Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Oge 2011<unk>12 hụrụ ọtụtụ mgbanwe na Connacht. Maka mpaghara ahụ dum ọ bụ oge mbụ na Heineken Cup, asọmpi rugby Europe kachasị elu. Connacht tozuru oke maka 2011-12 Heineken Cup n'ihi mmeri Leinster meriri asọmpi nke oge gara aga, nke nyere Ireland ohere ọzọ. Ka ọ dị ugbu a, ndị otu ahụ efunahụla ọtụtụ ndị egwuregwu dị mkpa n'oge pre-season site na ịnyefe. N'ime ndị egwuregwu ahụ hapụrụ mpaghara ahụ bụ onye mbụ na-akwado ya, Jamie Hagan, na-ahapụ ọnọdụ na-emeghe na otu egwuregwu. Na mbido, Rodney Ah You bụ onye mejupụtara ebe a. Loughney mere Heineken Cup mbụ ya na Harlequins na 10 Nọvemba 2011, na-abata dị ka onye nnọchi anya Wilkinson. Agbanyeghị, Ah You lụrụ ọgụ na ọnọdụ ọhụrụ ya dị ka nhọrọ mbụ, na 10 Disemba 2011 Loughney bidoro egwuregwu Heineken Cup mbụ ya, n'ụlọ Gloucester na Sportsground. Loughney bidoro egwuregwu abụọ ọzọ maka ndị otu na Heineken Cup gụnyere egwuregwu ụlọ na Harlequins, mmeri mbụ nke Connacht na asọmpi ahụ. Ọnọdụ ya dị ka onye mbụ ahọpụtara na-agafe na otu egwuregwu ụlọ, nke a kpọgharịrị aha ya "Pro12", na Loughney na-egwuri egwu na 20 n'ime egwuregwu 22 na
otu oge, na-amalite 15 ugboro. Na Machị 2012, Loughney gbara egwuregwu nke 100 ya maka mpaghara ahụ, wee bụrụ otu n'ime ndị egwuregwu kacha nta n'akụkọ ihe mere eme nke otu ahụ iji ruo ihe dị mkpa.