Connacht name team for Ponty clash

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.

With Ted Robinson out through injury, Gavin Duffy is selected on the right-wing with Mark McHugh starting at full-back.

Jerry Flannery has been selected as hooker, while in the back row John O¹Sullivan has been ruled out through injury, with Johnny O'Connor chosen at openside flanker.

Pontypridd have a number of injury problems, including world record points scorer Neil Jenkins, and they are not expected to name their side until later in the week.

Connacht: M McHugh; G Duffy, D Yapp, S Moore (capt.), W Munn; E Elwood, E Reddan; R McCormack, J Flannery, P Bracken; D Browne, R Frost; M Swift, C Rigney, J O'Connor.

Replacements: D McFarland, M Uijs, E Peters, J Muldoon, C Keane, M McPhail, J Norton.