Ballina man to captain Connacht this weekend

Connacht have made five changes to their team ahead of tomorrow’s meeting with Cardiff in the EPCR Challenge Cup.

Shayne Bolton has returned from injury in time to start, while Matthew Devine, JJ Hanrahan, Oisin Dowling and Josh Murphy also come in.

Ballina native Dave Heffernan captains the side, with Cian Prendergast ruled out after suffering injury last week in Castlebar against Munster.

Kick off tomorrow at the Dexcom Stadium is at 8:00pm.

Here is the Connacht lineup:

Number/Name/Caps 

15. Mack Hansen (39)
    14. Shayne Bolton (22)
    13. Hugh Gavin (6)
    12. Bundee Aki (147)
    11. Finn Treacy (4)
    10. JJ Hanrahan (25)
    9. Matthew Devine (14)
    1. Jordan Duggan (58)
    2. Dave Heffernan (214) Captain
    3. Finlay Bealham (214)
    4. Oisín Dowling (72)
    5. Darragh Murray (35)
    6. Josh Murphy (33)
    7. Shamus Hurley-Langton (53)
    8. Sean Jansen (20)

REPLACEMENTS:

16. Dylan Tierney-Martin (5)
    17. Denis Buckley (261)
    18. Jack Aungier (82)
    19. Niall Murray (81)
    20. Paul Boyle (110)
    21. Caolin Blade (207)
    22. Josh Ioane (12)
    23. Piers O’Conor (15)