Connacht welcome Niyi Adeolokun, Ultan Dillane and Matt Healy back to the match-day squad from injury, for their Champions Cup play-off semi-final clash against Northampton Saints tomorrow (KO - 4pm).
Adeolokun has recovered from a hamstring issue to earn a spot in the starting XV, while Dillane and Healy are named on the bench after an injury lay-off that ruled them out since February.
Pat Lam has made seven changes ahead of the game, with Adeolokun starting on the wing, while Craig Ronaldson will operate at outside centre.
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Dave Heffernan and Finlay Bealham will both start in the front row, with Sean O'Brien and Jake Heenan taking up their positions in the back row.
Speaking ahead of the game, Pat Lam said:
"Everything over the past few weeks has been geared towards this game. We know we haven't been anywhere near our best in the last few matches and that's been a big disappointment for us as a team.
"We've had a very positive week on and off the training pitch but we all know that the eighty plus minutes from 4pm tomorrow is when it needs to count."
Connacht:
15 Tiernan O’Halloran
14 Niyi Adeolokun
13 Danie Poolman
12 Craig Ronaldson
11 Cian Kelleher
10 Jack Carty
9 Kieran Marmion
1 Denis Buckley
2 Dave Heffernan
3 Finlay Bealham
4 Quinn Roux
5 Andrew Browne
6 Sean O’Brien
7 Jake Heenan
8 John Muldoon (captain)
Replacements:
16 Shane Delahunt
17 JP Cooney
18 Conor Carey
19 Ultan Dillane
20 Naulia Dawai
21 Caolin Blade
22 John Cooney
23 Matt Healy
Injured/unavailable: Eoin Griffin, Tom McCartney, Ronan Loughney, Nepia Fox-Matamua, Shane O’Leary, Bundee Aki, Peter Robb, Stacey Ili, Tom Farrell, Josh Rowland.
