URC: Connacht, Leinster and Munster name teams for round 15

Connacht have made four changes from the side that beat Zebre last week with Denis Buckley, Gavin Thornbury, Cian Prendergast and Tiernan O'Halloran coming into the starting XV for their BKT URC trip to Dragons on Saturday evening (8pm, live on RTÉ).

Buckley is joined by captain Dave Heffernan and Finlay Bealham in the front row, while Joe Joyce partners Thornbury.

Prendergast comes in at the number 8 position with flankers Shamus Hurley-Langton and Conor Oliver retained.

Also keeping his place is scrum-half Matthew Devine, while JJ Hanrahan starts at out-half against his old club.

Bundee Aki and Tom Farrell are paired together at centre, while a reshuffled back three sees O’Halloran come in at full-back, Shane Jennings move to the right wing and John Porch shifting sides to the left.

There’s just the one change to the 6:2 bench named last week, with Dylan Tierney-Martin coming in for his potential first game back since suffering neck injury three months ago.

Connacht: Tiernan O’Halloran; Shane Jennings, Tom Farrell, Bundee Aki, John Porch; JJ Hanrahan, Matthew Devine; Denis Buckley, Dave Heffernan (capt), Finlay Bealham; Joe Joyce, Gavin Thornbury; Shamus Hurley-Langton, Conor Oliver, Cian Prendergast.

Replacements: Dylan Tierney-Martin, Peter Dooley, Sam Illo, Oisín Dowling, Jarrad Butler, Caolin Blade, Cathal Forde, Paul Boyle.

Leinster have made a number of changes from the team that lost to the Lions last weekend, with hooker Gus McCarthy (above) in line to make his debut against the Stormers on Saturday (6.05pm).

Both Charlie Tector and Martin Moloney, meanwhile, are in line to make their first appearance of the season after long-standing injury issues.

Head coach Leo Cullen has named a back-three of Henry McErlean, Liam