Will Stoddard

maybe just a sense that Glasgow had a little bit more than Connacht I think it's fair to say and they kind of always kept them at arm's length to a degree but until the last couple of minutes Connacht were still knocking on the door and in with the shout of springing an upset so even though they didn't get the win it's still very much I suppose a positive somewhat positive ending to the season I know it's kind of a moral victory stance to take Jonathan but considering they were the 8th seed playing the 1 seed on the road I think there's still lots to build on after last Friday night I don't know what you thought

Yeah, we mentioned that last week when we were talking about the Bordeaux-Lens game.

Bordeaux's first three tries came with penalty advantage, which definitely gives you the freedom to, you know, kind of, as you say, pull some plays out that you mightn't do if you didn't have that luxury.

It's funny, maybe I'm suffering from Frawley derangement syndrome, but when you mentioned Josh O'Anne's performance there, I was thinking, like, is there a world where Frawley doesn't actually play 10 after all next year?

Like, he's playing 15 or he's playing 12, potentially, like...

We've seen that before when Lancaster was at Whitland Street.

He played a lot of time in other positions.

I've seen it with Joey Carberry as well.

Yeah, yeah.

Luke, anything you want to add?

It's funny, even though I do think Glasgow had the game, not in hand necessarily, but just had another gear.

Like, when Connacht cut the gap to, I think, was it 28-21, you know, Sean O'Brien, like, drops that kickoff with a couple of minutes to go and Glasgow then get the clinching score.

If they just, like, retain that kickoff and clear upfield, they have a puntious chance of snatching extra time, potentially, and maybe going on to win the game.

So even though Glasgow were maybe that bit better, Connacht were still in that game.

Yeah, I don't like to lean on the moral victory side of it, but Glasgow realistically would have been a team all season.

We would have thought of us maybe knocking in around the top five in Europe.

So for Connacht to go on the road and fire so many shots and to cause them so many problems, I think it is a very big staging post in their development.

And Jonathan, I've written down five things here that I think bode really well for next season for Connacht.

Firstly, just like a second season under Lancaster, as Luke mentioned, just betting in the defence a bit more, even improving the attack.

Another pre-season will be a big benefit for