Three games, three defeats, five tries scored, 13 conceded, bottom of the table and without a point to show for their efforts.
The quick numbers from Connacht's start to the BKT United Rugby Championship season make for grim reading, but you wouldn't think that was the case if you listened to Finlay Bealham speaking this week.
Whether it's the fact that Munster are coming to town tonight, or that it's their first home game of the season, or the debut of their new, glossy, 4G playing surface, the mood around Galway seems more optimistic than pessimistic.
They can point to some extenuating circumstances for their poor start to the season; they're the only side in the league yet to play a home game in the opening three rounds, while their fixtures against Ulster, Stormers and Bulls - as well their next two games against Munster and Leinster - amount to arguably the toughest opening run of games any team has had to endure, in any competition.
And while Bundee Aki's absence is self-inflicted after his red card and suspension against the Stormers, they've also been without their captain Jack Carty for the opening games, as he recovers from wrist surgery in the off-season.
They faded badly in the first two defeats to Ulster and Stormers, but last Friday against the Bulls provided some cause for optimism, fighting back from 28-0 down early in the second half to eventually lose 28-14 after their best 40 minutes of the campaign.
"We definitely weren't clinical enough. We had enough opportunities to win that game and get points on the board," says Bealham, as he looks back on last week's defeat in Pretoria (below).
"A few passes went astray and then they're halfway down the pitch. The work-rate and energy was outstanding, it is just individual responsibility. We’re working hard to make sure everything knows their role when it’s most important. And that time is when we’re in their 22 and looking to score.
"We’ve had a lot of honest conversations where guys have put their hands up and said, 'I wasn’t good enough here, this wasn’t good enough’. We’ve also acknowledged what has been really good, work rate off the ball, willing to be brave and work hard for each other.
"It might sound cliched but there are aspects of the games that were good against the Bulls and the Stormers, then other bits that let us down in both games. It's about piecing together a performance. We’ve had a lot of honest conversations, a lot of hard work has gone in not only over the past few weeks but in pre-season."
Bealham, who turns 31 on Sunday, has been in career-best form over the past 18 months, establishing himself as the regular stand-in for Tadhg Furlong in the Ireland squad, one of five Connacht men who toured with Ireland in New Zealand this summer.
"We get a lot of rain and wind here and the pitch can get buggered up by November. But now we can play our brand of rugby all year around and it's something we're really excited about."
The Australia-born tighthead says he's "blessed" to have been on that trip, and says this evening's visit of Munster is going to be right up there with the intensity of Test rugby.
"Everyone has been super brave, able to say 'this wasn't good enough' or 'you didn’t do well there'. This is an international game and everyone knows their detail. Physicality is always there, it is just execution and we’re one pass away from scoring.
"It's always good to get home for our first home game. It’s funny but though we’ve lost three in a row and things could be quite bleak, the work off the pitch and the preparations have been second to none. That’s where we get a lot of the belief from because we know what we can do. It’s just a matter of executing when it counts the most.
"Something that has been different to previous years, lads are taking real ownership of what they’re doing. Being really brave and saying what they think and what they feel. So we’re all learning from each other. We can’t wait for Friday, a first Interpro, in our first home game."
Having torn up their grass pitch over the summer and replaced it with a new, artificial surface, the province are hopeful it will allow them to play rugby on their own terms all season, with Andy Friend and Pete Wilkins side having been known for fast, all-action rugby in recent seasons.
And Bealham says being able to count on a firm, quick track in the winter months will have a huge impact on their ability to play more consistent rugby in front of their home fans.
"We get a lot of rain and wind here and the pitch can get buggered up by November. But now we can play our brand of rugby all year around and it's something we’re really excited about.
"We have the best fans in the world regardless of whether we win lose or draw, patting your backs when you come off. They know the hard work we put in.
"Even if we don’t get the result, they give you a handshake or say hello. And when you win they’re ecstatic and through the roof, the whole room is buzzing.
"We have to front up and give them something to cheer for. As long as we can do that, we have been disappointed with the last three weeks, we haven’t been good enough, but we are just one pass away from making things click."
And while the new surface is ideal for running rugby, Bealham says it won't keep him from the more traditional dirty work in the front row trenches.
"[Munster have] a really good maul and from five metres out they have a really good pick-and-drive game. So those are two areas we know we have to front up physically.
"We always enjoy that physicality, we know we have to match it and meet fire with fire.
"These are the games you play for. A home game on a Friday night should be brilliant craic for sure."
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