Pete Wilkins: 'Our encounters with them over the last few seasons - their structure, box-kicking, mauling game - those physical elements of their game have been really key parts in how they've come at us'
Ulster are intent on playing a more attacking game this season but Connacht boss Pete Wilkins does not expect any change in intensity in tomorrow night's derby clash in Galway.
"They have recognised that with the artificial surface going in up there in Belfast and are growing their game from being contenders. They're desperate to achieve that silverware. "It'll be interesting to see that end product at the weekend in terms of how they decide to go after us, whether that expansive game does come in, or whether they go back to what has served them so well at times in the past.
"It'll be a really good challenge for us, because we stepped up from Ospreys to Glasgow who are a quality team and I thought we did a good job on the weekend, but to have a big Interpro rivals and all of the emotion that comes with that from both sides, it's a really cool challenge."
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