Connacht embrace technology for team reviews

Outside meetings weren't possible: "With that wind channelling through there, blokes aren’t listening because it’s freezing!"

Andy Friend: Team meetings on Zoom.

The deterioration in the weather and the ever-tightening Covid-19 restrictions has prompted Connacht to switch all team meetings to online events on Zoom.

Earlier in the season the Connacht squad used to spread out in the Clan Stand at the Sportsground and Andy Friend and the other coaches would address them from the sideline, but the notorious wind and rain at the Galway venue has forced them to change tact.