Connacht Travelling Squad named for South Africa games

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Connacht Rugby have confirmed the lineup of the 29 man squad which has travelled to South Africa for their next two URC fixtures.

The squad took off for Durban on Monday evening, where they will be based for most of the next two weeks.

The first of these two away games in the BKT United Rugby Championship will be against the Hollywoodbets Sharks this Saturday, with kick-off at 3pm Irish time.

Following on from that Connacht will travel to Pretoria ahead of their clash with the Vodacom Bulls taking place on Saturday, November 25.

Both of these games will be broadcast live on RTÉ for the fans.

A number of players were unavailable for selection including Bundee Aki, Jack Aungier, Shayne Bolton, Santiago Cordero, Mack Hansen, Shane Jennings, Oisin McCormack and Gavin Thornbury.

Connacht Travelling Squad

Forwards (17)

  • Finlay Bealham
  • Denis Buckley
  • Peter Dooley
  • Oisín Dowling
  • Dave Heffernan
  • Shamus Hurley-Langton
  • Sam Illo
  • Sean Jansen
  • Joe Joyce
  • Tadgh McElroy
  • Darragh Murray
  • Niall Murray
  • Conor Oliver
  • Sean O’Brien
  • Dominic Robertson-McCoy
  • Cian Prendergast
  • Dylan Tierney-Martin

Backs (12)

  • Caolin Blade
  • Jack Carty
  • Tom Farrell
  • Cathal Forde
  • JJ Hanrahan
  • David Hawkshaw
  • Diarmuid Kilgallen
  • Tiernan O’Halloran
  • John Porch
  • Byron Ralston
  • Colm Reilly
  • Andrew Smith