Connacht’s experience could be enough to see off Leinster in URC clash

Two much changed teams from last weekend for Connacht and Leinster but there is enough to pique interest from the casual to hardcore supporter. In some respects, it is a throwback to a bygone time when URC league matches were pencilled in during Test match windows.

It is a hotchpotch of new faces, former team-mates and several individual contests that will impact above and beyond the 80 minutes in Galway tonight. Connacht head coach Stuart Lancaster has made a dozen changes from the Zebre win with just Finlay Bealham, Paul Boyle and Cathal Forde retained in the run-on team.