Edinburgh 56 Connacht 8
Connacht’s recent run of two victories came to a shuddering halt on Friday night as Andy Friend’s men leaked eight tries to an Edinburgh side that, after starting diffidently, found a winning rhythm to exploit the visitors’ porous defence.
Yet going into the second quarter Connacht led 8-0 after an opening twenty minutes in which their backline operated with menacing efficiency . But once Edinburgh found their rhythm nothing it seemed could stop the Scottish side from taking charge of the game and inflicting a crushing defeat on their opponents.
Connacht’s dominant start, aided by a yellow card shown to Edinburgh’s number 8 Mesulame Kunavula, brought quick points from Jack Carty wh …
- March 5, 2022
