Boost for Connacht as nine players return

Andy Friend has some big names back for their Champions Cup showdown against French champions Toulouse.

Connacht coach Andy Friend has received a timely boost ahead of Saturday’s Heineken Champions Cup showdown against French champions Toulouse with nine players returning to action.

Team captain Jarrad Butler and World Cup players Bundee Aki and Jack Carty, along with Irish squad member Ultan Dillane, are the key players returning for a game which Connacht must win to keep their slim knockout hopes alive.