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Come the end of the season and Connacht could well be left to rue this winnable Magners League fixture against the visiting Scarlets.

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.

For the second Magners League home game in succession Connacht relinquished a 14-point lead on Friday as the visiting Cardiff Blues snatched a 19-14 victory in the closing stages to leave the westerners 11 points adrift at the bottom of the Magners League.

Connacht travel to Murrayfield this Friday looking for a rare away win in the Magners League when they take on Edinburgh in the national stadium at 7:30pm. Michael Bradley’s men have suffered a number of narrow defeats in recent rounds and are currently 11 points adrift at the bottom of the table.

Connacht take on the Dragons at the Sportsground on Friday night (6:30) hoping to halt a recent poor run of form and build some much needed momentum for their European Challenge Cup semi final the following week.

Connacht will travel to Northampton this weekend for their European Challenge Cup Quarter Final on Saturday at 3:00pm in high spirits after the 39-17 drubbing of the Dragons last Friday.

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.

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.