30-man squad named for Sale friendly

Connacht Rugby head coach Pete Wilkins has named a 30-man squad for tomorrow's pre-season friendly against Sale Sharks at Dexcom Stadium (k/o 1.30pm).

The starting XV is captained by Joe Joyce and includes new signing Piers O'Conor at full-back, the returning Josh Murphy in the back row, while Matthew Devine and Hugh Gavin start at scrum-half and the wing respectively after moving up to Professional contracts this summer.

A further 15 players are named on the bench and are all expected to see game time. They include new signings Temi Lasisi, Adam McBurney, David O'Connor and Ben Murphy, as well as Academy players Fiachna Barrett, John Devine and Daniel Hawkshaw.

The game will be streamed live on connachtrugby.ie with commentary from Rob Murphy and William Davies, and can be accessed HERE.

CONNACHT RUGBY MATCHDAY SQUAD VS SALE SHARKS
Saturday 31st August, 13:30 @ Dexcom Stadium

15. Piers O'Conor
14. Shayne Bolton
13. Byron Ralston
12. Cathal Forde
11. Hugh Gavin
10. Jack Carty
9. Matthew Devine
1. Peter Dooley
2. Dyan Tierney-Martin
3. Sam Illo
4. Joe Joyce (C)
5. Darragh Murray
6. Josh Murphy
7. Conor Oliver
8. Sean Jansen

Replacements from:
Denis Buckley
Temi Lasisi
Adam McBurney
Jack Aungier
Fiachna Barrett *
Niall Murray
Oisin Dowling
David O'Connor
Oisin McCormack
Paul Boyle
Ben Murphy
Colm Reilly
John Devine *
David Hawkshaw
Daniel Hawkshaw *

*denotes Academy player

• convsal
• hgavin
• jmurphy
• poconor
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