Elwood: We showed great resilience

CONNACHT coach Eric Elwood was delighted with the opening day victory away to Benetton Treviso in Saturday’s RaboDirect Pro12 League clash at Stadio Monigo.

The western province recorded an 11-9 win with Rodney Ah You scoring the game’s only try in the 39th minute.

Elwood said: “We showed great resilience to hang on in there. We played some great rugby at times but for us it is a great start. To get a win against a good team away from home is very important. Before the game we made a point that in our three pre-season friendlies, we didn’t start very well. We felt, particularly against a team like this on their home turf, that it was important we started well.