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This Saturday Connacht welcome Cardiff to Dexcom Stadium in Round 11 of the URC.
Here’s everything you need to know ahead of Saturday's game.
When’s the game?
Kick-off is 19:35 at Dexcom Stadium on Saturday 15th February.
How will the two teams line up?
The Connacht management team will announce their squad on Friday at midday when it will be named on connachtrugby.ie and the Connacht Rugby social channels.
State of play so far:
Connacht will be looking to get their league campaign back on track with a win this weekend against a team they have already beaten this season. A 28-19 win in the Challenge Cup saw Connacht go through to the knockout stages as top seeds and a win this Saturday would have them back in the hunt for a play off spot in the URC.
Cardiff currently sit fifth in the standings of the URC on 29 points. They won five of their ten games and have drawn one. They lost 42-22 to the Sharks in their last game.
Officials:
REF - Hollie Davidson (SRU, 18th game)
AR - Keane Davison (IRFU)
AR - Tomas O'Sullivan (IRFU)
TMO -Sam Grove-White (SRU)
Recent meetings against Cardiff in the URC:
2023/24 - CAR 12-16 CON
2022/23 - CON 38-19 CAR
2021/22 - CAR 33-21 CON
Where to watch:
TG4 and Premier Sport
Top try scorers:
7 - Ben Murphy
4 - Cathal Forde, Chay Mullins, David Hawkshaw and Paul Boyle
3 - Dylan Tierney-Martin
2 - Byron Ralston, Caolin Blade, Dave Heffernan, Joe Joyce, Josh Murphy, Mack Hansen, Matthew Devine, Oisin Dowling, Piers O'Conor and Shane Jennings
1 - Adam McBurney, Eoin de Buitlear, Finlay Bealham, Jack Aungier, Josh Ioane, Santi Cordero, Sean Jansen, Sean O'Brien, Shamus Hurley-Langton and Shayne Bolton
