Friend: ‘To stop a five-game losing streak in that fashion is fantastic’

You need to go back to September 2001 for the only other time Connacht held a team scoreless in the league but that was against a Caerphilly side out of their depth in the competition.

What makes this result so remarkable is that the opposition are also in the battle for a League knockout spot and one of the Heineken Champions Cup places on offer.