Pat Lam era ends with pride and regrets

Northampton Saints 21 Connacht 15: He came into the post-match press conference in charge of Connacht for the last time and less than 10 minutes later Pat Lam departed as the new coach of Bristol.

That, in reality, is how quickly things evolve in the professional game.

At the outset of the interview on Saturday evening the ‘we’ he mentioned referred to the Connacht team he took to unprecedented heights in the past four years but by the time he was departing, after a few queries from the English hacks in our midst, the ‘we’ he talked was about the Bristol side he will take over in a few weeks and expectedly guide back to the top flight in England.