 Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - 200708 Celtic League yakaona makwikwi akaderedzwa kusvika kumapoka gumi, zvichitevera kubuda kweBorder Reivers, uye mwaka wakapera neConnacht pazasi petafura, mushure mekukunda mishanu chete yemitambo yavo gumi nesere. Vakapedzawo vari vatatu muchikamu chavo cheChallenge Cup, zvakare vachibviswa kare. Mumwaka wa2008-09 Connacht akakwanisa kupedza wechipiri mudziva ravo uye kufambira mberi kuenda kumaquarter fainari, asi akarohwa 42-13 neNorthampton Saints. Pasina chero kuwedzera kunokosha mubhajeti, boka revatungamiri rakarwa kuti rivandudze unhu hwevatambi vese uye vakakundikana kuvandudza muCeltic League, vachipedzisa zvekare mu2008-09, nguva ino 13 pfungwa kubva kuchikwata chinotevera chiri pamusoro petafura. 