Four changes to Connacht team

The Connacht team to play Leinster at the Sportsground on Saturday (2.30pm) shows four changes from that which played The Borders at the weekend.

The Connacht team to play Leinster at the Sportsground on Saturday (2.30pm) shows four changes from that which played The Borders at the weekend.

Irish squad members, centre Darren Yapp and hooker Bernard Jackman, return to the side, while former Irish international Matt Mostyn comes back from injury on the right wing.

Conor O¹Loughlin, Irish U-21 scrum-half last year, also returns to the side. Connacht have initially named nine players on the bench pending injury reports on a couple of players.

There promises to be a large crowd at the Sportsground on Saturday, with all children admitted free of charge for the game.

Connacht (v Leinster): M. McHugh; M. Mostyn, D. Yapp, S. Moore, C. McPhillips; E. Elwood, C. O¹Loughlin; D. McFarland, B. Jackman, P. Bracken; D. Browne, A. Farley; M. Swift, M. Lacey, J. O¹Sullivan.

Replacements: J. Fogarty/H. Bourke, A. Clarke, M. Carroll, P. Neville/T. Carter, M. Walls, D. Hewitt, W. Munn.

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