Six Nations winners Bundee Aki and Finlay Bealham are back in the Connacht starting 15 for Sunday’s (7th April) European Challenge Cup last-16 meeting with Pau in France.
Caolin Blade is also back at scrum half from injury, while Ballinasloe’s Shane Jennings makes his first start on the wing.
The team in full:
Tiernan O’Halloran at full back;
Shayne Bolton, David Hawkshaw, Bundee Aki and Shane Jennings are the three-quarters;
Scrum half Caolin Blade partners captain and out half Jack Carty;
Denis Buckley, Dave Heffernan and Finlay Bealham are the front row;
Joe Joyce and Niall Murray are behind them;
While the back row contains Cian Prendergast, Shamus Hurley-Langton and Jarrad Butler.
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Replacements, Eoin de Buitléar, Jordan Duggan, Samm Illo, Darragh Murray, Conor Oliver, Matthew Devine, JJ Hanrahan, Tom Farrell.
Kick-off at the Stade du Hameau on Sunday is 5.30pm and we’ll have LIVE coverage here on Galway Bay FM.
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