Captain Farley named in Connacht team

Australian Andrew Farley will captain Connacht for the second year in a row this season.

The Following is the Connacht XV to face Cardiff Blues at The Sportsground on Saturday afternoon (2.30pm).

CONNACHT (v Cardiff): David Slemen, Conor McPhillips, Darren Yapp, Keith Matthews, Matt Mostyn, Paul Warwick, Chris Keane; Ray Hogan, John Fogarty, Stpehen Knoop, Christian Short, Andrew Farley, John Muldoon, Matt Lacey, Colm Rigney.

Replacement: Chris Venter, Dan McFarland, Ronan Loughney, Michael Swift, Brendan O¹Connor, Conor O'Loughlin, Daniel Riordan.

CARDIFF: Nick Macleod, Chris Czekaj, Rhys Williams ©, Tristan Davies, Craig Morgan, Nicky Robinson, Mike Phillips, John Yapp, Gareth Williams, Martin Jones, Deiniol Jones, Robert Sidoli, Maama Molitika, Andy Powell, Robin Sowden-Taylor.

Replacements: Ryan Powell, Lee Thomas, Matthew Nuthall, Ben Evans, Rhys Thomas, Craig Quinnell, Mark Lewis.

Referee: Andy Ireland (SRU). Touch Judges: Dermot Moloney & Peter Roche (IRFU).