Farrell and Butler to depart Connacht at end of season 

NEW MATES? Connacht’s Tom Farrell. Pic: James Crombie, Inpho

Connacht will lose the services of centurions Tom Farrell and Jarrad Butler at the end of the season. 

Farrell - heavily linked with a move to Munster as a replacement for centre Antoine Frisch - departs, alongside back-row Butler, who was club captain for four seasons.