Connacht target 30,000 crowd with switch of Ulster clash to Aviva Stadium

Connacht Head coach Andy Friend. Picture: INPHO/Ryan Byrne

Connacht are hopeful of attracting the biggest crowd to attend a rugby match in Ireland in over a year and a half by switching their United Rugby Championship clash with Ulster next month to the Aviva Stadium.

Crowd restrictions are due to be lifted by the Government just prior to the derby clash against Ulster on Saturday, 23 October, and Connacht are hopeful that a crowd of up to 30,000 can be achieved for the fixture.