'It was pretty embarrassing' - Connacht must bounce back to save URC season

Connacht were hammered by Edinburgh last time out. Image: Craig Watson/INPHO Connacht were hammered by Edinburgh last time out. Image: Craig Watson/INPHO CONNACHT GET A shot at redemption in Galway this Saturday night when Leinster come to town for an absolutely pivotal United Rugby Championship [URC] clash.

The home-and-away Champions Cup round-of-16 ties against Leinster next month will be exciting, of course, but the remaining URC games are every bit as crucial for the province. “We’ve got all the systems in place but we saw that if you’re not consistent and don’t nail your stuff all the time, you end up putting yourselves in positions like we did against Edinburgh.

“The way we capitulated there was probably the worst I’ve seen since I’ve been here, so that was disappointing,” said Friend. “We’ve had those conversations. They’re not nice conversations, it’s not nice to play in a game like that, certainly not with what we’ve come to expect and coming off the back of reasonable performances and good results against Scarlets and Stormers.DIFFERENTLY Get closer to the stories that matter with exclusive analysis, insight and debate in The42 Membership.“It was unexpected but it happened, we can’t deny that, we can just move on from it and we get the opportunity to do that this weekend.

The last time Connacht played Leinster back in December, they were beaten 47-19 in Dublin, so they need to be razor-sharp this weekend.

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