Pete Wilkins: Player exits ‘price of success’ for Connacht

Jasper Wiese of Leicester Tigers is tackled by Ultan Dillane of Connacht during the Heineken Champions Cup Pool B match between Leicester Tigers and Connacht at Mattioli Woods Welford Road in Leicester, England. Dillane is set to join La Rochelle at the end of the season. Photo by Harry Murphy/Sportsfile

Connacht senior coach Pete Wilkins said that one of the prices paid for being a successful side is that other clubs are going to target key players.

Ultan Dillane’s decision to move at the end of the season, apparently to La Rochelle, follows hot on the heels of another Irish lock Quinn Roux leaving the Sportsground for Toulon last summer.