Farley reaches Connact milestone

Lock Andrew Farley will become the second Connacht player to play 150 games, next to Eric Elwood, for the province in the Europea Challenge Cup quarter-final against Northampton in Franklin’s Gardens.

Farley is keen to upset the odds: “It is a one-off cup match and anything can happen. We are all looking for to it,” he said.

The Westerners will go into tihs match as rank outsiders given the form of Northampton and their own derisory performances on the road this season.

CONNACHT (v Northampton): G Duffy; F Carr, K Matthews, N Ta'auso, L Bibo; I Keatley, F Murphy; B Wilkinson, S Cronin, R Loughney, A Browne, A Farley, J Muldoon [capt], J O'Connor, R Ofisa.

Replacements: A Flavin, B McGovern, M Swift, C Rigney, C O'Loughlin, A Dunne, T Nathan.