Stuart Lancaster: 'We lacked sharpness everywhere really to be honest'

It was a poor contest. Connacht, bidding for their sixth successive win over Cardiff in the league and Europe, hit the front with a penalty from Cathal Forde after eleven minutes but didn’t score again until the clock was in the red at the end of the game.

LACKED SHARPNESS: Stuart Lancaster said that the postponement of their home clash with Scarlets had an impact as they fell to their first defeat of the season when they went down to Cardiff at the Arms Park. Picture: Kian Abdullah/Sportsfile

URC: Cardiff 14 Connacht 8

Stuart Lancaster said that the postponement of their home clash with Scarlets had an impact as they fell to their first defeat of the season when they went down to Cardiff at the Arms Park.