Connacht 'A' side named to play Russian team

Coach Nigel Carolan has gone for a misture between youth and experience in his Connacht ‘A’ side to play Russian tourists Enisei STM at the Sportsground on Tuesday (kick off: 7pm).

Samoan brothers Ray Ofisa and Ofisa Treviranus will be starting a match together for the first time since the 16th November.

Academy players Sean Carey, Alan Gaughan, Joe Moran and Liam Casserly, who made his Connacht debut against the Dragons last weekend, all start, with Darren Yapp named as Captain in the centre.

CONNACHT ‘A’ (v Enisei): S Carey; O Treviranus, D Yapp (Capt), L Bibo, A Gaughan; T Nathan, R Shaw; R Loughney, C Muldoon, K Moran; J Moran, A Browne; L Casserly, R Ofisa, M McCarthy.

Replacements: J Fogarty, J East, M Diffley, D Murphy, S Joyce, D Claasen, J O’Brien, A Tuilevuka.