Eric Elwood has named his squad for this Friday’s game against Harlequins at the Sportsground, Galway. The 27 man squad includes Summer signings Ezra Taylor, Cillian Willis, Shane Monahan and Darragh Fanning while long-serving flanker Johnny O’Connor deputises as captain for the injured John Muldoon.

Connacht v Harlequins - Friday 13^th August, 6.30pm, the Sportsground, Galway

1 Brett Wilkinson

2 Adrian Flavin

3 Jamie Hagan

4 Michael Swift

5 Bernie Upton

6 Andrew Browne

7 Johnny O’Connor (C)

8 Mike McComish

9 Conor O’Loughlin

10 Ian Keatley

11 Fionn Carr

12 Aidan Wynne

13 Niva Ta’auso

14 Tiernan O’Halloran

15 Troy Nathan

Replacements from: Rob Sweeney , Dermot Murphy, Dave Nolan, Mike McCarthy, Ray Ofisa, Ezra Taylor, Eoin Griffin, Keith Matthews, Miah Nikora, Darragh Fanning, Shane Monahan, Cillian Willis