Dylan Tierney-Martin scored a match-winning try in the 75th minute as Connacht recovered from blowing a 19-0 lead to beat Matt Sherratt’s Cardiff 24-19 in the United Rugby Championship.
Connacht had the backing of a strong wind during the first half and took a 14-0 lead with Ben Murphy and Shamus Hurley-Langton both scoring tries.
Dave Heffernan added a third early in the second half but Cardiff, in Sheratt’s last game in charge before linking up with Wales for the rest of the Six Nations, hit back with tries from Rey Lee-Lo and replacements Ben Donnell and Callum Braley.
But Connacht replacement Tierney-Martin went over from a maul to clinch the hosts their first victory in five URC games as well as…