Connacht push Munster to edge of nowhere

Connacht 35 Munster 14: This may have been the night when the penny finally dropped.

The narrative all season with Connacht has been to wonder when the bubble would expand beyond the limits set by the laws of the underdog, but here the realisation dawned that what we are witnessing may only be the beginning.

Two temporary terraces were erected behind the goals for a Guinness PRO12 fixture that was crucial to both teams and Pat Lam reminded us later that the hosts could have rammed far more than the 7,786 present in had the Sportsground and Health and Safety allowed it.