Pete Wilkins was bitterly disappointed with Connacht’s performance in defeat to Ulster.
ON A BITTERLY disappointing night for Connacht , Pete Wilkins highlighted his team’s slow start and lack of accuracy as key factors in their 17-7 defeat to Ulster on Saturday.
The home team fell 10-0 behind after a sluggish start and while they spent much of the contest playing in the right areas of the pitch, a lack of accuracy in the Ulster half proved costly. “It’s something we trained for and we’re really aware of, but to be honest, we physically didn’t win enough collisions in there to make them go deep enough into the phases.
While the result bumped Ulster up to eighth in the URC table, Connacht are now languishing in 13th having lost six of their nine league fixtures. Ospreys are just three points off the province with a game in hand, away to Cardiff on New Year’s Day.
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