Bradley hails Carr’s battling qualities

MICHAEL BRADLEY has held up young wing Fionn Carr as the perfect example why Connacht should be allowed continue play a key role in Irish provincial rugby.

With the province’s future continually questioned, there’s always a sense of foreboding but the way they punched above their weight at the RDS on Saturday was a poke in the eye for the prophets of doom.

Bottom of the table, Connacht played most the quality rugby against leaders Leinster and there was hardly a dissenting voice that the visitors deserved to win instead of losing to an injury-time three-pointer from Jonathan Sexton.