Connacht reshuffle their forces

TEAM NEWS: The Connacht team to play Narbonne in Sunday's Parker Pen Challenge Cup second round, second leg tie, shows three…

TEAM NEWS: The Connacht team to play Narbonne in Sunday's Parker Pen Challenge Cup second round, second leg tie, shows three changes from that which went down 42-27 in France on Saturday evening.

There is one change in the back line, with Ted Robinson recalled to the side on the right wing.

In the forwards, hooker Marnus Uijs returns after injury, and in a reshuffled back row, Michael Swift is recalled at openside with John O'Sullivan moving to number eight.

Hopes are high that Steph Nel's men can wipe out the 15-point deficit and nail down a quarter-final place against either Pontypridd or Leeds Tykes.

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The game will be played at Corinthian Park on Sunday afternoon and a huge crowd is expected as Connacht bid to overcome the French side.

CONNACHT (v Narbonne, Sunday, December 15th, Corinthian Park, kick-off 3.0): M McHugh; T Robinson, D Yapp, S Moore (capt), W Munn; E Elwood, E Reddan; R McCormack, M Uijs, P Bracken; D Browne, R Frost; C Rigney, M Swift, J O'Sullivan. Replacements: D McFarland, J Flannery, E Peters, J O'Connor, C Keane, G Duffy, D O'Sullivan.