Complacency hurt Connacht badly, admits Kieran Marmion

Connacht v Scarlets, Guinness PRO12: Kieran Marmion admits complacency cost Connacht dearly as they failed to defend their Guinness PRO12 title this season.

Pat Lam’s men made rugby history last season, when the swashbuckling western province won the first piece of senior silverware, beating Leinster in last May’s Grand Final in Murrayfield.

But they have endured a frustrating season as reigning champions, compounding the bad news Lam, the architect of Connacht’s success, is departing this summer.