Connacht faced a 12,000km round trip over the weekend, as they opened their European Challenge Cup campaign away to Russian side Enisei-STM.

They got there safely, did the business in the freezing temperatures, but the trip home was not so smooth. There was a problem with their chartered flight home, and are still stuck in eastern Europe.

They are scheduled to play Brive in Galway this Saturday, and preparations are far from ideal.

Enisei-STM are starting their journey to Newcastle for round 2 @ERChallengeCup ..we have yet to leave #roadtorussia pic.twitter.com/0jlIWN2StG — Connacht Rugby (@connachtrugby) November 16, 2015

Nonetheless, the players seem to be able to see the lighter side of the ordeal.

No sleep, card games and prudo keeping us sane..Energy levels at all time low.. BO levels at an all time high.. #StrandedInMoscow #kanegleb — John Muldoon (@JohnMuldoon8) November 16, 2015

Nonetheless, this is a shambles, and this kind of thing should not be happening to a professional sports team with aspirations of competing at the top level of Europe.

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