Connacht Change Five & Farrell Drops To Racing Bench

Connacht person made 5 changes for their European Challenge Cup quarter-final against Racing 92 successful Galway connected Saturday.

The state sewage nan amended of chap United Rugby Championship broadside Cardiff successful nan past 16 past play without skipper Cian Prendergast.

The blind-side flanker returns to nan six jersey for nan sojourn from nan Top 14 outfit, pinch Josh Murphy moving backmost into nan 2nd statement for nan necktie (20:00 BST).

He will beryllium collaborated by erstwhile Bristol Bears fastener Joe Joyce, who besides missed nan crippled against Cardiff.

Prop Denis Buckley starts astatine loose-head prop, while scrum-half Ben Murphy is fresh again aft digit surgery.

Shayne Bolton will miss retired because of a quad strain pinch his spot connected nan helping to beryllium taken by Shane Jennings.

The visitors, who are 10th successful nan Top 14, person named erstwhile England skipper Owen Farrell connected nan bench.

The ex-Saracens fly-half started against Perpignan past play but England Under-20s playmaker Dan Lancaster - nan boy of erstwhile England coach Stuart - has been handed nan number 10 shirt.

Connacht: Hansen; Jennings, Gavin, Aki, Treacy; Hanrahan, B Murphy; Buckley, Heffernan, Bealham, J Murphy, Joyce, Prendergast (capt), Hurley-Langton, Jansen.

Replacements: Tierney-Martin, Dooley, Aungier, Dowling, Boyle, Devine, Ioane, Forde.

Racing 92: James; Naituvi, Habosi, Tuisova, Spring (capt); Lancaster, Le Garrec; Ben Arous, Escobar, Bamba, Palu, Rowlands, Baudonne, Kpoku, Joseph.

Replacements: Couly, Gogichashvili, Leota, R Taofifenua, Manyarara, D Taofifenua, Farrell, Chavancy.