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Connacht team named to play Lyon in Challenge Cup

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Connacht team named to play Lyon in Challenge Cup

Connacht head coach Pete Wilkins has rung the changes for tomorrow’s EPCR Challenge Cup meeting with Lyon at 8 o'clock in Dexcom Stadium.  Cian Prendergast captains the side from blindside flanker, with Shamus Hurley-Langton on the opposite side and Sean Jansen coming into the team at number 8. There’s a new second row of Oisín Dowling and the returning Joe Joyce, while Peter Dooley also returns to join Dave Heffernan and Finlay Bealham in the front row. In the back line, Ben Murphy and Josh Ioane are selected at half-back, while Piers O’Conor shifts to outside centre to partner Bundee Aki. In the back three, Santiago Cordero moves to fullback with Shane Jennings and Chay Mullins on the wing.

CONNACHT V LYON
Number/Name/Caps 

15. Santiago Cordero (13)
14. Chay Mullins (2)
13. Piers O’Conor (9)
12. Bundee Aki (144)
11. Shane Jennings (19)
10. Josh Ioane (6)
9. Ben Murphy (9)
1. Peter Dooley (44)
2. Dave Heffernan (207)
3. Finlay Bealham (211)
4. Oisín Dowling (67)
5. Joe Joyce (27)
6. Cian Prendergast (77) (C)
7. Shamus Hurley-Langton (47)
8. Sean Jansen (14)

16. Dylan Tierney-Martin (46)
17. Jordan Duggan (53)
18. Jack Aungier (75)
19. Josh Murphy (26)
20. Paul Boyle (103)
21. Caolin Blade (202)
22. Cathal Forde (42)
23. David Hawkshaw (37)

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