Captain Muldoon back for Connacht

Connacht captain John Muldoon returns from injury to lead his side out to play Bourgoin in the quarter-finals of the Amlin Challenge Cup at The Sportsground on Saturday.

Centre Niva Ta'auso and number eight George Naoupu are also back from injury to lend their serious southern hemisphere weight to the argument.

In-form Fionn Carr and Frank Murphy will be keen to put their new found confidence to use in an improved backline.

CONNACHT (v Bourgoin):

15 Gavin Duffy

14 Troy Nathan

13 Niva Ta’auso

12 Keith Matthews

11 Fionn Carr

10 Ian Keatley

9 Frank Murphy

1 Brett Wilkinson

2 Sean Cronin

3 Jamie Hagan

4 Michael Swift

5 Michael McCarthy

6 John Muldoon (capt)

7 Johnny O’Connor

8 George Naoupu.

Replacements:

16. Adrian Flavin

17 Ronan Loughney

18 Bernie Upton

19 Mike McComish

20 Conor O’Loughlin

21 Miah Nikora

22 Aidan Wynne

23 Robbie Morris.