Tiernan O'Halloran says execution cost Connacht quarter-final slot

Connacht squandered possession time and again in the final quarter.

Tiernan O’Halloran says Connacht knew exactly what they had to do to claim a place in the Champions Cup quarter-finals as the clock wound down in Toulouse and that it was simply a case of poor execution that saw them fall short, writes Brendan O’Brien.

Trailing 19-10 to the hosts who had scored three tries, Connacht needed to prevent a fourth and claim just a penalty or drop goal to pip Toulouse for a place in the knockout stages but they squandered possession time and again in the final quarter.