Connacht Rugby have announced the starting XV that will face the Scarlets this Saturday (the Sportsground ko 15.15)

The team remains unchanged from that which beat Benetton Treviso last Saturday with just 2 changes on the bench. Brett Wilkinson has recovered from the hamstring injury that ruled him out of World Cup contention. The 27 year old loosehead, who has earned 118 caps for Connacht to date replaces Denis Buckley while Stewart Maguire will look to make his first competitive appearance for the Province, he replaces Dylan Rogers as the replacement tighthead prop.

Connacht starting XV to face Scarlets (the Sportsground – Saturday 10^th September ko 15.15)

1. Ronan Loughney

2. Adrian Flavin

3. Rodney Ah You

4. Michael Swift

5. Mike McCarthy

6. John Muldoon

7. Ray Ofisa

8. George Naoupu

9. Frank Murphy

10. Matthew Jarvis

11. Tiernan O’Halloran

12. Henry Fa’afili

13. Eoin Griffin

14. Mark McCrea

15. Gavin Duffy (C)

16. Ethienne Reynecke

17. Brett Wilkinson

18. Stewart Maguire

19. TJ Anderson

20. Johnny O’Connor

21. Paul O’Donohoe

22. Niall O’Connor

23. Brian Tuohy

Tickets for the match can be purchased from www.ticketmaster.ie or from www.connachtrugby.ie

picture: Gavin Duffy leads out the Connacht team for the first time as Captain last week in Treviso (C) www.inpho.ie