■By GARY FITZGERALD

Connacht .......................... 45pts
Tries: Prendergast 18, 47; Forde 23, Hurley-Langton 29, Frawley 51, 63; Blade 60 Conversions: Gilbert 18, 30, 48, 52, 64

Saracens .......................... 36pts
Tries: Va’enuku 5, 58; Caluori 11, Tompkins 40, Segun 50, Daly 80 Conversions: Farrell 6, 40 58

MARO Itoje and his men endured first night European despair as they came up short in a helter-skelter, high-scoring affair in Galway.
The England skipper was powerless to prevent the Londoners losing out in a fast and furious physical battle which saw Co...