{"id":265306,"date":"2026-01-26T21:00:12","date_gmt":"2026-01-26T21:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/265306\/"},"modified":"2026-01-26T21:00:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-26T21:00:12","slug":"two-scrumhalves-face-connacht-exit-as-nz-halfback-milo-harris-lined-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/265306\/","title":{"rendered":"Two scrumhalves face Connacht exit as NZ halfback Milo-Harris lined up"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Connacht<\/a> could move for Kiwi scrum half Lisati Milo-Harris<\/a> to bolster their ranks next season, with Matt Devine on his way to Ulster<\/a> and Ben Murphy<\/a> linked to Munster.<\/p>\n

Garbally College product Devine, 23, has scored three tries in eight games this season for Connacht, including one on his last appearance in a Challenge Cup<\/a> win over Montauban.<\/p>\n

The former Ireland<\/a> under-20 international has made 29 appearances for Stuart Lancaster\u2019s side, in a position where they are well stocked, with German Albert Lindner and Tom\u00e1s Farthing waiting in the wings for an opportunity.<\/p>\n

He won two Connacht Schools Senior Cups in 2019 and 2020 before signing his professional contract with Connacht two years ago and is hoping that a switch north of the Border will bolster his chances of regular starts.<\/p>\n

Devine has only started two games this season in the United Rugby Championship, a defeat at Leinster<\/a> and then against Montauban, the same number as in the whole of last season.<\/p>\n

Murphy, who won his two Ireland caps against Georgia<\/a> and Portugal<\/a> in the summer, signed a contract extension in January 2025 but has been on the radar of Munster<\/a> for much of this season.<\/p>\n

Lancaster has been busy in the transfer market after announcing that Ireland and Leinster ace Ciar\u00e1n Frawley and Bath\u2019s South African-born loosehead Francois van Wyk<\/a> are moving to a revamped Dexcom Stadium next season.<\/p>\n

Openside flanker Will Connors<\/a> will also be making the move from Leinster after agreeing terms for a switch across the country from the Irish capital.<\/p>\n

Milo-Harris, 29, played for Auckland, Taranaki, the Chiefs, Southland, the Blues<\/a> and Northland<\/a> before linking up with Stade Montois in the Pro D2<\/a> at the start of last season.<\/p>\n

He has scored six tries in 15 appearances for the Mont-de-Marsan side in the Pro D2 this season, which isn\u2019t a bad return playing for a club who are 15th in the 16-team division.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"mens united-rugby-championship Ben Murphy and Matthew Devine (Getty Images) https:\/\/www.rugbypass.com\/news\/two-scrumhalves-face-connacht-exit-as-nz-halfback-milo-harris-lined-up\/ Connacht could move for Kiwi scrum half Lisati…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":265307,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[61,60,112],"class_list":{"0":"post-265306","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-ie","9":"tag-ireland","10":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/265306","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=265306"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/265306\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/265307"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=265306"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=265306"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=265306"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}