10 years ago Connacht selectors hold firm for Munster game
The Connacht Junior Interprovincial rugby selectors have kept faith in the fifteen who started against Leinster for their game against Munster on Saturday in Ballincollig at 2.30pm.
Connacht led last week’s game for seventy minutes and were only beaten by an intercept try late on with the final score reading 23 to 17 in favour of Leinster.
The performance however deserved a better result and the squad heads to Cork looking to upset Munster’s title challenge and end their campaign with a win.
Coaches Seamus King and Eddie Walshe have one injury worry ahead of the game as second row Willie Parker suffered an ankle injury in training this week and will undergo a fitness test just before the game. As a result the substitutes will not be named until it is known whether Parker can play or not.
The team is:
Connacht Team
No. Position Name Club
15 Full Back Kevin Higgins (Capt.) Monivea
14 Right Wing Tomas Lee Corrib
13 Outside Centre Jordan Farringdon Sligo
12 Inside Centre John Culkin Monivea
11 Left Wing Kevin Corcoran Westport
10 Out Half Paddy Pearson Sligo
9 Scrum Half Mike Murphy Ballina
1 Loose Head Prop Alan Bane Corrib
2 Hooker Martin Lee Corrib
3 Tight head Prop Tom Toolan Ballina
4 Second Row Willie Parker Monivea
5 Second Row Tom McAuliffe Castlebar
6 Blind Side Flanker Eoin Rooney Monivea
7 Open Side Flanker Enda Murphy Castlebar
8 Number 8 Aidan McNulty Ballina
Replacements
Name Club
Kevin Cox Castlebar
Dara Higgins Corrib
Mike Ward Tuam
Dave Gerrity Sligo
Dave Prior Monivea
Conor Hastings Westport
Robbie Kavanagh Tuam
Eoin Cosgrove Tuam
Ger O’Connor Monivea
Billy Leahy Sligo
Adrian McHale Sligo
