Lam hopes Muliaina can transform Connacht

Ospreys 45 Connacht 20

Former All Black Muliaina, who won 100 caps for the All Blacks, will join the province on a one-year deal next season. The current campaign came to an end with Saturday’s heavy defeat by the Ospreys at the Liberty Stadium, a fifth-straight reverse for the westerners.

But Lam has been encouraged by what he has seen in his first season, and has his sights set on a play-off place next year.