Pat Lam: 'You don’t have to have all the rock stars'

Connacht 30 Scarlets 17: Connacht Rugby players take a deserved six-day break after finishing a run of 16 games with a European quarter-final in the diary and a top-four Guinness Pro 12 spot secure.

Saturday’s bonus point win over top-of-the-table Scarlets at the Sportsground was significant for Pat Lam’s squad, while denying the Welsh a losing bonus point was testament to Connacht’s growing maturity.

Lam agreed: “There was quality endeavour out there. You don’t have to have all the rock stars, just people who are willing to work. We are not getting ahead of ourselves, we have a long way to go.”