Dee ihe na-esote paragraf a - Loughney laghachiri n'akụkụ ahụ na June 2007, mana na egwuregwu mbụ ya mgbe ọ laghachiri na mmerụ ahụ Loughney dọwara eriri ikpere n'oge ọnwụ nke egwuregwu enyi na enyi nke Connacht na Narbonne na France. Loughney nwetaghachiri onwe ya site na nsogbu a wee mee mmalite mbụ ya maka Connacht na 5 Ọktoba 2007, mgbe ọ malitere megide Glasgow Warriors na 2007-08 Celtic League
Ọ dị mma. Ọ gara n'ihu mee asọmpi asọmpi Europe mbụ ya, na-abata dị ka onye nnọchi anya El Salvador na 2007-08 European Challenge Cup na 16 November 2007. Loughney mere ngụkọta nke egwuregwu iri na ise n'oge a, atọ n'ime ndị a na-abịa na Challenge Cup. Ọ malitekwara egwuregwu atọ n'asọmpi ahụ.