Connacht's orchestra park the bum notes to find the right tune at last

We were reminded on Friday night of the curious relationship that existed between Ireland and Scotland through the tail end of the 1980s and all of the '90s. It verged on the bizarre - GUBU even - but whenever the Scots were getting antsy about the state of their rugby, along would come Ireland and the clouds would clear. Home or away wasn't an issue. Sadly, neither would be the result.