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Published 18:43 22 Apr 2016 BST
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The former Ireland international still holds true to his belief that Connacht are not the finished article but he is genuinely delighted that they are no longer Ireland's forgotten province. In fact, Quinlan has paid them the biggest compliment he can think of. He says:
"Before, whenever I played against Connacht, they didn't really have that pace, attacking ability and that dangerous edge in the outside channels. They do now. "They are developing that sort of team and it reminds you of Munster. "We were very direct in the earlier years and when we won the Heineken Cup in 2008, we had Rua Tipoki, Lafemi Mafi, Doug Howlett - a real cutting edge in our backline. When you have that type of quality, then you can develop your game."Those backline players impressing Quinlan most? Bundee Aki, Niyi Adeolukon, Matt Healy and Robbie Henshaw. Comparing Connacht's current high-flyers to those Munster heroes of 2007/08. Quinlan really is impressed. *Alan Quinlan was wearing some of the Crivit Pro cycling gear that will be in Lidl stores nationwide from Monday, April 25

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