Bracken, O'Loughlin to start for Connacht

The Connacht team to play Ulster in the Celtic League on Friday night at Ravenhill (K/O 7.35 pm), in a game which will be televised live by TG4, shows a number of changes from that which started against Harlequins in Sunday¹s Parker Pen Challenge Cup semi-final.

Full-back Matt Mostyn and fly-half Eric Elwood are both nursing minor injuries and will not be risked ahead of Sunday week's second leg tie with Harlequins at the Sportsground.

Matt Lacey was not considered because of a family bereavement, while scrum-half Conor O'Loughlin and tighthead Peter Bracken, both of whom were introduced on Sunday, are in the starting line-up for this clash.

Connacht: D. Hewitt; C. McPhillips, D. Yapp, M. McHugh, W. Munn; S. Moore, C. O'Loughlin; D. McFarland, B. Jackman (captain), P. Bracken; D. Browne, A. Farley; M. Swift, T. Carter, J. O'Sullivan.

Replacements: J. Fogarty, A. Clarke, M. McCarthy, P. Neville, M. Walls, J. Meagher, T. Robinson.