The Connacht team to play The Borders in the opening round of the Celtic Cup at Galashiels on Friday shows nine changes from that which went down to Cardiff at the Arms Park on Saturday.
Having started with the same 15 for the first two Celtic Cup games, coach Michael Bradley explained the changes by stating that he wished to try a different formation for Friday night's game.
Connacht (V The Borders): David Hewitt; Matt Mostyn, Darren Yapp, Tim Allnutt (capt.), Ted Robinson; Eric Elwood, Conor O'Loughlin; Warren O'Kelly, John Fogarty, Fabian Boiroux; Mike McCarthy, Andrew Farley; Paul Neville, John O'Sullivan, Mick Carroll. Replacements: Marnus Uijs, Ray Hogan, Michael Swift, Tom Carter, Michael Walls, Shane Moore, Mark McHugh.