Marmion to make Connacht debut

Eric Elwood has named uncapped scrum-half Kieran Marmion in his starting XV for the visit of the Cardiff Blues in the opening round of the RaboDirect PRO12 tomorrow at the Sportsground (5pm).

Marmion started in the pre-season friendly against Harlequins and also played for Ireland at the IRB Junior World Championship, starting four of their five games en route to a highest ever finish of fifth.