Bradley makes five changes

Rugby – Team News: Connacht coach Michael Bradley has made five changes from the side which played Glasgow for the St Patrick…

Rugby – Team News:Connacht coach Michael Bradley has made five changes from the side which played Glasgow for the St Patrick's Day Magners League clash against Newport Gwent Dragons at the Sportsground (6.30pm).

Liam Bibo, Niva Ta'auso and Conor O'Loughlin come into the backline.

Adrian Flavin takes over at hooker from Sean Cronin, who is on international duty for Ireland's final Six Nations game against Scotland, while Ray Ofisa returns in the backrow.

Tickets which were purchased for this game, which was called off on January 8th because of frost and snow, will be valid for the game on St Patrick's Day.

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Munster’s postponed game against the Scarlets takes place at Musgrave Park on Thursday (7.35pm). The game was originally supposed to be played in January before being abandoned due to adverse weather conditions.

Coach Tony McGahan today named his squad, which includes Tommy O’Donnell, who was forced out of the game against Dragons through injury.

All tickets for the January match are still valid and tickets are available to purchase on line at www.munsterrugby.ie.

Connacht (v Dragons): G Duffy; L Bibo, N Ta'auso, K Matthews, F Carr; I Keatley, C O'Loughlin; B Wilkinson, A Flavin, J Hagan; M Swift, M McCarthy; J Muldoon, R Ofisa, G Naoupu. Replacements: R Loughney, R Morris, B Upton, M McComish, K Campbell, M Nikora, A Wynne.

Munster squad (v Scarlets):C O'Boyle, D Hurley, D Howlett, I Dowling, T Gleeson, J de Villiers, J Manning, S Deasy, P Warwick, D Williams, P Stringer, M Horan, D Ryan, S Archer, J Brugnaut, D Varley, D Fogarty, M O'Driscoll, I Nagle, B Holland, A Quinlan, N Ronan, N Williams, J Coughlan, T O'Donnell