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Connacht V Edinburgh - Report And Reaction

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Connacht V Edinburgh - Report And Reaction

Connacht's hopes of making the top eight of the United Rugby Championship came to an end on Saturday when they lost 31-21 to Edinburgh at Dexcom Stadium.

The Connacht tries were scored by Finn Treacy and Shayne Bolton, with JJ Hanrahan kicking the three conversions.

Rob Murphy with the full time report.

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After the game, Rob spoke to Conor Oliver, one of the players leaving the province at the end of the season.

Rob also spoke to Connacht Head Coach Colm Tucker. 

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Connacht: Santiago Cordero; Shayne Bolton, Hugh Gavin, Bundee Aki, Finn Treacy; JJ Hanrahan, Ben Murphy; Denis Buckley, Dave Heffernan, Finlay Bealham; Josh Murphy, Darragh Murray; Cian Prendergast (capt), Conor Oliver, Sean Jansen.

Replacements: Dylan Tierney-Martin (for Heffernan 63), Peter Dooley (Buckley 63), Jack Aungier (Bealham 63), Oisín Dowling (Murray 54-72 (hia)), Paul Boyle (Jansen 54), Caolin Blade (Murphy 67), Cathal Forde, David Hawkshaw (Hugh Gavin h/t).

Edinburgh: Wes Goosen; Darcy Graham, Matt Currie, Mosese Tuipulotu, Jack Brown; Ross Thompson, Ali Price; Pierre Schoeman, Ewan Ashman, D'arcy Rae; Marshall Sykes, Sam Skinner; Ben Muncaster, Hamish Watson, Magnus Bradbury (capt).

Replacements: Paddy Harrison (Ashman 63), Boan Venter (Schoeman 63), Javan Sebastian (Rae 50), Glen Young (Sykes 72), Liam McConnell (Muncaster 74), Charlie Shiel (Price 68), Ben Healy (Thompson 72), Findlay Thomson (Tuipulotu 55).

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Referee: Ben Breakspear (WRU)

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