Connacht stop rot but Elwood looks for more

It was anything but pretty at the Galway Sportsground but there was immense relief for the 4,189 home supporters when Connacht scraped a late draw on Saturday night.

Despite an uncharacteristically lacklustre display, a last-minute penalty from out-half Niall O’Connor ended Connacht’s 10-game losing run in the RaboDirect Pro 12.

“As bad in all as we played, we have two points in what was a poor game by anybody’s standards,” said coach Eric Elwood. “And we are just happy to get two points. We played poorly, but we got something out of the game going forward to next week. But there is a hell of a lot of work to do next week, because it will not be good enough to beat Edinburgh.”