Connacht dream close to reality

Tiernan O’Halloran and his Connacht team-mates have stopped dreaming, because winning the Guinness PRO12 final is a realistic objective.

On Saturday evening, they will clash with Leinster at Murrayfield, in the final game of an incredible season that has transformed ambitions into achievements for Pat Lam’s side.

“Back in November or December, when we were sitting near the top of the table, we were all still thinking ‘imagine how incredible it would be to finish in the top four’,” full-back O’Halloran says.