KEITH WOOD’S rehabilitation from serious injury continued apace yesterday when the Irish hooker was named in a 40-man squad to take part in an Ireland training camp in Athlone next week.

The Connacht team to take on Pontypridd in the first leg of their Parker Pen Challenge Cup quarter-final at Ericsson Park, Athlone on Saturday (5.30pm) shows three changes from that which started against Narbonne in the last round.

Iarnród Éireann has announced special arrangements for the Parker Pen Challenge Cup quarter-Final between Connacht and Pontypridd on Saturday in Ericsson Park, Athlone (kick-off 5.30 pm).