Carr sets record as Connacht motor on
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Connacht 27
Edinburgh 23
By JOHN FALLON
Fionn Carr scored the fastest try of the season in the Magners League when he crossed in just 32 seconds at the Sportsground on Friday night.
And in the process he created a new Connacht try-scoring record with his touchdown taking him one past current video analyst Conor McPhillips who scored 32.
And Carr would have scored a hat-trick by half-time but when he was taken out by a cynical tackle from Nick de Luca after 37 minutes which earned Connacht a penalty try and the Scotsman ten minutes in the bin.
But Carr — who is leaving the Sportsground in the summer, destination unknown — was unperturbed and he got his 34th try of his Connacht career on the stroke of half-time after a superb move down the right involving Ray Ofisa and Gavin Duffy.
Those tries should have been enough to have taken Connacht out of sight but they conceded a couple of soft tries and were just 20-17 ahead at the break.
Indeed, they were left hanging on at the finish to make it seven home wins on the spin, but Gavin Duffy secured the bonus point on the hour mark after a grubber from Ian Keatley.
Tries from Scott Newlands and James King saw the visitors 17-8 ahead after half an hour, but Connacht finished the half strongly with a superb move involving Keatley, Troy Nathan, Duffy and Carr that lead up to the penalty try.
After the break, two more penalties from Laidlaw kept Edinburgh in contention to the end but Connacht deservedly held out.
Connacht:
Tries: Carr (2), Duffy, Pen. try
Cons: Keatley (2)
Pens: Keatley
Edinburgh:
Tries: Newlands, King
Cons: Laidlaw (2)
Pens: Laidlaw (3)
Connacht: G Duffy; B Tuohy, T Nathan, K Matthews, F Carr; I Keatley, F Murphy; R Loughney (B Wilkinson, 68), S Cronin (A Flavin, 75), J Hagan (R Ah You, ; M McCarthy, B Upton; A Browne, J O’Connor, R Ofisa (M McComish, 61).
Edinburgh: J Thompson; S Webster, N de Luca, J King, T Visser; G Laidlaw, M Blair; K Traynor (L Niven, 64), A Kelly, G Cross; S MacLeod, E Lozada (S Turnbull, 65); F McKenzie (R Grant, 54), S Newlands, D Denton.
Referee: C Damsaco (Italy).
