Benetton v Connacht Stadio Monigo, Treviso (12pm)
Connacht’s hopes of a top-eight URC finish may be diminished, if not yet extinguished, but it could well be decided in Italy this afternoon.
Andy Friend’s outfit know only a win against Benetton at Stadio Monigo will keep that possibility alive, however remote, as they sit in 10th place, having played a game, if not two more than many opponents challenging for the same prize.
It is an unenviable position for Connacht who are paying the price for two poor performances in which they shipped some 100 points against Edinburgh and Leinster. Yet Friend will demand and expect a response, not just for their URC ambitions, but for greater challenges that lie ahead – namely their back-to-back European Cup play-off fixtures against Leinster.
With their “backs against the wall”, Friend says with the season still …
- April 2, 2022
