Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Bayan kakar wasa daya a Japan, Naoupu ya koma buga wasa a Connacht a kakar 2011-12. Lokacin da ya dawo Celtic League an sake masa suna Pro12, kuma Connacht ya cancanci zuwa gasar cin kofin Heineken, babbar gasar kulob din Turai, a karon farko. Naoupu ya fara fitowa ne tun bayan dawowarsa a wasan farko na gasar.
2011<unk>12 Pro12, yana farawa da Benetton Treviso a ranar 3 ga Satumba 2011, kuma ya buga cikakkun mintuna 80. Naoupu ya fara fitowa a matakin farko na rugby na Turai a ranar 11 ga Nuwamba, 2011, lokacin da ya fara wasa da Harlequins a wasan farko na Connacht na 2011-12 Heineken Cup. Naoupu kuma ya fara a cikin sauran wasannin biyar da lardin ya buga a gasar, gami da nasarar Connacht ta farko a wannan matakin, a wasan dawowa da Harlequins a ranar 20 ga Janairu 2012. Ya yi jimillar wasanni 17 na gasar a wannan kakar, yana farawa a duk wasannin da ya buga.