Savour every second of the Connacht fairytale

Saturday night makes one appreciate that the beauty of sport lies part in the fact that there is more to success than money, natural ability and rankings.

If they alone were the yardsticks for success then Rory McIlroy would have won the Masters by now, nobody would ever beat Barcelona and you could forget Leicester City ever getting a sniff of the Premier League title.

Yet they did reach the summit against the odds and they did buck the convention which dictated only the elite have a right to win one of the most competitive leagues in the world.