Connacht give debuts to six players

The Connacht team to play Bristol Shoguns at the Galway Sportsground this evening at 6pm will feature six players making their debut at this level.

They include full-back Justin Meagher, winger James Norton, centre Dermot O'Sullivan, fly-half Shane Moore, prop Fabien Boiroux and No 8 John O'Sullivan.

CONNACHT (v Bristol): Justin Meagher; James Norton, Dermot O’Sullivan, Martin McPhail, Ted Robinson; Shane Moore, Chris Keane; Dan McFarland, Jerry Flannery, Fabien Boiroux, Alan Maher, Rowan Frost, Michael Swift, John O’Sullivan, Paul Neville.

Replacements: Ronan McCormack, Henry Bourke, Peter Bracken, Colm Rigney, Mike Walls, Tim Allnutt, Oisin Grennan, Wesley Maxwell, Warwick Waugh, Eric Elwood.