Bradley waits on Yapp fitness

Connacht coach Michael Bradley will wait on the hamstring injury of Darren Yapp before whittling his 23-man squad down to a starting fifteen for the crucial visit of The Ospreys at The Sportsground on Sunday (4.45pm).

Fellow centre James Downey has been declared fit after missing two months with a broken collar bone.

CONNACHT SQUAD (v Ospreys): Forwards - Adrian Clarke, Ray Hogan, Stephen Knoop, John Fogarty, Bernard Jackman, Christian Short, Mick Carroll, Andrew Farley, Matt Lacey, Brendan O¹Connor, John O¹Sullivan, Michael Swift;

Backs - Matt Mostyn, Conor McPhillips, Ted Robinson, David Slemen, James Downey, Mark McHugh, Darren Yapp, Paul Warwick, Eric Elwood, Chris Keane, Mike Walls.