Connacht battling against the odds

A heavy list of injuries and poor weather will not help Connacht’s hopes of claiming a home victory over French heavyweights Biarritz this evening.

Coach Eric Elwood says his side may be a year more mature than last year when aristocrats Toulouse visited, but with some 15 players unavailable, the task has been made “extremely difficult”.

“It’s a home game and we always fancy ourselves at home, regardless who we are playing, but you have to understand it’s going to be extremely difficult,” he said.