Elwood counting cost of Ospreys defeat

Taking on Heineken Cup champions Leinster at the RDS was always going to be a serious test for Eric Elwood’s Connacht side, but their mounting injury list has rendered the task even harder.

Connacht enter Saturday evening’s contest on the back of their first defeat of the RaboDirect PRO 12 season having gone down 26-21 against the Osprey’s at the Liberty Stadium last weekend.