Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Mwaka wa2011-12 wakaona shanduko dzinoverengeka kuConnacht. Nokuda kwedunhu racho rose rakanga riri mwaka wokutanga muHeineken Cup, makwikwi epamusoro eEurope erugby. Connacht akakwanisa kuenda ku2011-12 Heineken Cup nekuda kweLeinster kuhwina mutambo wemwaka wapfuura, uyo wakapa Ireland nzvimbo yekuwedzera. Zvichakadaro, chikwata chakarasikirwa nevatambi vanoverengeka vakakosha panguva yemwaka wekutanga kuburikidza nekutamisa. Pakati pevatambi vakasiya purovhinzi paiva nevatsigiri vepamusoro-soro, Jamie Hagan, vachisiya nzvimbo yakazaruka muboka rokutanga. Pakutanga nzvimbo iyi yakazadzwa naRodney Ah You. Loughney akaita yake Heineken Cup kutanga kure kuna Harlequins musi wa10 Mbudzi 2011, achiuya panzvimbo yaWilkinson. Ah Iwe akatambura nechinzvimbo chake chitsva sechisarudzo chekutanga zvisinei, uye musi wa10 Zvita 2011 Loughney akatanga mutambo wake wekutanga weHeineken Cup, kumba kuGloucester muSportsground. Loughney akatanga mimwe mitambo miviri yechikwata muHeineken Cup kusanganisira mutambo wekumba kuHarlequins, Connacht yekutanga kukunda mumakwikwi. Chimiro chake sechisarudzo chokutanga chakatorwa kupinda mumutambo wepamusha, uyo wakanga watumidzwa zita rokuti "Pro12", uye Loughney akatamba mumitambo 20 kubva pamitambo 22 mumutambo wemutambo
, kutanga ka15. Muna Kurume 2012, Loughney akatamba mutambo wake wechi100 wedunhu, achiva mumwe wevatambi vechidiki munhoroondo yechikwata kusvika padanho.