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Pic: Connacht players end season with Buckfast party at Spanish Arch

Published 08:10 26 May 2015 BST

Updated 18:16 26 May 2015 BST

Gareth Makim
Pic: Connacht players end season with Buckfast party at Spanish Arch

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A particularly Irish way to toast the end to the season

It was a painful way to go out, but that hasn't stopped some of Connacht's players from having an end-of-season knees up on the banks of the River Corrib. After their hopes of winning a place in next season's Champions Cup were cruelly ripped from their grasp in extra time in Gloucester on Sunday, Jack Carty posted this picture of members of the panel swigging from a bottle of Buckfast with the message: 'Heartbreaking end to the season but I would do it all over again, with these fellas I'm fortunate to call my team mates. #friendsforlife' carty It was clearly a serious party, with team-mate John Muldoon replying: 'I was wondering why my head was so sore I know now.. #buckfast' You deserve it lads.

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Pic: Connacht players end season with Buckfast party at Spanish Arch