Still in dreamland, Connacht feel pinch

They will need to close the blinds and put away the breakables when Connacht sit down to review this one at the Sportsground today. It will not be pleasant viewing, least of all for a squad who pride themselves on looking inward and taking responsibility.

It was almost as if Connacht decided to take all their errors from the entire campaign last season and unload them all in one go in the opening match of this campaign on Saturday.

It was truly astonishing but, paradoxically, it was so bad they won’t actually panic. They haven’t slipped that much in the space of just a few months.