Libbok books spot in play-offs

By JOHN FALLON

Connacht ........ 12
Stormers.......... 16
Connacht coach Pete Wilkins lamented his side’s failure to fire a shot in a must-win clash against the Stormers. Their hopes of a place in the URC knockout stages and Champions Cup rugby next season just as they are developing a €40m stadium are all but over after a disappointing display.
“There was no shortage of endeavour but there was a lack of accuracy and we paid the price,” Wilkins said.
Connacht led 7-3 at the end of a tight opening half where both sides enjoyed strong periods of possession but good defending and some poor ...

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