The Connacht management team have made five changes to the starting XV for tomorrow’s eagerly awaited BKT United Rugby Championship clash with Leinster at The Sportsground (k/o 7.35pm).
Four of those changes come in the pack where Peter Dooley, Niall Murray, Josh Murphy and Paul Boyle all come into the side, while there’s also a first start of the season for scrum-half Colm Reilly.
Dooley is joined by Dave Heffernan and Finlay Bealham in the front row while lock Gavin Thornbury completes the tight five. Shamus Hurley-Langton moves to openside flanker with Murphy at #6 and Boyle at #8.
The rest of the squad is unchanged meaning Jack Carty, David Hawkshaw and Conor Fitzgerald all start at out-half, inside-centre and full-back respectively. Byron Ralston, Mack Hansen and John Porch complete the side.
The management team have kept to a 6:2 split on the bench with the fit-again Caolin Blade and Academy graduate Ciaran Booth among the options.
CONNACHT RUGBY MATCHDAY SQUAD VS LEINSTER RUGBY
Friday 14th October 2022, 19:35 @ The Sportsground
Number/Name/Caps
- Conor Fitzgerald (56)
- John Porch (63)
- Byron Ralston (4)
- David Hawkshaw (4)
- Mack Hansen (17)
- Jack Carty (181) (C)
- Colm Reilly (11)
- Peter Dooley (4)
- Dave Heffernan (169)
- Finlay Bealham (177)
- Niall Murray (38)
- Gavin Thornbury (66)
- Josh Murphy (4)
- Shamus Hurley-Langton (4)
- Paul Boyle (76)
- Grant Stewart (2)
- Denis Buckley (212)
- Jack Aungier (35)
- Oisín Dowling (28)
- Conor Oliver (44)
- Caolin Blade (152)
- Tom Daly (64)
- Ciaran Booth (1)
