Stuart Lancaster has tasted success in Bilbao and urged his Connacht side to target a place in the Challenge Cup final.
After a poor start to the United Rugby Championship, the Westerners have won their last five games, including yesterday's 21-14 victory over Ospreys at Dexcom Stadium.
Next on the list is a Challenge Cup round-of-16 tie against South Africa's Sharks, who sit one place behind Connacht in tenth in the table, on Friday night in Galway.
Lancaster (below) was senior coach with Leinster when they last won the Champions Cup, a 18-15 victory over Racing 92 in the Basque Country in 2018.
This season's European finals return to San Memes on 22 and 23 May.
"We've got a mindset to want to go and try and win every game, so we're not going to change the team dramatically going into this Sharks game, because we want to try and get to Bilbao," he told RTÉ Sport.
"I was lucky in 2018 to be there and I know what it means for a club to get to that Challenge Cup final and play that Friday night game.
"So why not us? Why can't we have a crack at it? Sharks have got to come to us.
"We know they're obviously going to come fully loaded, so it's going to be a hell of a challenge.
"But Friday night here, you know, with the crowd behind us, if we have a good plan, rest up well.
"We've got Cian Prendergast to come back in, Shamus Hurley-Langton obviously came back this time.
"Sam Gilbert should be fit, we've got some good boys to come back ourselves, so looking forward to that."
Connacht needed a late try from Ulster-bound Matthew Devine (below) to seal the win over the Welsh visitors on Saturday afternoon, while the hosts declined a late opportunity to score a bonus-point try.
"Yeah, it was [an arm wrestle], and I thought the wind was a big factor," added the former England head coach.
"I don't think people really appreciated how hard it was, but to go in 7-7 at half-time, I thought was a real good moment.
"Obviously, they had a forward pass [try] chalked off, which was a big moment as well, I think.
"I thought in the second half we weren't as accurate as we needed to be to take advantage of that wind.
"Sloppy exit, we kicked the ball dead, we had a yellow card, but I thought the last 20 minutes we were very good, I thought replacements made a big difference.
"We got the try, Matty Devine's try to make it 21-14, and, to be honest, at the end I felt we could have probably kept that ball in play and gone for the bonus point, but equally, I could see why the boys wanted to get off the field with a win.
"I've been really impressed with Ospreys this year.
"Obviously, when you're bringing back in the internationals that had done so well for Wales at the end of the Six Nations, I'd take a 21-14 any day."
