courtesy of the Connacht Rugby media office…
Connacht announce XV to take on Zebre in their first away game of the RaboDirect PRO12
Connacht Rugby have announced their starting XV that will take on new club Zebre in the second round of the RaboDirect PRO12 tomorrow in Parma, Italy.
There are no changes to the starting XV from last week and only two changes on the bench with Nathan White taking the place of Finlay Bealham and Frank Murphy stepping in for Dave Moore.
Connacht will be looking to convert last week's possession and opportunities into points this week. Despite crossing the tryline twice in the first half and hour, handling errors denied the home side a try which would have made all the difference playing into the strong wind. The losing bonus point from that match means the league campaign is well under way and there's more to come from Eric Elwood's side this week.
Connacht XV to face Zebre (Stadio Aprille XXV Parma - ko 19.05 local time (18.05 Irish) live on TG4
15 Gavin Duffy (C) 14 Tiernan O'Halloran 13 Eoin Griffin 12 Mata Fifita 11 Fetu'u Vainikolo 10 Miah Nikora 09 Kieran Marmion 01 Denis Buckley 02 Ethienne Reynecke 03 Ronan Loughney 04 Michael Swift 05 Mike McCarthy 06 John Muldoon 07 Johnny O'Connor 08 George Naoupu Bench 16 Adrian Flavin 17 Rodney Ah You 18 Nathan White 19 Dave Gannon 20 Willie Faloon 21 Frank Murphy 22 Matthew Jarvis 23 Robbie Henshaw
