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Historical baggage can be incentive or curse, or as Connacht coach Andy Friend now believes, it should be ignored.

Historical baggage can be incentive or curse, or as Connacht coach Andy Friend now believes, it should be ignored.

Connacht open the 2018/19 Guinness PRO14 Championship campaign with a host of changes, but what remains the overriding goal is to qualify for Champions Cup rugby next season.

Connacht Rugby's squad for next season continues to take shape with the recruitment of two Irish-qualified forwards this week.

Kieran Keane, regarded as a "perfect fit" for Connacht at the time of his appointment, is now regarded as an imperfect match just nine months into this stint as head coach.

It is the last game of the season for Connacht, but when Leinster roll into town on Saturday, the occasion is all about one Connacht legend, John Muldoon.

Connacht stalwart Andrew Browne will end his playing days with the club at the end of this season.

Connacht, having been forced to relinquished any remote hope of attaining a Champions Cup place, now must summon all their pride to face top-of-the-table Glasgow Warriors in Scotland this evening (7.35pm).

Connacht, having been forced to relinquished any remote hope of attaining a Champions Cup place, now must summon all their pride to face top-of-the-table Glasgow Warriors in Scotland tomorrow evening (7.35pm).

Connacht's slim Champions Cup hopes will be in the "last chance saloon" in Liberty Stadium this evening.