Elwood tending to unfinished business

Eric Elwood has a lot of unfinished business before relinquishing the Connacht coaching job at the end of this season and one item on the wishlist is to help his side to victory at Ravenhill tonight, for the first time in 52 years.

Following a sensational 34-6 RaboDirect Pro12 win over Leinster at the Sportsground last week, Elwood feels it’s time to put their bleak past to bed in Belfast. Certainly, Connacht will no longer be intimidated, either by reputation or the boisterous Belfast crowd because Elwood’s team finally appears to have cracked the puzzle of how to play in front of decent crowds.

At home, Connacht regularly attract crowds of 5,000 which swells to near 10,000 for Heineken Cup matches.