Connacht need to start helping themselves

The Irish Times | September 29, 2009 | Copyright

With few friends in the corridors of power, Connacht need to start taking matters into their own hands, writes GERRY THORNLEY

AS LOW ebbs go, Friday night in the Sportsground was pretty grim. For the Connacht players, coaching staff, organisation and supporters, it was a demoralising night. Given where they are and where they've been for the last few years, attendances at the Sportsground have been a credit to their support base, but for many of the diehards in the crowd of 2,400-plus, the 30-6 defeat to Ulster was as dispiriting as any they could recall for years.

Connacht had gone into ...

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