salmson wrote: Pretty sure Kelleher is unavailable, certainly he wasn't called out as returning in the update on Tuesday.

Your probably correct Salmson - therefore would one expect to see Cormac Brennan on the bench. Also questions letting Fionn Carr go or was it a financial decision.

Pretty sure Kelleher is unavailable, certainly he wasn't called out as returning in the update on Tuesday.

Any views on the team- I think we may see Ronan continue at LH with Denis on the Bench, Lewis make his first start for Dillane, and Kelleher in for Tiernan with Tiernan in the No. 23.

salmson wrote: With the exception of front row, where we have resources, the team literally picks itself. We have 2 fit senior centres and 3 fit back three players so someone from the academy will have to provide cover on the bench. We may see a debut for Cormac Brennan. Likewise if we rest Dillane then Romaine will also make his debut at some stage. At this stage we probably need a separate stats page to track injuries

Available:
Shane Delahunt
Dave Heffernan
Tom McCartney

Finlay Bealham
Denis Buckley
Conor Carey
JP Cooney
Ronan Loughney
Ivan Soroka
Dominic Robertson-McCoy

Ultan Dillane
Lewis Stevenson
Danny Qualter

James Connolly
Rory Moloney
John Muldoon
Eoin McKeon

Caolin Blade
Kieran Marmion

Jack Carty
Shane O'Leary

Bundee Aki
Eoin Griffin

Niyi Adeolokun
Matt Healy
Tiernan O'Halloran

Injured/Unavailable:
Nathan White

Quinn Roux
Ben Marshall
Andrew Browne

Nepia Fox-Matamua
Jake Heenan
Eoghan Masterson
Sean O'Brien

John Cooney

Marnitz Boshoff

Rory Parata
Peter Robb
Craig Ronaldson

Cian Kelleher
Darragh Leader
Danie Poolman
Josh Rowland

Bar the front row you have a decent starting side from the unavailable/injured list!

Hopefully things improve soon!

With the exception of front row, where we have resources, the team literally picks itself. We have 2 fit senior centres and 3 fit back three players so someone from the academy will have to provide cover on the bench. We may see a debut for Cormac Brennan. Likewise if we rest Dillane then Romaine will also make his debut at some stage. At this stage we probably need a separate stats page to track injuries

Available:
Shane Delahunt
Dave Heffernan
Tom McCartney

Finlay Bealham
Denis Buckley
Conor Carey
JP Cooney
Ronan Loughney
Ivan Soroka
Dominic Robertson-McCoy

Ultan Dillane
Lewis Stevenson
Danny Qualter

James Connolly
Rory Moloney
John Muldoon
Eoin McKeon

Caolin Blade
Kieran Marmion

Jack Carty
Shane O'Leary

Bundee Aki
Eoin Griffin

Niyi Adeolokun
Matt Healy
Tiernan O'Halloran

Injured/Unavailable:
Nathan White

Quinn Roux
Ben Marshall
Andrew Browne

Nepia Fox-Matamua
Jake Heenan
Eoghan Masterson
Sean O'Brien

John Cooney

Marnitz Boshoff

Rory Parata
Peter Robb
Craig Ronaldson

Cian Kelleher
Darragh Leader
Danie Poolman
Josh Rowland

No news is prob good news in regards Niyi, Carty and Marmion- all of which I thought went off injured

Ahead of Saturday’s Guinness PRO12 game away to Zebre, the Connacht Rugby medical team have provided the following update.

Danie Poolman sustained a concussion in the Ospreys game and will follow the Graduated Return to Play protocols under the supervision of the medical team.

Denis Buckley returned to training with the squad this week following his injury against Glasgow.

Nepia Fox Matamua sustained a hamstring injury against Glasgow and will be out of action until November.

Josh Rowland has undergone surgery for an ongoing ankle injury and will be unavailable for 4-6 weeks.

Zebre are the only side in the Guinness PRO12 yet to have played at home this season.

Zebre won their most recent game in Parma 47-22 against Dragons in round 22 last season but have not won successive matches at the venue since last October.

The reigning Guinness PRO12 Champions, Connacht, have begun the defence of their title with a pair of home defeats, to Glasgow Warriors and Ospreys.

Connacht have not won away from home since beating Edinburgh at BT Murrayfield in early March whilst their only defeat in Italy since October 2013 came on their most recent visit to Treviso in April.

Connacht have a perfect played 12, won 12 record against Zebre in all competitions.

Overall Guinness PRO12 head to head record:
Played 8, Zebre won 0, Connacht won 8.

At Stadio Sergio Lanfranchi, 6.05pm local time (5.05pm Ireland & UK)
Referee: Ian Davies (WRU, 51st competition game)
Assistant Referees: Adam Jones (WRU), Riccardo Angelucci (FIR)
Citing Commissioner: Alberto Recaldini (FIR)


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