Lacey ruled out for Connacht

Connacht have announced their squad to play Newport-Gwent Dragons at the Sportsground on Friday (kick off 6.30pm).

Flanker Matt Lacey has been ruled out with a shoulder injury, with Brendan O’Connor coming into the squad for this encounter.

Connacht squad: Andrew Farley, Adrian Flavin, John Fogarty, David Gannon, Ray Hogan, Chris Keane, Keith Matthews, Mark McHugh, Matt Mostyn, John Muldoon, Brendan O’Connor, Ray Ofisa, Colm Rigney, Daniel Riordan, Ted Robinson, Brett Sturgess, Michael Swift, Tom Tierney, Paul Warwick, Gavin Williams, Brett Wilkinson, Darren Yapp.

The Connacht team to play Newport-Gwent Dragons will be announced on the Connacht website, http://www.connachtrugby.ie, between 11am and 12pm on Thursday.