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Connacht will renew their rivalry with English premiership outfit Northampton, having achieved their stated objective of advancing to the European Challenge Cup quarter-finals.

Connacht’s two division one rivals, Galwegians and Buccaneers, meet in their AIB League local derby clash on Saturday in Dubarry Park (2.30pm).

After a month’s break, the Magners League resumes this weekend with Connacht facing a difficult away fixture against Wales’ top side Ospreys at Liberty Stadium on Sunday (2.15pm).

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Connacht cannot view tomorrow night’s Magners League encounter at the Galway Sportsground (6.30pm) against Cardiff as anything other than a must-win.

A refocused Connacht will return to action on Saturday now needing to contentrate all efforts on the Magners League. While their European ambitions have been dashed for another year against an Engish outfit, they will face a Munster side in Thomond Park (7.30pm) that is now on course for another Heineken Cup crown.

Pressure is mounting on Connacht to secure the seasonal double over the Dragons and with it their hopes of a Heineken Cup play-off place when the two sides meet this weekend in Newport.

The curtain came down on Connacht’s Heineken Cup qualification hopes on Sunday when they lost to closest rivals the Dragons in their Magners League clash in Newport.

Connacht conclude their home season tomorrow in the Galway Sportsground (6.30pm) when they take on Ulster in this penultimate Magners League fixture.

Connacht rugby has achieved a huge boost with five players selected on Ireland’s summer tour to Canada and the US, and five on Ireland’s Churchill Cup squad.