Bradley names team for opener

Coach Michael Bradley has chosen his first fifteen for the first game of the season at home to Overmach Parma at the Sportsground on Tuesday (6.30pm).

The fixture is one of two for the province this week with the westerners taking on the Leicester Tigers on Friday at the same venue (6.30pm).

Connacht (v Parma): Matt Mostyn; Conor McPhillips, Paul Warwick, Mark McHugh, Daniel Riordan; David Slemen, Tom Tierney; Dan McFarland, Christopher Venter, Adrian Clarke/Ronan Loughney, Dave Gannon, Christian Short, Michael Swift, Brendan O'Connor, Philip Rowe.

Replacement: Joe Merrigan, Ronan Loughney/ Adrian Clarke, Ray Hogan/Michael Diffley, Andrew Gallagher, John Muldoon, Trevor Richardson, Colm Rigney, Chris Keane, Conor O'Loughlin, Keith Matthews.