Butler: Discipline let us down

By JOHN FALLON

Stormers ..............38
Connacht ..............15
Connacht skipper Jarrad Butler said discipline let them down for the second week in a row when a red card to Ireland centre Bundee Aki killed off any hope of a comeback against the URC champions in Stellenbosch.
It leaves Connacht bottom of the table without a point, and Aki facing a suspension for his dismissal which could be increased after he continued to argue with Italian referee Gianluca Gnecchi afterwards.
Butler said: “We didn’t make it easy on ourselves, giving away a lot of loose balls, some scrappy penalties, it...

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