Pete Wilkins: Connacht players frustrated by attacking woes

Connacht head coach Pete Wilkins said the players and staff held a "constructive but confronting" review after their attack again failed to fire in the defeat to Munster.

The 24-17 loss at Thomond Park left Connacht fourth from bottom in the BKT United Rugby Championship table and facing a must-win game against Benetton on Saturday, live on RTÉ1 and RTÉ Player.

While Connacht have improved at the set-piece and in defence this season, that is negated by their attack, which is the worst in the URC. They made only two line breaks against Munster, whose 12 entries into the opposition 22 was double that of the Westerners.

Wilkins said the players remain in a positive headspace but admitted there is a big frustration that their attack hasn't clicked.

"We always associated Connacht as being this free-playing, free-spirited attacking side, and it has changed." Murray Kinsella analyses Connacht's struggles in attack against Munster. #RTERugby #AgainstTheHead pic.twitter.com/fUtszpWxN5

"It was a constructive but confronting day of review yesterday [Monday], and that continued a little bit this morning," said Wilkins.

"That’s exactly what they needed. It is players taking ownership of mistakes and decision-making, but not just that. It’s one thing fronting the group and saying, 'look, I messed that up and I own that’, but it’s also coming up with solutions for what you as an individual or a team would do better the next time. That’s where the solutions are.

"They certainly didn’t need picking up emotionally. There was a fiery determination that we let ourselves down and need to do better. They did use yesterday well in that sense.

"We just had a good training session in terms of the energy and the intent around it. There is certainly