CONNACHT WILL play Castres in France tomorrow in a pre season game 7pm Irish time.
The game will take place at the Stade de la Chevaliére, Mazamet in southern France
Five players will play their first game for the province. Grant Stewart, Shamus Hurley-Langton, David Hawkshaw, Byron Ralston and Adam Byrne will all play for Andy Friend's side.
Tom Daly in the centre captains the side.
11 players are named among the replacements, five of whom are in the Academy. They are Eoin de Buitléar, Josh O’Connor, Charlie Ward, Bart Vermeulen and Donnacha Byrne.
The Connacht team is as follows
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A 26-man squad has travelled to France for tomorrow's friendly with @CastresRugby.
Check out the team news here: https://t.co/z3LeNQZAIc pic.twitter.com/nH1AVr7R9p— Connacht Rugby (@connachtrugby) August 23, 2022
Starting XV
FullBack 15. Oran McNulty
Winger 14. Adam Byrne
Centre's 13. Byron Ralston, 12. Tom Daly (c)
Winger 11. Alex Wootton
Outhalf:10. David Hawkshaw
Scrumhalf: 9. Caolin Blade
Front Row: 1. Denis Buckley 2. Grant Stewart 3. Dominic Robertson-McCoy
Second Row 4. Niall Murray 5. Oisín Dowling
Back Row 6. Ciaran Booth, 7. Shamus Hurley-Langton 8. Seán Masterson
Replacements
16. Eoin de Buitléar,17. Matthew Burke, 18. Sam Illo, 19. Darragh Murray, 20. Oisín McCormack, 21. Colm Reilly, 22. Shane Jennings, 23. Josh O’Connor, 24. Charlie Ward, 25. Bart Vermeulen, 26. Donnacha Byrne
