Connacht are Newport bound this evening as they face The Dragons at Rodney Parade (Kick Off 7.35pm).
The team was named at Lunchtime on Thursday with Finlay Bealham and Jack Carty making their 150th Apparances and Gavin Thornbury and Paul Boyle making their 50th for the province.
In the build up to tonight's game, William Davies spoke to Connacht Attack Coach Nigel Carolan.
CONNACHT MATCHDAY 23 VS DRAGONS RUGBY
Friday 5th February, Rodney Parade, k/o 7.35pm
Name/Number/Caps (* denotes uncapped)
15. John Porch (30)
14. Peter Sullivan (8)
13. Tom Daly (37)
12. Peter Robb (46)
11. Matt Healy (143)
10. Jack Carty (149)
9. Caolin Blade (121)
1. Denis Buckley (191)
2. Shane Delahunt (89)
3. Finlay Bealham (149)
4. Niall Murray (9)
5. Gavin Thornbury (49)
6. Paul Boyle (49) (C)
7. Conor Oliver (13)
8. Abraham Papali’i (5)
Replacements
16. Jonny Murphy (11)
17. Jordan Duggan (6)
18. Jack Aungier (9)
19. Oisin Dowling *
20. Eoghan Masterson (101)
21. Kieran Marmion (175)
22. Sean O’Brien (Acad) (2)
23. Alex Wootton (12)
NOTE: All Connacht Pro players and management returned negative results in this week’s round of PCR testing.
