By JOHN FALLON

Connacht ........41 Edinburgh .......26
Hat-trick hero Caolin Blade said they knew they had to dig deep when Connacht went down temporarily to 13 men in the second-half of a ten-try thriller at the Sportsground.
“We knew it was going to be tough when that happened but we kept our composure and dug in even more and thankfully got the result,” he said.
The stand-in skipper crossed three times as Connacht made it five wins on the spin to greatly strengthen their claim for a place in the URC knockout stages.
Edinburgh enjoyed plenty of possession in the opening half but Connach...