Tuhia he haere tonu mo tenei waahanga - I muri i tetahi waa i Japan, ka hoki mai a Naoupu ki te takaro mo Connacht i te waa 2011<unk>12. I tana hokinga mai, kua whakaingoatia te Celtic League ki te Pro12, a kua eke a Connacht ki te Heineken Cup, te whakataetae karapu nui o Europi, mo te wa tuatahi. I puta a Naoupu mo te wa tuatahi mai i tana hokinga mai i te keemu whakatuwhera o te 2011 <unk> 12 Pro12
, ka tiimata ki a Benetton Treviso i te 3 o Hepetema 2011, ka purei i nga meneti 80 katoa. I puta tuatahi a Naoupu i te taumata teitei o te whutupaoro Pakeha i te 11 Whiringa-a-rangi 2011, i te wa i tiimata ai ia ki a Harlequins i te whakatuwheratanga o Connacht 2011<unk>12 Heineken Cup kēmu. I tiimata ano a Naoupu i roto i nga keemu e rima i purei te kawanatanga i te whakataetae, tae atu ki te wikitoria tuatahi a Connacht i taua taumata, i te keemu whakahoki ki a Harlequins i te 20 o Hanuere 2012. I puta ia i te 17 o nga whakataetae mo te waa, i tiimata i nga keemu katoa i purei ai ia.