Connacht coach Andy Friend says they must park their European Challenge Cup quarter-final qualification and the call-up of half-a-dozen of his squad for Six Nations duty and concentrate on a crunch PRO14 clash in Cardiff on Saturday.

Connacht let a 14-point slip to concede at the Sportsground tonight as a controversial 78th-minute try from Sam Hobbs secured a 24-24 draw for Cardiff Blues.