Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Mgbe otu oge na Japan gasịrị, Naoupu laghachiri igwu egwu maka Connacht na oge 2011-12. Mgbe ọ laghachiri, aha Celtic League bụ Pro12, Connacht tozuru oke maka Heineken Cup, asọmpi klọb kacha elu na Europe, na nke mbụ ya. Naoupu pụtara na nke mbụ ya kemgbe ọ lọtara n'egwuregwu mmeghe nke asọmpi a.
2011<unk>12 Pro12, na-amalite megide Benetton Treviso na 3 Septemba 2011, ma na-egwu nkeji 80 zuru ezu. Naoupu mere ihe ngosi mbụ ya na ọkwa kachasị elu nke European rugby na 11 Nọvemba 2011, mgbe ọ malitere megide Harlequins na mmeghe Connacht 2011 <unk> 12 Heineken Cup egwuregwu. Naoupu malitekwara na egwuregwu ise ndị ọzọ nke mpaghara ahụ na asọmpi ahụ, gụnyere mmeri mbụ nke Connacht na ọkwa ahụ, na egwuregwu nzaghachi na Harlequins na 20 Jenụwarị 2012. O mere ngụkọta nke asọmpi iri na asaa maka oge ahụ, na-amalite n'egwuregwu niile ọ na-egwu.