Gerry Thornley of the Irish Times was present as Connacht suffered a desperately unlucky defeat at home to provincial rivals Leinster on New Year's Day.
"When you know how to win, you know how to win and by extension, when you know how to lose you can almost take it to an art form.
"So it was that Connacht played the better rugby, outscored Leinster by two tries to nil yet missed five kicks in total to Isa Nacewa’s haul of five from five, thereby being consigned to a 12th defeat in a row, whereas Leinster made it 13 games unbeaten with a smash-and-grab 15-13 win to maintain their six-point lead in the RaboDirect PRO12 League.
"Looking well-drilled and with a good shape to their attacking game, if a little lacking in cutting edge, Connacht assuredly made much more carries and recycled, put more width and ambition on their game, yet ultimately came up agonisingly short as a drop goal attempt by Miah Nikora, entering the 82nd minute, was shown to have come up just short of the crossbar by the TMO."
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