Connacht make heavy weather of win

Connacht 15 Worcester Warriors 8: You suspect the more Kieran Keane settles into life in Galway the more he appreciates exactly what his predecessor Pat Lam achieved, not just with limited resources but the manner in which he got them to play in the difficult climatic conditions.

This clash between two bonus point winners from the opening round of the Challenge Cup was again ruined by a strong wind in the exposed and bleak surroundings, with a half-filled stadium on a damp afternoon doing little to enhance proceedings.

A week earlier, in the splendid, albeit near-empty, Stade de Geneve, Keane’s men cut loose in the benign conditions and dry pitch to score their biggest ever away win to a French side, 43-15.