All Black Evans to face Connacht in friendly

Openside Will Skinner will captain Harlequins for their pre-season fixture against Connacht at The Sportsground in Galway this evening (K.O. 6.30pm).

The prize asset is All Black Nick Evans at fly-half inside former Leicester Tiger centre Ollie Smith and the powerful Jordan Turner-Hall.

England U20 prop Joe Marler will start in a front row beside Matt Cairns and Mark Lambert.

HARLEQUINS (v Connacht):

1 JOE MARLER

2 MATT CAIRNS

3 MARK LAMBERT

4 OLLIE KOHN

5 TOMAS VALLEJOS

6 CHRIS YORK

7 WILL SKINNER (Captain)

8 TOM GUEST

9 KARL DICKSON

10 NICK EVANS

11 GEORGE LOWE

12 JORDAN TURNER-HALL

13 OLLIE SMITH

14 TOM WILLIAMS

15 MIKE BROWN

REPLACEMENTS:

16 JOE GRAY

17 CERI JONES

18 JJ KILMARTIN

19 PETER BROWNE

20 LEWIS STEVENSON

21 DAVID MOORE

22 RORY CLEGG

23 GONZALO CAMACHO

24 TOM CASSON