Whakakī i te rerenga e whai ake nei: I kite te wa o te 2011<unk>12 i te maha o nga huringa i Connacht. Mo te kawanatanga katoa ko te wa tuatahi i te Heineken Cup, te whakataetae whutupaoro Pakeha nui. I tohu a Connacht mo te 2011-12 Heineken Cup na te wikitoria o Leinster i te whakataetae o te tau kua hipa, i whakawhiwhia ai ki a Ireland he waahi taapiri. I tenei wa, kua ngaro te kapa i etahi kaitakaro matua i te wa o te wa o mua na roto i nga whakawhitinga. I roto i ngā kaitākaro i wehe atu i te rohe ko Jamie Hagan te kaitākaro matua, e waiho ana i tētahi tūranga tuwhera i te kapa tīmatanga. I te tīmatanga i whakakiia tēnei wāhi e Rodney Ah You. I tiimata a Loughney i tana Heineken Cup ki Harlequins i te 10 o Noema 2011, i te taenga mai hei whakakapi mo Wilkinson. Heoi, i raru a Ah You i tana tuunga hou hei whiringa tuatahi, ana i te 10 o Tihema 2011 i tiimata a Loughney i tana keemu Heineken Cup tuatahi, i te kaainga ki Gloucester i te Papa Hakinakina. I tiimata a Loughney i etahi atu tukinga e rua mo te kapa i te Heineken Cup tae atu ki te kemu kaainga ki a Harlequins, te wikitoria tuatahi a Connacht i te whakataetae. Ko tōna tūnga hei whiringa tuatahi i kawea ki te riiki ā-rohe, i tapaina ko te "Pro12", ā, i tākaro a Loughney i te 20 o ngā kēmu 22 i te riiki.
te wā o te riiki, e 15 ngā wā e tīmata ana. I te Poutu-te-rangi 2012, i purei a Loughney i tana keemu 100 mo te kawanatanga, ka noho ko ia tetahi o nga kaitakaro taiohi rawa atu i roto i te hitori o te roopu ki te eke ki te tohu.