Connacht make five changes for Cup game

The Connacht team to play Narbonne tomorrow in the first leg of their Parker Pen Challenge Cup tie shows five changes from that which played against Munster in the Celtic League quarter-final at the weekend.

Hooker Marnus Uijs is ruled out through injury with Jerry Flannery coming into the side.

There are two changes in the back row with Eric Peters starting at No.8 and Michael Swift coming in at blindside flanker.

Wayne Munn returns to the side on the left-wing, while Eoin Reddan is selected at scrum-half for this clash.

The return leg will take place at Corinthian Park on Sunday December 15.

Connacht: M. McHugh; G. Duffy, D. Yapp, S. Moore, W. Munn; E. Elwood, E. Reddan; R. McCormack, J. Flannery, P. Bracken; D. Browne, R. Frost; M. Swift, E. Peters, J. O¹Sullivan.

Replacements: F. Boiroux, H. Bourke, C. Rigney, J. O'Connor, C. Keane, T. Robinson, J. Norton.