Pete Wilkins has made a number of changes to the Connacht team ahead of tomorrow’s meeting with the Dragons in the BKT United Rugby Championship.
Three changes to the pack sees Peter Dooley and Dylan Tierney-Martin come into the front row for their first starts of the season.
Niall Murray meanwhile replaces his brother Darragh in the second row.
A new half back pairing puts Caolin Blade alongside Jack Carty, and the final change sees Cathal Forde come in to start at outside centre alongside Bundee Aki.
Kick off tomorrow at the Dexcom Stadium is at 7:35pm.
Here is the Connacht squad:
Number/Name/Caps
STARTING TEAM:
15. Piers O’Conor (5)
14. Shayne Bolton (17)
13. Cathal Forde (36)
12. Bundee Aki (141)
11. Santiago Cordero (7)
10. Jack Carty (213)
9. Caolin Blade (197)
1. Peter Dooley (42)
2. Dylan Tierney-Martin (41)
3. Finlay Bealham (208)
4. Joe Joyce (31)
5. Niall Murray (78)
6. Cian Prendergast (73) (C)
7. Sean O’Brien (11)
8. Paul Boyle (97)
REPLACEMENTS:
16. Eoin de Buitléar (7)
17. Denis Buckley (253)
18. Jack Aungier (69)
19. Darragh Murray (27)
20. Sean Jansen (10)
21. Matthew Devine (5)
22. Josh Ioane (4)
23. Hugh Gavin (1)