Mel Deane has recovered from a hamstring injury to take the inside centre berth beside Gavin Duffy. In the forwards there are two changes in the front row with John Lyne starting at loosehead prop alongside Sean Cronin at hooker, while in the backrow Colm Rigney comes in at number eight.
David Gannon is named on the bench for the first time this season having recovered from a calf injury which had kept him out of contention since the new season began.
Connacht's next home match against the Portugese national team has been rescheduled at the request of the IRFU and Rugby Portugal. The game has been moved from Wednesday 5th November to Sunday 9th November (kick off: 6pm).
<b>Connacht team: </b>
F Carr; A Wynne, G Duffy, M Deane, J Hearty; I Keatley, F Murphy; J Lyne, S Cronin, R Morris; M Swift, A Farley; J Muldoon (C), J O'Connor, C Rigney.
<b>Replacements: </b>A Flavin, R Loughney, A Browne, D Gannon, K Campbell, A Dunne, T Nathan.
<b>Not considered due to injury: </b>L Bibo (hamstring), K Matthews (calf), R Ofisa (hamstring), C O'Loughlin (hip), M Roberts (calf).
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