Pete Wilkins has made two changes to the Connacht team ahead of tomorrow’s meeting with Leinster in the BKT United Rugby Championship.

Upon his return from Emerging Ireland, Darragh Murray will start tomorrow in the second row, while a backline reshuffle sees David Hawkshaw start.

Mack Hansen is out due to a minor hip injury, which puts Hawkshaw at outside centre.

Piers O’Connor moves to full back and Santiago Cordero shifts to the wing.

Jack Aungier, Sean Jansen and Hugh Gavin all return from the Emerging Ireland tour to start on the bench.

According the matchday squad for Leinster, they’ll be without their captain – Lacken native Caelan Doris.

Kick off tomorrow (Saturday) in this first versus fifth clash is at 7:35pm at the Dexcom Stadium.

Here is the Connacht starting team:

Number/Name/Caps (* denotes uncapped) 

STARTING TEAM:

15. Piers O’Conor (4)

14. Shayne Bolton (16)

13. David Hawkshaw (33)

12. Bundee Aki (140)

11. Santiago Cordero (6)

10. Josh Ioane (3)

9. Ben Murphy (4)

1. Denis Buckley (252)

2. Dave Heffernan (204)

3. Finlay Bealham (207)

4. Joe Joyce (30)

5. Darragh Murray (26)

6. Cian Prendergast (72)

7. Sean O’Brien (10)

8. Paul Boyle (96)

REPLACEMENTS:

16. Dylan Tierney-Martin (40)

17. Peter Dooley (41)

18. Jack Aungier (68)

19. Niall Murray (77)

20. Sean Jansen (9)

21. Caolin Blade (196)

22. Cathal Forde (35)

23. Hugh Gavin