Connacht have made four changes to the team that lost to Cardiff last weekend ahead of their clash with The Borders this weekend. Conor O’Loughlin and Eric Elwood will both make their first competitive starts of the season at scrum half and out half. O’Loughlin comes in for the injured Tom Tierney while Elwood comes in for Matt Mostyn with Paul Warwick moving to outside centre.


James Downey returns from injury and replaces the injured Mark McHugh at inside centre making his first appearance since the opening game against Glasgow. The final change is in the pack with John Fogarty replacing the injured Bernard Jackman.



There are a number of changes on the bench as well with Henry Bourke, Christian Short, John Muldoon and Justin Meagher all returning to the squad while Mike Walls will be among the replacements for the first time this season.



Bernard Jackman, Matt Mostyn, Mark McHugh, Tom Tierney, Michael Swift, Michael Carroll and Darren Yapp were all not considered due to injury.

Connacht (V The Borders): D. Slemen, N. O’Brien, P. Warwick, J. Downey, C. McPhillips, E. Elwood, C. O’Loughlin, D. McFarland, J. Fogarty, P. Bracken, P. Myburgh, A. Farley, P. Neville, M. Lacey, J. O’Sullivan.



Replacements: H. Bourke, A. Clarke, C. Short, J. Muldoon, M. Walls, T. Robinson, J. Meagher.

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