the IRFU, and is responsible for rugby union in the Irish province of Connacht. The branch is also responsible for the Connacht team, which plays in national and international club competitions. The team plays its home games at the Galway Sportsgrounds, which can hold 5,000 spectators though is expandable to 7,000 for important games. Connacht play in a predominantly green jersey with some black, black shorts and green and black socks. The Connacht Rugby crest is a modified version of the provincial flag of Connacht and consists of a dimidiated (dimidiation) eagle and an arm wielding a sword. Connacht has a much smaller base of rugby union players to choose from than the other three provinces due in part to its small population and the relative popularity of Gaelic Athletic Association sports such as hurling and Gaelic football. Connacht has only 7% of the total number of Irish rugby union players currently, however rugby union in Connacht has expanded in recent years, with a growing number of players involved and an increasing number of schools now playing the game. Through the work of the Connacht Branch and the support of the IRFU the province over the last five years has had the largest growth in underage and schools participation in Ireland. Today it rivals soccer as the province's third most popular support. Galwegians RFC is the sole Connacht club competing in the top division of the Irish league (The AIL, the All Ireland League) for the 2007/2008 season. Buccaneers RFC having being relegated at the end of the 2006/2007 season will compete in the AIL 2nd division with Galway Corinthians RFC and Connemara RFC playing in the 3rd division. (en)
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  • The Irish Rugby Football Union Connacht Branch (whose professional team is run by Connacht Rugby) is one of four branches of the IRFU, and is responsible for rugby union in the Irish province of Connacht. (en)
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  • Connacht Rugby (en)
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