Connacht without some key players for opening two rounds of European Champions Cup
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Connacht will be without Tom McCartney, Matt Healy and Denis Buckley for the opening two rounds of the European Champions Cup.
The trio have all been ruled-out of action until November, with Buckley and Healy also likely to miss Ireland's November Internationals.
Ahead of this Saturday's Pool 2 opener against Toulouse, there's also better news in relation to several other first-team players.
Quinn Roux is following the return-to-play protocols but Sean O'Brien, Kieran Marmion, Eoin McKeon, Eoin Griffin and Rory Parata are all expected to return to training this week while centre Peter Robb is also continuing his recovery from a hip injury.
