Connacht travel to Aviva in confidence, not hope

Connacht head coach Andy Friend

How are the likes of Leinster and Exeter supposed to feel after hard-fought narrow ‘wins’ over the weekend that leave them with their respective jobs only half-done and opponents ultimately buoyed by their first-leg efforts?

Leo Cullen admits that he would dearly love to be moving on at this stage. To be prepping for a Monday review that would end with Connacht being consigned to the rear-view mirror and with a new hurdle to clear in the days to come.