Connacht on guard after last year’s sloppy defeat by Treviso

Defeat in Italy on last season’s PRO12 run-in might not have cost Connacht a coveted home semi-final, but that loss registered in their minds.

It was a sloppy defeat that should have been avoided as they let a 14-0 lead slip to a 22-21 reversal, but Jimmy Duffy insisted they will be aiming for immediate revenge.

A weakened Treviso were dissected by Munster in a seven-try victory at Thomond Park last weekend, but tomorrow the Italians will be nowhere near as weak as in that game where they had to plunder the lower leagues to make up their numbers.