RODNEY AH YOU returns to the Connacht pack tomorrow night in the only change to the starting XV from their bonus point win against the Cardiff Blues.
With a whopping 98 points scored in their opening three games of the campaign, Pat Lam has resisted making wholesale changes for the visit of Zebre.
His backline is identical to the one that started two weeks ago. Kieran Marmion and Jack Cart pair up in the half-backs, with Bundee Aki and the impressive 21-year-old Rory Parata alongside him.
It’s also the regular back three for Connacht with Matt Healy and Danie Poolman on the wings and Tiernan O’Halloran at fullback.
Rodney Ah You is the only change coming in at tighthead prop for Finlay Bealham, with Tom McCartney and Denis Buckley again retained after their huge scrummaging performances against Glasgow and most recently Cardiff.
Quinn Roux again partners Andrew Browne in the second row, while John Muldoon captains the side from blindside flanker, alongside Nepia Fox-Matamua and Eoin McKeon in the backrow.
Eoghan Masterson is also included in the matchday squad, having missed the game against Cardiff due to injury, as is 19-year-old Sligo prop Conan O’Donnell who made his debut late on in the win against Cardiff.
Connacht (v Zebre)
15 Tiernan O’Halloran
14. Danie Poolman
13. Rory Parata
12. Bundee Aki
11. Matt Healy
10. Jack Carty
9. Kieran Marmion
1. Denis Buckley
2. Tom McCartney
3. Rodney Ah You
4. Quinn Roux
5. Andrew Browne
6. John Muldoon (capt)
7. Nepia Fox-Matamua
8. Eoin Mckeon
Replacements
16. Shane Delahunt
17. Conan O’Donnell
18. Finlay Bealham
19. Aly Muldowney
20. Eoghan Masterson
21. John Cooney
22. Craig Ronaldson
23. Darragh Leader
With doping and match fixing the Olympic spirit is finished
Just looks like an alternative version of the truth !!!!
The fights were not FIXED , but an air of collusion. So in other words they were fixed. They gotta make you laugh. Bunch of jokers.
not all judges will be re-instated but no signs of collusion?
No evidence apart from what everyone saw with their own eyes
I really hope ppl didn’t believe the truth would’ve came out.
That was some investigation, the dogs on the street know that the referees and judges were obviously in collusion . Money as usual is the root of all evil.
Well sure that’s alright then…..
How to apologise without apologising.
Can’t wait to see Conlon’s debut.
I know a lad named hickey that can get tickets for it.
Tell that to Katie and Michael who were robbed
Katie wasn’t robbed, that was a 50/50 fight to call but it was hardly robbery. Conlan on the other hand….
Good on ya Michael!!! Punish the athlete for speaking the truth but as usual the cream skims away
What a shower of idiots
When you’ve got the AIBA investigating itself, it’s hardly going to make any other conclusion.
My ass, fixed, rigged, call it what u want, cheating
This is the alternative news report on Rio.do they think people are stupid.
Smoke screen!!!
Total cop out. It either was or wasn’t. More likely the former.
And that’s an alternative face
Fact
Remember the President of Brazil was put into power thanks to the CIA, it makes you think?
What a load of crap. Pure corruption
Complete joke
It’s called an air of collusion so no one is brought to task over it.
Olympics is no longer he’ll in high esteem.
Held in high esteem ( pretext f up )