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Caolin Blade
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Last year
2023
United Rugby Championship
Blade's first-half hat-trick gets Connacht's season off to a perfect start
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Oct 21st 2023, 5:12 PM
ANALYSIS
Connacht's Blade pushing hard to break up Ireland's pecking order
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Mar 28th 2023, 1:40 PM
All time
Homegrown
'Monivea was everything. I wanted to play my whole career there when I was younger'
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26.8k
Mar 2nd 2022, 7:00 PM
Pen to Paper
Blade among five players to commit future to Connacht
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Jan 13th 2022, 5:31 PM
misses the cut
Injured Blade to miss Connacht's opening URC clash
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5.1k
Sep 13th 2021, 4:21 PM
blade
'I don’t think it came naturally to me... that’s why I’ve had to work so hard'
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Jun 24th 2021, 4:15 PM
RISE UP
Will Connacht have more players in Andy Farrell's Ireland squad in 2021?
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9.3k
Jan 4th 2021, 3:36 PM
extensions
Boost for Connacht as Blade and Healy sign new contracts with the province
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Feb 18th 2020, 2:25 PM
new dawn
Rob Kearney left out as Andy Farrell names 45-man squad for 'mid-season stocktake'
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Updated
Dec 16th 2019, 8:39 PM
bright sparks
'He's brilliant' - Blade pushes Ireland claims as Boyle shines for Connacht
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Nov 19th 2019, 6:00 AM
Blade of Glory
'He wouldn't let his country down': Friend backs Blade to earn Ireland call
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Jan 15th 2019, 6:44 PM
nines
Connacht's Blade an option for Schmidt as scrum-half injuries mount
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13.0k
Jan 14th 2019, 6:31 PM
monivea maestro
Ever-present Blade keeping focus on Connacht, but staking a claim behind international 9s
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Jan 4th 2019, 5:45 AM
Home grown
'It's massive for young people in Connacht': Blade cuts the way for small clubs out west
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Oct 23rd 2018, 12:10 AM
cross the shannon
Another inter-provincial switch in the books as John Cooney signs full-time for Connacht
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Jan 28th 2015, 4:29 PM
RISE UP
Half-term report: Connacht keen to make further progress under Lam
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Dec 29th 2014, 6:00 PM
RISE UP
Henshaw set to return but Connacht have underlined their new depth
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Dec 18th 2014, 6:00 AM
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