Head Coach Pete Wilkens has confirmed his matchday 23 for Connacht's home opener tomorrow night at 7.35pm, it sees the Connacht debut of former Ulster player David O'Connor and the return of Irish international Finlay Bealham while Connacht stalwart Denis Buckley makes his 250th appearance for the province.
15. Santiago Cordero (3)
14. Mack Hansen (33)
13. Piers O’Conor (1)
12. Cathal Forde (32)
11. Shane Jennings (14)
10. Josh Ioane (1)
9. Ben Murphy (1)
1. Denis Buckley (249)
2. Dave Heffernan (201)
3. Finlay Bealham (204)
4. Niall Murray (75)
5. David O’Connor *
6. Josh Murphy (19)
7. Conor Oliver (86)
8. Cian Prendergast (69) (C)
16. Dylan Tierney-Martin (37)
17. Peter Dooley (38)
18. Sam Illo (23)
19. Oisín Dowling (60)
20. Shamus Hurley-Langton (41)
21. Caolin Blade (193)
22. David Hawkshaw (31)
23. Paul Boyle (93)
* denotes debut
Photo courtesy of connachtrugby.ie
