Ku qor sii wadida cutubkan - Xilli ciyaareedkii 2011-12 waxaa lagu arkay isbeddelo badan Connacht. Gobolka oo dhan waxay ahayd xilli ciyaareedkii ugu horreeyay ee Heineken Cup, tartanka ugu sarreeya Yurub ee rugby. Connacht wuxuu u qalmay Koobka Heineken ee 2011-12 sababtoo ah Leinster ayaa ku guuleysatay tartankii xilli ciyaareedkii hore, kaas oo siiyay Ireland meel dheeri ah. Dhanka kale, kooxdu waxay lumisay ciyaartoy muhiim ah inta lagu gudajiray xilli ciyaareedkii hore iyada oo loo marayo wareejinta. Ciyaartoyda ka baxaya gobolka waxaa ka mid ahaa Jamie Hagan, oo boos ka tagay kooxda bilowga ah. Markii hore booskan waxaa buuxiyay Rodney Ah You. Loughney wuxuu sameeyay kulankiisii ugu horeeyay ee Heineken Cup ee Harlequins bishii Nofeembar 10, 2011, isagoo beddelay Wilkinson. Ah You wuxuu la halgamay xaaladdiisa cusub ee doorashada koowaad, si kastaba ha noqotee, 10kii Diseembar 2011 Loughney wuxuu bilaabay kulankiisii ugu horreeyay ee Heineken Cup, oo uu ku ciyaaray guriga Gloucester ee Garoonka Ciyaaraha. Loughney wuxuu bilaabay laba kulan oo kale kooxda Heineken Cup oo ay ku jiraan ciyaarta guriga ee Harlequins, Connacht guushii ugu horreysay ee tartanka. Xaaladdiisa doorashada koowaad waxaa loo wareejiyay horyaalka gudaha, kaas oo loogu magac daray "Pro12", Loughney wuxuu ciyaaray 20 ka mid ah 22 kulan xilli ciyaareedkii horyaalka
, laga bilaabo 15 jeer. Bishii Maarso 2012, Loughney wuxuu ciyaaray kulankiisii 100aad ee gobolka, isagoo noqday mid ka mid ah ciyaartoyda ugu da'da yar taariikhda kooxda ee gaadhay guusha.