Pete Wilkins is happy to embrace Connacht's 'great entertainers' tag after four close encounters to kick off the URC season - but Leinster will present the great challenge yet
Connacht have a licence to thrill and aim to fire more shots than Leinster at the Dexcom Stadium on Saturday night.
READ MORE: Ireland boss Andy Farrell facing injury crisis in specialist position as November Tests loomConnacht boss Pete Wilkins is happy that his team have become the great entertainers as new half-back partnership Ben Murphy and Josh Ioane terrorise defences. "The second part is it means that I think we're staying true to the ethos of the club - it's about thriving sometimes in difficult conditions, firing shots and daring to dream about what's possible.
"It can't be a game we're afraid to lose, it can't be a game where we're trying to contain the opposition and we have really positive in everything we do, that's attack and defence, set-piece," stated Wilkins. Connacht have a number of players who will want to use the derby to make a point to Andy Farrell. Hooker Dave Heffernan is one of them as he is touted as the answer to Ireland's injury problems in that position as the All Blacks game on November 8 approaches.
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