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CONNACHT ’S JEKYLL-AND-HYDE season continued as they slumped to a sixth defeat in seven URC matches at a wet and windy Scotstoun .
Warriors opened the scoring with a Duncan Weir penalty on their first foray into Connacht’s half and with a stiff wind behind them, the hosts made good use of the left boot of Ollie Smith, starting his first club game in 13 months after an ACL injury. Lock Alex Samuel carried on the counter before releasing Ben Afshar, who held off Santiago Cordero’s tackle to stretch over, Weir again converting.
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