Trio return for Connacht

Ronan Loughney, Johnny O’Connor and George Naoupu come into the Connacht side to play Olympus Madrid in the final pool game in the Amlin Challenge Cup in Spain on Saturday.

The Westerners require five points to ensure a number one seeding because Wasps lost in France on Thursday evening and a home quarter-final in April.

It is thought to be very unlikely that they will not achieve their goal given that Madrid have leaked 35 tries in five matches.

CONNACHT (v Madrid): Troy Nathan; Liam Bibo, Niva Ta’auso, Keith Matthews, Fionn Carr; Ian Keatley, Frank Murphy; Ronan Loughney, Sean Cronin, Robbie Morris, Michael Swift, Michael McCarthy, John Muldoon (capt), Johnny O’Connor, George Naoupu.

Replacements: Adrian Flavin, Brett Wilkinson, Jamie Hagan, Bernie Upton, Mike McComish, Conor O’Loughlin, Miah Nikora, Adrian Wynne.