Connacht up for derby tussle

CONNACHT’S injury-ravaged side won’t lack for incentive in this evening’s re-fixed Magners League game at the Galway Sportsground.

The tie, which fell victim to the weather earlier in the season, could hardly have come at a worse time for the western province given they faced Munster on Sunday, travel to the Llanelli Scarlets on Sunday before taking on Toulon in one of the biggest games in their history on the following Friday night in the Amlin Challenge Cup.

“Our preference was to have played Leinster after the Amlin semi-final,” said Bradley. “Magners League cooperated with us in that, provided Leinster were agreeable.