Connacht feel right at home in Aviva Stadium drubbing of Ulster

Connacht's John Porch celebrates after scoring a try with Conor Fitzgerald. Picture: INPHO/James Crombie

Maybe Connacht should play all their games at Aviva Stadium? It’s now almost a decade ago since John Muldoon insisted the wind and rain at the Sportsground did them few favours as it didn’t suit the type of game they are trying to play. It certainly doesn’t suit the expansive and fast game which Andy Friend is drilling into his squad and it’s no coincidence that their results and performances have been better away from Galway.

And yet, nobody could really have envisaged that Connacht would take Ulster, the only side in the league with maximum four bonus point wins, apart in the manner in which they destroyed them on Lansdowne Road on Saturday evening. It’s Connacht’s biggest ever win outside of Galway against an Irish province.