Captain John Muldoon says his Connacht side have out-grown old inferiority complexes ahead of their top of the table clash with Leinster on Saturday, live on Sky Sports 1 HD.
Speaking to Sky Sports, Muldoon also stated that Connacht will continue with the game plan that has propelled them to the top of the PRO12, drawing comparisons with Leicester City in the Premiership.
"It is a bit nosebleed territory," he said. "Top of the table clash against Leinster coming up - it's certainly something that we are not used to but it is something that players, management and above all else, our supporters - they are in dreamland at the moment.
"I think in the last four or five years that [inferiority complex] has dwindled away and as it's dwindled away we've progressively got better. We might not have the budget that some of the rest of them have but I think that's forced us to be more creative.
"For us to change what we have been doing over the last couple of weeks, it would be very remiss of us to do pull back - we're scoring tries; we're bloody conceding them as well but that's the way we are doing it and why would we change?"
The long-serving back-row has endured some tough days playing for the province and admits that more than once he questioned his decision to remain at the club.
"I'd be lying if I said I didn't think about going away, and I'd be lying if I came in once or twice after a loss and said right 'that's me done.'" he said. "Absolutely, there's times when I was just in a very low place but ultimately you get dragged back in by that sense of community; by that sense of where you are from and who you are from."
And while he admits that there's been an edge to recent training sessions, he joked that he wasn't at the centre of it.
"It's does get feisty. Thankfully I haven't been involved in any of those fights recently. I'm probably getting older and a little bit wiser now."
Speaking about the development of his leadership role, Muldoon said:
"I suppose not everyone is going to like you and I've probably burnt bridges with some fellas here over the years but at the end of the day, you got to do that if you want to get it.
"I know if you speak to any player or any club, they've got exactly the same thing and captains will tell you exactly the same thing."
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