Backline too strong for Dax

ANOTHER notch on the wall, another success, and some much needed momentum for the spring. Connacht steamrolled their hapless French opponents on Friday night as their inspired backline helped them romp to a seven try victory setting up a quarter final date with Northampton in April.The home side scored early at a cold but dry Sportsground and slowly built on that lead in a scrappy first half that was lit up only up by some brilliant backline play. It really was a night when Connacht stepped up a gear behind the scrum and, inspired by new signing Niva Ta’auso, the off loads were sharp and the lines of running were explosive leaving the Dax backline chasing shadows for long periods.Connacht have a fine pedigree of reaching the knock-out stages of this event, they did so for four consecutive years up until two seasons ago, but after recent failures at the pool stages there was a clear determination among all involved to get back to the business end of this competition.The evidence of that ambition was in...