[Robbo]

Connacht Matchday 23

15 Gavin Duffy (C)
14 Brian Tuohy
13 Eoin Griffin
12 Henry Fa'afili
11 Tiernan O'Halloran
10 Niall O'Connor
9 Frank Murphy
1 Brett Wilkinson
2 Ethienne Reynecke
3 Rodney Ah You
4 Dave Gannon
5 Mike McCarthy
6 John Muldoon
7 Johnny O'Connor
8 Ray Ofisa

16 Adrian Flavin
17 Ronan Loughney
18 Dylan Rogers
19 Mick Kearney
20 TJ Anderson
21 Paul O'Donohoe
22 Mathew Jarvis
23 James Loxton

Dragons 26 Man Squad:

Backs: Wayne Evans, Joe Bedford, Jon Evans, Jason Tovey, Matthew Jones, Ashley Smith, Geraint O’Driscoll*, Pat Leach, Tom Riley, Mathew Pewtner, Martyn Thomas.

Forwards: Phill Price, Nathan Williams, Dan Way, Nathan Buck, Tom Willis, Rhys Buckley, Adam Jones, Rob Sidoli, Andrew Coombs, Gavin Thomas, Jevon Groves, Lewis Evans, Darren Waters, Sam Parry, Hugo Ellis.

George is out for 4 weeks plus, Swifty is sick and I think McCrea took a knock in Scotland last week. Other than that, the switch at outhalf is to spice things up. For those of us who didn't see the pre-season games, it's a possible first look at Mick Kearney and James Loxton.

This match isn't on TV; coverage on Galway Bay FM, Knockon.ie and the Connacht Facebook for those who can't make it.

Current odds with Paddy Power: Connacht 4/11, Dragons 2/1, Draw 20/1.

[Zzippy]

Good to see Rodney recovered so quickly. Was wondering about McCrea alright, he's been playing well so far. At least he seems to be happy to make changes and give everyone a crack, will be interesting to see if NOC can nail down a place. Jarvis has been decent so far but placekicking a bit ordinary...

Connacht are 4/11 with the bookies, hopefully they have it called right!

[Rickwellwood]

Linley Mc Kenzie in today's Advertiser saying George's injury is knee ligament and will see him out for 4 weeks and maybe up to 4 months

Hope thats a mis print.

In the second half vs Scarlets in our 1st home match he was on fire and caused havoc in attacking Scarlets midfield and they found it hard to cope. Was drawing 2-3 defenders just to contain him. Great to see.

Our backrow for tomorrow still very strong.

Hopefully with Ray at 8 he can cause just as much havoc vs Dragons, as well as everyone else.

Hopefully Swifty illness not too serious.

Connacht Abu

[Tim_Murphy]

Great to see Point Blank Gym sponsored James Loxton get on the bench.

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Looking forward to the match, great chance for Connacht to get anther win on the board.

[thomond2006]

Connacht should be looking to get a comfortable win here.

[wprathead]

looking forward to this game, Friday evening atmosphere in sportsground is usually nice and loud

have good record against the Dragons at home, hopefully we'll keep that going
shame about George being out for awhile

[durkadurka]

Originally Posted by thomond2006

Connacht should be looking to get a comfortable win here.

Dunno about that - they're not great but they can offer stubborn resistance for a good long time.

[fatguy2k1]

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/...304576428.html

[Robbo]

Dragons Team:

15 Martyn Thomas, 14 Matthew Pewtner, 13 Pat Leach, 12 Ashley Smith, 11 Geraint O’Driscoll, 10 Jason Tovey, 9 Joe Bedford, 1 Nathan Williams, 2 Tom Willis (c), 3 Dan Way, 4 Adam Jones, 5 Rob Sidoli, 6 Lewis Evans, 7 Gavin Thomas, 8 Andrew Coombs

Replacements

16 Rhys Buckley, 17 Phil Price, 18 Nathan Buck, 19 Darren Waters, 20 Jevon Groves, 21 Wayne Evans, 22 Tom Riley, 23 Matthew Jones

O'Driscoll is making his first start, making the step up from club rugby.

[RogerThis]

3-13 HT to Dragons

[thomond2006]

Originally Posted by RogerThis

3-13 HT to Dragons

ouch

[seanin4711]

WTF????
wait a minute griffin scores in the corner converted by jarvis GAME ON!
20 minutes to go!
Connact 10-Dragons 13
GWAN CONNACHT!!
I take back everything i said!
We are giving away way way way too many penalties!!!

[eyeball kid]

Any update on the score here?

[RogerThis]

10-13

[RogerThis]

Try - Duffy plus conversion
17-13