RUGBY UNION

Connacht target end to dismal Glasgow run

Marmion has not started a game since beating the All Blacks with Ireland in November
Marmion has not started a game since beating the All Blacks with Ireland in November
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It has been a season of knocking down barriers for Pete Wilkins, the Connacht defence coach, who is hoping to end a dismal run in Glasgow tonight.

Connacht have not won there since 2010 but having won in Ulster for the first time in the professional era, Wilkins said that they find extra incentive from correcting historic results.

“It is just another little milestone for us, another target. We won up in Ulster earlier in the year. That is a historical record there,” he said. “We have won twice over in France this season. We are happy to see those milestones and chip them off as we go. Going to Glasgow, we might not have won for a little bit, but it just adds to