Eager Muldoon wary of Toulouse

CONNACHT flanker John Muldoon has warned his team-mates they cannot afford a repeat of the small mistakes that he believed cost them an opening Heineken Cup victory over Harlequins when they meet Toulouse in Galway this weekend.

The Irish province is set to make its home debut in the competition in its 100th European match this Saturday, with the pick of opponents in four-time champions Toulouse. And while it will be a landmark occasion in front of a sell-out 9,000 crowd at the Sportsground, Muldoon is wary of the type of lapses in concentration that frustrated their valiant efforts at the Stoop last Friday night in a 25-17 defeat to the English league leaders.

“We know small mistakes will cost us,” Muldoon said of the visit of Toulouse, “and we also know that, if we switch off like we did in the latter part of the first half against Quins, Toulouse will put points on us. If we perform like we did in that period, we could be down by 30 points.