Connacht backs to the wall, as per: ‘If there’s been a conversation started in public or in media, so be it’

Pete Wilkins is preparing his side to face Lyon this weekend.

WEST'S AWAKE: Connacht’s head coach Pete Wilkins speaks to the media before the game. Pic: INPHO/James Crombie

Connacht are under the gun, again. They have two wins from their last five games, it has been confirmed attack coach Mark Sexton is leaving at the end of the season and Mack Hansen in the dock on Wednesday. Hard times all round.

Hansen will face a disciplinary hearing on Wednesday after his comments about the officiating in Connacht’s recent URC defeat to Leinster. For head coach Pete Wilkins, it was never about instigating a public discussion about how they are treated.