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Connacht’s biggest season since the game turned professional kicks off on Saturday when the province travels to Italy to face Benetton Treviso in the newly-named Rabo Direct Pro 12 League. Having achieved a best place finish in the Celtic League last season, Connacht’s task now is to consolidate that position, while enjoying the glamour that Heineken Cup rugby will bring to the province for the first time.

Galway’s two All Ireland League clubs are back in action in preparation for the new season.

Connacht Rugby is gearing up to put forward a team in the British and Irish Cup next season.

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Connacht’s biggest season since the game turned professional kicks off on Saturday when the province travels to Italy to face Benetton Treviso in the newly-named Rabo Direct Pro 12 League.

Irish squad member Mike McCarthy returns to Connacht for tomorrow’s final pre-season fixture with English premiership side Saracens in London (6.45pm).

It has long been a tradition at this time of year that many parents come to Galway to search for a rental property for their children. At the offices of Property Partners Maxwell Heaslip & Leonard phone and office enquiries are coming in since the start of Race Week. Fergal Leonard MIPAV, who heads up the rental agency at the office, said that this is symptomatic of what has always happened at this time of year, except this year stock has been depleted. He said rents have held firm for good quality properties in good areas and, now with a lack of new construction for the past three years, supply is being outstripped by demand.

Connacht’s second pre-season friendly takes place today in Dublin when they face an Irish XV packed with players vying for World Cup selection.

Connacht Rugby is offering rugby fans a chance to win a trip of a lifetime.

A new chapter in Connacht Rugby begins this week with a new major sponsor being unveiled ahead of the province's first pre-season match on Saturday. In a new departure, Japanese car manufacturer Mazda has become the new title sponsor, taking over from the Bank of Ireland which had been involved with the province since 1996.