come on lads

Come on Connaght

Very close to the Brive line with Marmion using his forwards and attempting to crash through.

Steady scrum and Eoin McKeon picks and crashes it up.

Connacht get over the line but unclear whether the ball was grounded and with no television replays the ref has to award the scrum. Scrum to Connacht 5 metres out.

Eoin McKeon inches from the line, Connacht keep picking and going. Good spell of pressure.

Good lineout from Connacht, ball gets out to Bundee Aki and he breaks very well, Connacht get up to about 5 metres out.

Brive clear and Connacht get the lineout 30 metres from the Brive line.

Jack Carty gets us underway

The teams make their way into the changing room following that closely-fought first-half. Brive dominated for much of the half but find themselves behind after Romain Sola missed all three of his kicks, with only Thomas Acquier's try to show for them. Connacht regained control of the game towards the end of the half and took the lead following Rory Parata's try. Brive conceded 5 penalties in the last ten minutes of the half and will need to improve their discipline if they want to take something from this match. Second half to follow.