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Connacht are a top 4 side this season, but the second half display in the second half of this bonkers match certainly made the quality of that position questionable at best, a top 4 side does not blow a 21 point half-time lead.Andy Friend and Paul Boyle give us their thoughts in the post match press conference as William Davies, Rob Murphy and Alan Deegan try and make sense of the 3rd loss in a row for Connacht as the PRO14 comes to a close.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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